Thanks guys, I finally got permission to get on the computer.
The day turned out great and we didn't get the rain that was forecast.
I was beside myself with nerves, then when Nancy walked into the church this calm came over me and everything fell into place.
The day was alot of fun beginning with the fact that we had rented a small bus to take us from the church to get our pictures taken and then to the hall for the party.
From what we were told this was a nice white discreet bus which the city transit uses for shuttling vip's to and from the casino. A few days before the driver we had hired called and said that he could get us a better one, larger, lower to the ground for the bride with a scrolling marquee to announce our wedding for no extra cost. "Sure", I said. When we got out of the church I asked Nancy where the bus was because it had picked her up. She points around the corner at a 3/4 length bus, yellow with pull cords for stopping. The works. I could not stop laughing. We gathered a bunch of people, I wish we had grabbed more and went for a ride, drinking champagne. It was great because after the pictures I asked the bus driver to stop at a coffe shop and a few of us got off so I could buy everyone some coffees and the kids some treats. You should have seen everyones faces in the shop when three guys in tuxs walked in.
At the reception the food turned out great and the booze flowed freely until two in the morning. My mom and her friends had baked for a week before so we had 20 feet of pastry table.
There was so much left over that we had two parties going on Sunday, one at my parents and the other at Nancy's mom's. Again with a heck of a lot of food, pastries and drinks. After all of this I still had to return some booze today and got $400 back.
The best memory that we will both remember though is at the end of the ceremony. We were standing behind the altar having signed the marriage license and the rest of the wedding party is to leave their pews, nod their heads to the altar, turn around and walk back down the aisle. Our son Adam follows everyone else, bows his head then strains his neck looking down. Notices his shoe is untied and kneels down to tie it while everyone is waiting for him. Finishes, gets up and walks down without even noticing that everyone is laughing. I loved it.
