Last Saturday, we attended a cousin's wedding. How refreshing it was! After a church wedding, guests changed clothes and attended a picnic reception. Each family was given a basket (which we got to take home!) and could chose items from a table for their picnic. Forewarned, we'd brought a blanket. Guests sprawled on the church grounds and talked. If not for the cars in the parking lot, it could have been one hundred years ago.After our picnic, children played tug-of-war, three-legged races, and as you see above, sack races. (Lauren is second from the right.) They also had a dunking booth in place of a dollar dance, and the couple earned quite a bit for their honeymoon by joining the pastor, a groomsman and the bride's father for their turn being dunked in very cold water. There was even a little time for relaxation:
Perhaps, if we had a little less of the "Princess Bride" mentality in this country, and a little more family oriented weddings, we could begin to get our priorities in order.
2 comments:
Hey wait! I missed the $1 dance at our wedding! I could have financed our honeymoon?! When we renew our vows would Miss Manners approve of us using a dunking booth then? We will have to finance retirement after feeding 3 boys.
A picnic wedding reception, what a neat idea!!
btw, the dj at our wedding showed up drunk (or stoned), & didn't play half the songs we'd requested, & forgot to do our $dance.
Wonder if he'd have minded if we'd forgot to pay him?
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