Double Joy

Today was both a wedding and a personal celebration. Well the first was and the second received an honorable mention.

August twenty-fifth marks the halfway point between my sixteenth birthday and my sevententh birthday. Around here we call those 'half birthdays'. I always forget mine until someone mentions it, usually my mother, but it always makes me happy that I only have to survive six more months to the next age. Or in only eighteen months I'll be eighteen. Now that calls for a celebration.

But more importantly today was Jessica and Ken's wedding. It was another outdoor wedding but instead of rain in suffered from high winds and blinding sunlight. Luckily the bride and groom stood under many trees and were shaded quite nicely.

My job was to catch the guests and invite them to sign the guestbook both before and after the wedding. Jake helped alot though and pretty much took over the responsibility as usual.

My only comments on the wedding was the reception was nice....except they served a whole fish, eyes and all, with its inside served up in it's middle. That's pushing it, don't you think? I do and besides it caused the whole room to reak of fish.

Amusingly, Ken turned the traditonal mother-son dance into a lively spectacle. He began by putting on a blue bear head hat as the familiar tune of The Bear Necessities began playing.
If that wasn't enough he had his brothers (?) line up in front of the big special table and dance. Well I wouldn't call it dancing but it was funny.
Jake, Lance, David, Andrew and I blew bubbles on the floor during the song, at Ken's request. I haven't blown bubbles in such a long time! It was funny because all the ones I blew floated down onto an elderely lady who kept popping them with her cane. I wasn't sure if she was annoyed or not but it was very funny.

Oh and I forgot to mention with Jake's help I started to write a short story. So far it's called "The Bird who Wouldn't Leave the Nest" but that might change in the future. lol We have some pretty cool ideas for it.