Winter Wedding

We went to a wedding last Saturday--the wedding of one of Jeff's co-workers (former co-worker now) Hillary to her new husband William. It was held in a quaint old Presbyterian church in an area of Virginia that we're convinced Jeff's sister and her family would fall in love with. Note to self: next time they come to visit us, pack them in the car and drive them there so they can see for themselves what a wonderful place it is. :)

It was a lovely wedding, and I'm so very glad we went. I hope to post more pictures from it at some point, but we shall see about that since I don't always live up to my blogging intentions.

A few things made me chuckle to myself: first, the gum-chewing groom with a gum-chewing best man right beside him. :)

Second, in the program the attendants' names were given as is customary. The designation for one of the women, however, was "Made of Honor." I suppose it's really a good thing to be listed that way; after all, no one would want to be listed as "Made of Dishonor" and neither would it be helpful to list the obvious: "Made of Bones and Muscles and Blood" or even "Made of Body and Spirit." I hope the Maid of Honor was happy to read that someone thought she was composed entirely of honor!

It reminded me of another wedding program blooper I saw a few months ago. In that case, the program listed one of the components of the ceremony as being the "Exchange of Vowels." I do hope someone told the happy couple that they weren't officially married just by sharing with each other a set of "a," "e," "i," "o," "u," and sometimes "y." Rather, an Exchange of Vows is the usual protocol for formalizing a marriage!

Ah, weddings! You can't get through one without some kind of unforeseen mix-up, it seems; and really, they make the best stories later. But with a pre-printed program, don't you think someone would have proofread it?? :)

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