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soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (6/27/2011 8:39:54 AM)
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Celeste, that's great news! Those Regent's exams were a buggoboo when I took them......*shudder*!
Well, I'm officially a mother in law! Just got home from Illinois.....14 hours.....but it was cheaper than flying! The wedding was very nice.....even tho there were a few glitches....after everything else, why not? They had a runner for Angel to walk down the aisle on, and no one thought to put it down before the ceremony actually started. Junior started to unroll it, but.....first, it wouldn't unroll right, and it pulled up from the floor...but it didn't matter anyway, because Angel had already started down the aisle! OOPS! So, the photographer grabbed it real quick and got it out of the way.
Then during the exchanging of the vows, the Father asked Vincent if he would take Angel as his lawfully wedded husband.......I think he did it jokingly, because both of the kids were so stressed out, it broke up the tension. But I was asked several times if I'd seen the look on his face when the father said that.....I didn't because I didn't have a good angle, and I was shooting pics anyway. Which led to another glitch....I had my 35mm and my digital....but I'm partial to film, because I can shoot pics in succession w/o having to wait for the camera.....anyway, I loaded the first roll, got some pics of the totally empty church, the unity candle unlit/unburnt, a couple of the church's stained glass windows that were just too pretty. When the roll was done, I'd started rewinding it into the canister, but then the girls got to the church, and I put the camera down in mid-roll. When I came back, I finished rolling it up....or so I thought.....I opened the back of the camera and there was film....dammit! It was the beginning of the roll, so it was the empty church, but still, I took the pics that way for a reason.
So, we get thru the ceremony, during which I had loaded the 35mm again. When it came time for everyone to walk back down the aisle, I was up the the end w/the photographer, and got individual shots of everyone coming down. um...NOT! I happened to look down at the film counter, and it was at 35 pics....I only had 24 pic rolls......the film caught just enough to give me tension, but didn't feed....so I lost those pics.......those were ceremony pics, but there were plenty of other cameras there.
At least the weather held long enough for the party to go out to the farm and get their pics taken there in addition to the ones at the church. Those should be interesting......all those fancy clothes lined up on a huge John Deere tractor!
I had wondered how it was going to be to see all of the ex's family again, if it was going to awkward or anything like that. I haven't seem then since we were divorced in '88. IT WAS GREAT!!!!!! I didn't recognize any of them but his parent's and grandma....the kids had grown so much.....I actually spent 2 hours or so talking to my ex's brother, and didn't even know it! Finally, I asked his mom who the guy in the blue shirt was.....She said "Kurt", and I about died! No WAY!!!! She thought it was hilarious! Granted, it's been 20 + years, but they've all changed so much, and we didn't see alot of them because we were still military, and moved alot. This was also the first time that mine and my ex's parents actually met......we never got it together enough to have them meet while we were still married. That was a shame, because they hit it off like a house afire!
I did real good about not bawling until the mother/son dance.....and that was a tap-out basis, since Vincent has two moms. Being there, dancing with him was when it hit me.......he's all grown up with a wife of his own......my baaaaaaayyyy-beeeeee!!!!!
Angel was beautiful......the dress she ended up with wasn't the same one she posted on FB, so I hadn't seen it. It was gorgeous. She absolutely sparkled the whole day. She was still stressed, so much so that one of her bridesmaids took her phone away from her so she didn't have to deal with her family and their stupidity. Long story short, they are a piece of work. She didn't even know if they'd be there until they finally showed up. Then the stepdad got all pissy because he wasn't walking her down the aisle. He walked out. Dickhead. But he didn't come to rehearsal, and he was wearing just a shirt and khaki pants.....like he'd walk her down the aisle wearing that! Instead, she had a couple that are like a second set of parents, and she asked him to give her away. They kept doing and saying crap to her throught the reception too....you'd think that for one fricking day, they could act like rational adults, instead of trailer trash.
I've got some really cool candids...I walked around sneaking up on people alot. As far as I know. no one snuck up on me...woo-hoo! My dress fit pretty good, I ironed it, and it pulled the hemline down, I almost fell over in the church getting pics......altho, that would've fit right in with the whole spirit of the week and all! :) But I stlil look fat! :( I'm hoping if I wash it in hot water, it will shrink up right. I'd put some pics on my profile here, but I think that violates the TOS! The flower girl was so precious! At one point during the ceremony, they girls and guys moved back to the little wall in front of hte pews, and the little girl was so bored that she stood there with her chin in her hand......I missed it because I was shooting the candle lighting part, but my sister got it on video. And everytime I tried to get the ring bearer twirling the pillow, he's see me and stop doing it. I think they were both about 5, so you know that they just wanted to be done! I almost cought the little girl in a yawn, but she stopped and hammed for the camera!
All in all, it was a great day, everyone had fun, and .....{sigh}....my baby is all grown up !!!!!!!
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