He's married. MARRIED!!!!! And the wedding was awesome. The entire weekend was awesome to tell you the truth. It was good just getting to be with him, and getting to be apart of this amazing thing that was happening. I got to see where they'll be satying for the summer. Its basically a pool house on a golf course, owned by this great rich couple in his church (their name is Davinni) free of rent! how cool is that!! Plus, i personally thought it was ideal for a newly wed couple.
Anywho, i got there with Jay's best man Brian Friday night, and Jay came and stayed in the hotel with us that night. That morning, we all got up and got dressed for rehersal. Only i thought that we were supposed to dress casual, when in fact the event was "dress casual." I'm in a t-shirt and shorts while nearly everyone else is in button downs and slacks. Not cool. (but if you know me, its almost expected). Yeah, so we get to the place right, and it is amazing! Its an inn, the Fairview inn, and its sort of a mansion that was made a bed and breakfast. Large dining areas, parlors, study rooms, and a great garden with a raised gazebo, where they'll get hitched. However, we didn't get to reherse on the gazebo, cause it was raining. Go figure. we practiced on the front porch! Then, we headed off to the rehersal dinner, which was awesome!!!! I mean, shrimp pasta (not scampi!), bread rolls, steamed potatoes, mmmmhhhhmmm good!! (The tea was unsweetened, but you can't have everything in life) Then after we were stuffed, it was time for the toasts. and boy howdy, i think there were more than anyone expected. First it was Jay's dad, then Melissa's, then Brian (the best man). Then it was i believe one of Jay's sister in laws to be (praising him beause he was short ha! both the brothers of Melissa's were huge!) then Christy, Jay's youth pastor's wife, then one of Melissa's aunts, then me( get this, i stand up, and everyone groans and then starts laughing, to which i reply, rather indignantly, "i'm not! I'm not gonna do it! i know i'll be remembered as the goof at this wedding, but not right now. actually i said something heart felt, to let them both know i was happy for them.) Then, it was Tyler, Jay's brother's turn, and he took the cake. Tyler at first had to be prompted by his dad to say something, at which point he turned in his seat and said," thanks for taking him off my hands". Okay, but you have to stand up when giving a toast, which i pointed out (tyler, stand up!) and he did. I don't regret it, even though Jay probably does. Tyler stands and continues, "because now, i get his room, and his truck." Laughter, but it'll get better, right? " i knew Jay really liked you," ok, now he's getting to the good stuff (i was correct in a very funny way) " because i never seen Jay bring a girl home before," sniggering," i never seen him holding a girls hand before", less sniggering, more outright laughing, " i never even seen him toucing a girl before!" At this point everyone still in a chair is in danger of falling out of it, and absolutely everyone is crying in earnest. That would be because we were LAUGHING our heads off! It was fantastic. Afterwards, the guys in the group,and some others that were invited to the bachelor party, but not the wedding party, got together and played Ultimate Frisbee. Then we went to Jay's summer place and grilled out. it was good man time. we made sure to poke fun at Jay, but we weren't really organized in it, and i regret that a little, but its cool. I know Jay appreciated it. i stayed that night at the davinnis with Jay, while everyone else went back to the hotel. It was good, just being with him that last night. Then it was time
We went back to the hotel, got the tuxs on, and began strutting. Yes, we were good looking guys, but we were mostly strutting because we were told to, for pictures. Before the pictures were started however, Brian, Tyler, Tyler Entrekin (friend of Jay's, cool guy) and me inacted a plan that had been proposed by Jay. See in the garden, there was this statue. This statue of a woman. This statue of a nude woman. Jay thought that was not kosher, so he bought a hula skirt, coconut bra, and ley, to make her modest. And we, his strike team if you will, were to carry out the grooms orders. We snuck out and around the building, got to the exposed lady, the coconut bra fit like a glove, then we hear a tap-TAP! on the window and spin, thinking all the same thought im sure, Crap we're caught! Well, we were caught, just on camera by Jay's aunt Christy. (and it was a good picture). Well that done, we went and had our pictures made. Then it was the whole wedding party, which i didn't think was supposed to happen till after the ceremony, but hey, not my wedding. Then it was time. The guys were secluded to a parlor, and we waited. We lost track of Jay for a few minutes, but i assume he was just collecting himself. Then the ceremony began, and it was Capital G-Good. I did cry (a little!) and when the vows were said, the sun broke through the looming clouds and shone. Beautiful. And now its been two days since. And my best friend is married to the woman of his dreams. You know, writing it down, doesn't make it any less sureal.
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