The wedding was beautiful from what I remember. Andrea glowed. I had a stupid smile on my face all day that wouldn’t go away. It was a normal wedding day from a groom’s point of view.
Let’s start by saying that the sealing (I’m not complaining here) was put in the wrong sealing room, so everyone had to get in their temple whites, which no one brought. Andrea and I both were confused to say the least ‘cause we specifically said church dress, not temple dress. But let’s admit it was a bit more spiritual due to that change in the temple. I’d like to also add that there were no issues due to Prop 8 demonstrators at the temple. If fact the temple and the grounds were empty.
The photographer, who has done many shoots at the temple for weddings, was able to shoot everywhere she wanted and places she has always wanted due to the temple grounds being empty. It was 2 hours of photos at the temple. Only 20 minutes of that was with our families, and then they left for the reception. It played out well.
Andrea and I arrived at the reception, thanks to our lovely L.A. traffic a quarter ‘til 7pm, so just in enough time. We got Andrea all pretty. However we started the reception 20 minutes late. This lateness didn’t allow Andrea and I to talk or visit with anyone; that made us a sad. The reception did flow smoothly from start to finish though. I did sing to Andrea, with the help and sacrifice of my brother Mike and little sister (kinda) Robynne. My cousins and other brothers were embarrassed that I did that, but it was for Andrea, not them, so do I care…no.
We did a simple night in Palmdale, so we could open gifts with the family the next morning. Not to mention so we could go to Crazy Otto’s for breakfast, grub… Then we got our stuff together and headed down to La Jolla for two days. We spent Sunday night at my Aunt Mary Kay’s for dinner and a movie, since we never get to go to the “Family’s Sunday Dinner” which is like every week almost. Then on Monday we grab some lunch at a local deli KK suggested and had lunch on the beach, somewhat romantic for the day. We then spent the rest of the day shopping; the way Andrea would want it. We finished the night up with dinner at KK’s restaurant (Jack’s), where we went with my cousin Anna and her husband Phil. It was amazing. Lots of food. KK made a lot of dessert for us; a freakin’ plate full of canoli, some flavors of sorbet, and other deliciousness.
We left La Jolla, forgetting it was a National Holiday, and went to Disneyland, and were blocked out with our passes. Oops, didn’t plan that real well. So we just came home. Ate at the new Claim Jumpers at the Mall, watch some T.V...and we don’t need any more details put down.
It was fun for what it was worth. We love eachother. So let the adventure begin.
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