Today was the day we had all traveled to see. 75 of my cousin’s closest families and friends had traveled hundreds of miles to see the two love birds finally tie the knot (they’ve been dating for forever). The ceremony itself was gorgeous, the picture-perfect wedding on the beach with friends and family there. Though it was a little hot, the breeze from the ocean in the background kept things manageable.
After the ceremony, we had some drinks (water for me) and heard the speeches from the various parties (maid of honor, best man, parents of the bride and groom). Naturally most of the girls started tearing up, and also naturally, us macho guys made fun of them… and then the bride, Amber, gave her speech. Talk about an amazing speech and moving performance, I don’t think there was a dry eye in the place after that one. Cheers to two great people getting together, and here’s to a long life of happiness.
We then had some dinner, shared some stories, and grabbed a few malteadas (milkshakes). And since we had so much fun with charades the night before, we decided to play it again. Another fun time, with a couple of other great suggestions (“M.I.L.F.”, “The answer my friend is blowing in the wind”, and “Mexican Midget”). The last one was inspired by someone we saw earlier today:
It’s always funny to me how people playing charades throw all logic out the window because they are so eager to guess right. Often people will ignore the fact that what they are saying makes no sense, and always, always repeat the same thing over and over again when it clearly is wrong (reminds me of a time my co kept guessing “door key” for about 2 minutes straight – close co, it was “door knob”).
After the charades ended (haha), I joined some of the other wedding guests for some last night dancing. This proved to be rather interesting, as I forgot to mention yesterday that I did something to my lower back while playing volleyball yesterday. It’s amazing how your dancing changes when you only feel comfortable standing completely straight up, or sitting down. Unfortunately I didn’t come up with any cool dance moves like Lisa Turtle did in Saved by the Bell.