On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
John 2:1-2
August 13th came along. Us four girls woke up early to head over to the church to get ready since we were all bridesmaids. We got to the church and met up with the other bridesmaid and the bride herself. It was rather chaotic since we were running a little late and we needed to take pictures at 11:30. We were finally ready at 11:45 and we rushed about like ninja's making sure to avoid my brother and his groomsmen since they weren't allowed to see the bride. After the pictures of us and the bride and the bride with her parents, we four bridesmaids found John and had our pictures taken with the family. It was a very beautiful moment!
At 12:30 the bridesmaids went back into our little preparation room for last minute cleaning. Then all the bridal party(except the bride) met outside the main church area(haha oh my goodness I can't think of the name of that area.) and wait for 1 o'clock to come. We all got in place, the music started and we all headed down the isle.
Once we were all by the Alter I watched John's face as Vannessa appeared in her beautiful wedding gown. His face lit up in the biggest smile! I won't talk you through the whole ceremony because that would be rather boring for you so I'll just fast-forward to when the ceremony was over. They gathered the wedding party together for pictures in the Church and then we all drove to a park not too far from where we were having the reception, at Saint Patrick's church.
The picture taking was pretty funny because the bride and groom gave us all really cool looking sunglasses which we wore through most of the pictures; Bride and groom included. ;) It'll make for a very entertaining moment when they're old and they look through their wedding pictures!
After that we headed to the reception hall and there was food and speeches and dancing and shear merriment! =) At one point, when my brother and his new wife preformed a choreographed first dance I did start bawling my eyes out. Mostly because I was reminded of how goofy my brother is, and all the great times we've had just goofing off.
So yeah, the bride and groom left at 10, we started cleaning and left at about 12:30 and didn't get home until about 1 o'clock AM! It was crazy and tiring but well worth it!
The next day was Sunday the 14th and I had planned to go to an event called the Renaissance Faire with some friends at around 12 after Church. After finding out the day before that half of them were not coming I discovered I would be left with Colin...Again. I didn't want that so I recruited my tow sisters, Marie and Anne and also our cousin Kasey. After Sunday mass we all rushed to the bathrooms and got dressed in our makeshift Renaissance costumes (EVERYONE at the event dresses up, it's so much fun!). Before taking off I found out Colin had also recruited 2 friends. When we got there I found out it was the friend of his I met and hung out with at Creation Fest, Claire. She's a pretty interesting girl. 3 years younger than me but she tries to act older, especially around Colin. She imitates everything he does, which, at times, gets rather annoying. It was hard enough dealing with one immature person...lol. The other friend of theirs was my sister Anne's age but she looked way older so she just talked with Colin and Claire.
I was rather disappointed in Colin that day. I invited him(and a bunch of others, mind you.) to this event and he acted more immature than normal. I don't know, just making little remarks here and there that would tick me off a bit, especially in front of my sisters.
Anyway, after watching a VERY cool acrobatic show held by a group called the Cavallo Equestrians(Soooo amazing!) We met up with Sarah, our old music coordinator at Church. She hung with us the rest of the day and I just kind of ignored Colin. At 4 there was the Jousting Tournament held by the same group. It was pretty sweet, though a little disappointing compared to 2 years ago the first time I went. I think one reason would be that near the end one of the guys hurt his hand as he and another were riding past each other as they do for jousting. It was rather sad but I did get to pet one of the horses that was ridden by the more good-looking rider. ;D
Anyway, at 5:30 Colin and the other two left and the rest of us stayed until it was over at 6.All in all I had fun, I really enjoy that kind of stuff, it really gives my imagination a swift kick to the rear and now I want to start writing again.The problem is I have no time anymore. I worked almost everyday this past week, and on my off day, Tuesday and Friday I was too tired to do anything. (Ok so on Tuesday I did go hiking up Mt. Peak with my brothers James and Peter but then I was too tired to do anything else...)
Well, I guess I'm all caught up now! Yesterday I did have to work at the Farmers Market, but there's not much to talk about other than I worked 10 hours in 80 degree weather. x)
Now that I am all caught up, I think I'm going to do this blog a little different. I was thinking of, from now on, only writing about Sundays. After hearing the Gospel and Father's homily today I discovered I really want to share my own opinions on the readings. And this would help since I haven't really talked about my opinions on this amazing Faith we share.
So! Starting next blog it will only be on the Sunday's readings, and maybe whatever other religious things I did that week. I might do one tonight if I'm not too tired(I work today) since it is my favorite and the post widely conflicted reading I have ever known.
God Bless and keep you!
~Katie
What to expect next:
Sunday the 21st of Auguts Gospel reading. "Upon this Rock I will build my Church."
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