Weekend Wedding

We recently traveled for a wedding weekend and truly, it was a wonderful time, as it should be. My new camera arrived, so I spent the car ride figuring out how to use it; next I need to load the software so I can download photos. So, photos will be posted soon, but in the meantime, I wanted to get my thougts together about the weekend.

The bride's parents have been friends with my parents for over 22 years, our brothers friends the same amount of time (I remember when the boys were in 1st grade together). We've shared vacations together, funny stories growing up, laughter, and tears together. It reminded me that when we come together for something, such as a wedding, we are not just celebrating an event, but all of that shared background.

The bride was just beautiful, as was the ceremony and reception, followed by an after wedding party, then brunch the next day. Having this time to celebrate together also allowed our families to continue that bond, continue to support each other, and essentially, continue to be like a family to each other. When we moved to Virginia, we had no family here in the "official" sense, but we've been blessed with this family through the friendships created and bonds strengthened over the years. Coming together for this wedding was not only a celebration of the bride and groom, and their commitment, but a celebration of family and friends, our history and our future.