home from a successful wedding
we are back from charleston. yesterday we had a wonderful day celebrating the wedding of chris & meredith. in their casual unorthodox style the ceremony was in the parking lot of the boathouse restaurant with the reception in the restaurant. it was hot.. had i thought better i would have worn a white robe.
for my first wedding, people said i did a good job, so that is encouraging (minus the face i made in the picture). a few slip ups with some longer liturgy parts, but it was very basic and i threw out my notes in giving the homily. not sure if that was good or bad, but it was mostly to what i wrote and from the heart.
the reception was a ton of fun and a lot of laughs. we capped it off with all the men folk taking a dip into the bay, suits and all.
the rest of the week was capped with a lot of hanging out, playing golf, telling stories, laughing with one another and doing the little odds and ends to make this a celebratory time for chris and meredith.
i think i will reflect on the weekend more at a later time. till then check out some of the scenes.
I can't wait to hear the rest.
Posted by: DannyG | May 14, 2007 at 05:31 PM
Gav,
You did a GREAT job with Chris and Meredith's ceremony. I can think of no more fitting way for Chris and Meredith to begin there life togther, then a few words from your heart. Take care.
EJ
Posted by: EJ | May 15, 2007 at 09:02 AM
Here's a biggie -- never wear a white alb/gown to a wedding as some bride think you are competing with them. No, really.
Black cassock with surplice, black academic gown with white stole is good.
Posted by: rev mommy | May 15, 2007 at 12:29 PM
thanks revmom. that is good advice.
ej, it was my honor to be asked to do all that. glad it went over well. thanks for the great pictures.
Posted by: gavin | May 15, 2007 at 05:59 PM
You did a great job Gav! I think it was far more personal and special than having a local minister wiht no real knowledge of the couple perform the ceremony.
I'm also proud to say that as I looked around at the rest of the bridal party, I was one of the least sweaty! Not a small feat.
Posted by: Steve | May 18, 2007 at 12:08 PM
it was amazing steve. guess that 20 minutes in the beer cooler got your core body temp down enough to keep you from sweating more than kyle
Posted by: gavin | May 18, 2007 at 12:15 PM