Weddings

My family has been growing in leaps and bounds here lately. Over the past couple of years, several of my family members have gotten engaged so we have been hearing wedding talk for a long time. The great thing is that soon the madness will be over but it has been a wild wedding year for us. 

 

In October, it was one of my cousins. Rain attempted to make that one difficult. It was originally supposed to be an outdoor service but the weather had other ideas so we crammed my huge family into a little building to watch the lovebirds say their vows. It was absolutely beautiful and I couldn't be happier for the pair.

 

In February, it was my sister. Now this one was stressful. I had the honor of being the matron of honor, my oldest daughter was a bridesmaid and my youngest was one of the flower girls. Our family tends to do our own catering, my mother doing a lot of the work. Two weeks before the wedding—when we still had a ton of cooking to do—my mother broke her shoulder. Somehow, we managed and now we can relax and just attend the next few.

 

Today, another of my cousin's ties the knot. He is the first of the younger guys in the family to get married. It gives me hope for my brothers (maybe). I have another cousin getting married in June and as far as I know, that’s it. We will have a break for a while. There are still six of the younger ones unmarried in my generation but it won't be long until my older cousin's children are old enough to start hearing wedding bells.

 

At this rate, I end up related to half the country...