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What a Wild Wedding Weekend
By Woopop | August 10, 2009 11:52 am
It’s been awhile since the last proper blog post, but this weekend deserves one. Pat and Jodi’s wedding weekend was finally upon us, and needless to say, “we had a blast” is kinda putting it lightly. Tiff and I rolled out of Rochester on Friday morning and hauled down to the twin tiers. We first went to Park Station to crash a picnic with Tiff’s parents and Carol and Gary. They were nice enough to feed us lunch and hang out for a bit before we started the wedding activities. We got to the Lindenwald Haus B&B around 2pm, got checked in, and just sat around for a bit as others arrived and checked in. We ended up taking a two car caravan over to the Hill Top Inn for the rehearsal, where we met up with Jodi and a couple of others. Once the Pat and the boys arrived, the rehearsal ensued. After the rest of us not in the wedding party were done waiting around (ha), we headed back to the B&B so the guys could get somewhat cleaned up. I ended up taking a couple people and we grabbed the pizzas, some beverages, and headed up the hill to Cathy and Marlin’s place for the rehearsal dinner/party. I think everyone had a pretty good time at the party, some more than others (!), which made the caravan back to the B&B a tight squeeze (lotsa people, not a lot of drivers and car space!). We didn’t quite stop once we got back to the B&B, so suffice to say we had a long night. :)
Saturday morning came a bit too early, but we had a nice breakfast at the B&B, and then started thumb-twiddling time. Tiff was in the wedding, I wasn’t, and thus the handful of us that were affiliated with the wedding party, but not in the wedding party, had a *ton* of time to kill. As in, from roughly 10:30am or so until pictures around 3pm. Thankfully there was a Wegmans two minutes away, because one run later, we had cold beverages, and sat around yapping for the next couple hours. All that talking worked up some hunger, so yet another Weggies run ensued, this time for lunch. Giant subs all around. Finally, we had some entertainment (other than ourselves!) as it was time for pictures. I had to change into my suit to look presentable for the 5 pictures I was in, and once the wedding party left for more pics, I got to change back out of the suit and resume hanging out for another 2 hours or so. We all got changed, and made our way to the Hill Top around 7:15. Marlin ambushed me as soon as I got there and put me on traffic duty, helping make sure the horse-drawn carriage wouldnt get hit as they came down the road. The carriage (and it’s precious cargo!) made it up the hill in one piece, and I snuck in the back to witness a beautiful ceremony. Pat and Jodi and the rest of the wedding party looked great! We watched the two newlyweds disappear on the chariot, and we headed into the reception area to start the party. After a bit, the wedding party got introduced, with each couple doing something a little goofy upon entrance. Good times. Pat and Jodi’s first dance was something to see, as they went outside on the patio, and were surrounded by everyone holding giant sparklers. It looked really really cool. The reception rolled on from there, with a dynamite candy buffet (yes, CANDY buffet!), and SLIDERS! Good food choices, guys! After we closed out the reception, most everyone hauled back to the B&B, Tiff got to make an extra trip back to the Hill Top to pick up some ghosts (hehehe.), and we hung out a bit at the B&B before knocking off for the night. Apparently the bride and groom and assorted others didn’t retire until the sun was coming up!
We had yet another nice breakfast Sunday morning, saw most everyone off, and hung around to watch a couple of the gifts get opened and help Pat and Jodi clean up the place a bit. We met Tiff’s parents for lunch on our way home, and finally made it home around 5:45pm. But because we’re crazy, we didn’t stay home long. The local rock radio station, 94.1 had their festival Sunday afternoon, with Sevendust headlining. Since they’re the only band on the bill we (yes, we, Tiff came to this one!) wanted to see anyway, we figured we’d time it perfectly. We did, sorta. We walked right in (tickets? Why’d we bother?), only missed three songs, and got to see the rest of their set! Got in and got out, grabbed a couple groceries at Weggies on the way home, and finally called it a night. I don’t think we coulda packed much more into the weekend than we did. Had a great time doing it though!
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