After 3 days of celebration we finally came out on the other side. What a great 3 days it was. I was hoping to post more but a certain someone (ahem…) left his video camera AND digital camera in his garage. The only thing I had was Blue Eye’s camera and my useless phone camera. I’ll have to post the professional pictures when we get them.
Anyway, we all left for Tampa Wednesday morning because we had rehearsal at 10 am. The wedding and reception was held at the Kapok in Clearwater. It is a stunningly, beautiful place.
That night we headed over tothe Iwanski home to have a barbecue.
This is Nathan Poole, Adam's best man who came in from Arizona (he's in the Marine Corp). They've been friends since they were 6 years old.
When you marry someone you automatically become part of another family. Sometimes that’s good. Sometimes it’s not. We absolutely love Sarah. She is everything we could have wanted for Adam. When we met Matt and Rita (her parents), we came to understand why Sarah was the way she was. When we met their extended family it became even clearer. I don’t think I’ve ever met a more loving, giving and accepting family. Everyone from her grandparents to her cousins were as gracious as they could be. They also know how to have a good time.
Thursday was Thanksgiving so our rehearsal dinner turned out to be quite the event. We had it catered and had about 65 family and friends turn out. We capped the night with a two hour Karaoke bash. It was an evening we will never forget. At first folks were a little hesitant. We started with a few group songs. When we got to Billy Joel’s Piano Man, we had the whole place rockin’.
We even had our own Ruben Berrios belting out My Eyes Adored You. He did a great job!
The parents got together and sang Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
At one point we had both families up there singing We Are Family.
Here's a video clip of a group singing a song from Grease.
Friday was the big day and it went on without a glitch. It could not have been a more perfect wedding. Here are a few picts.
Whew! I'm tired. I'll post more later when I get the good pictures back.
I leave you with my boy and his boys.
At the end of this, Sarah's grandmother turned to me and said:
"This is the first wedding I've been to that's had a floor show."
What can I say? My son's a ham.
Superman
2 comments:
Thanks a lot for sharing such great pictures and videos.
I loved the groom and his men doing the “Soldier Boy” dance. That was awesome! I felt like I was right there with them.
Your parents looked great. Miriam and Papo looked as happy as ever together.
Beautiful picture of the location.
Great blog posting!!
Congratulations to the bride & groom and a greater congratulations to the rest of the families. Looks like everybody's a winner!
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