That's right! And she looked good.
Many times that weekend I heard people exclaim "How will anyone ever top this?!" And the answer is, they can't. However, they can certainly imitate it. So, to make things easier, I used Josh and Susie's wedding as a model to create my own guide of exactly what to do if you want your wedding to be the awesomest:
- Surround yourself with all of your favorite people, preferably for a whole weekend.
- Hold a competitive event, like the "Josh and Susie Wedding Olympics" held the day before at the camp, to the delight of all the guests. Include physical challenges, beer, and lots of trivia.
- Stuffy rehearsal? Nah! What you want to do is have a rehearsal barbecue, full of delicious food prepared and planned by Zack and Susie's fam.
- Bonfires: Have more than one, first of all. And at them, do things like make s'mores, listen to mandolin, and watch impromptu fire dances.
- Try to have a ketubah signing. I'm trying to figure out how I can do this even though I'm not Jewish, cause it's so cool. You might think it's going to be a quick, legal-ish thing, but everyone present, who think they will cry at the ceremony, will lose it 20 minutes early. (No photos, we were all too busy crying...)
- Make your ceremony super personal and gorgeous. If possible, have your brother play mandolin, and have it officiated by your mom's cousin, who is a cantor and who not only sings beautifully, but makes everyone cry with her personalized, inspiring words.
- Have yummy food!! And an ice cream sundae bar!
- Make the dancing the best EVER. Have a DJ who looks like he's not having fun, only because he's SO SERIOUS about keeping the party going. Groom must do a chair dance, a breakdance, and a spotlight slow dance with his best guy friend. Try to end the night with "Total Eclipse of the Heart," a song so perfect for the moment that everyone on the entire dance floor spontaneously begins a slow interpretive dance, ending in the bride and groom being lifted up by their friends and slowly spun around, symbolizing their love rising above everything, or perhaps they themselves aligning like the moon and the sun in an eclipse. Heh.
Congrats Sus and Josh, I love you both!
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While I am quite obviously one of the most biased readers of this blog, and certainly the most biased reader of this post, I must say that I am completely floored to have the wedding described so beautifully and in such a complimentary way!
The only downer of the day, which Margaret failed to mention, was the divorce ceremony she and I held just before the wedding. She also failed to mention her awesome speech- a really good balance of funny and poignant and (in my opinion), the best one. (Although if Abbey is reading this- her's was amazing as well). I am so happy that nearly everyone I love dearly got to share this and especially happy that my best friend and hetero-life partner was such a big part of it!
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