The Wedding

Saturday, the day of the wedding, everyone was so afraid it was going to rain! But we didn’t even have a drop. The wedding was really great I hear. People had so much fun that Papa and Mom were gone for a really long time! And, you know what? Papa conducted the wedding! That’s right! He became certified to legally marry people because Jason had asked him if he would perform the ceremony. I could hear his knees shaking before he left for the ceremony. Mom kept telling him he’d do fine. Maybe that made him more nervous than if she hadn’t said anything. I think she was nervous for him, too.

I wish I could have been “ring dog” and Zoe could have been “flower dog”, but we weren’t asked to participate. I know I’d have done a wonderful job. As you see, there are lots of pictures on this blog. Since I couldn’t be there, I decided I’d share the spotlight with some people that Mom and Dad really love.You see lots of people here whom you have never met before. Of course, you know Papa, but you've never seen him looking like a Rabbi, I bet. He is wearing his gift of a new prayer shawl which has Carolina Blue colors. Erin and Jason gave that to him as a way of thanking him for doing the wedding.

The bride and groom are married under a huppah which symbolizes the home. They are escorted to the huppah by parents. Audrey makes such a beautiful mother of the groom, doesn't she. She likes me lots, too. I think I could have helped them down the aisle. I'd have been really pretty!

This is the huppah and the ceremony. I think they look really happy, too!

Jason has three sisters, too. Halli is the one in the middle of the picture with the three girls and Taylor is on the left and Jamie is on the right. Jason's step-father, Brad, was having a great time with it all! And Mom says he is a really good dancer! Plus, he and Papa listen really well to Audrey - she's connected to the Blueberry Vodka drink in the hand, here.

They didn't get to talk to Halli as much as they wanted to about her travels in Israel, but they hope to talk with her soon. They met Kyle who came with Jamie, and heard about Taylor's football player fiance, Matt. Mom thinks they should all visit us in Chapel Hill. What fun!

One thing that is done in the Jewish ceremony is the breaking of a glass at the end of the marriage ceremony which means that the couple can no longer go back to how they were before the marriage. They will continue through life together and never the way they were before.

After the vows are completed the mothers of both the bride and groom read a blessing to them.

And then the KISS!