July 31, 2007--My brother's wedding

As of last night, I have a new sister-in-law. My little brother got married yesterday evening. It was a nice, simple wedding. They had only two attendants each, no flower girls or ring bearer, they had minimal decorations, and a cupcake tier instead of a wedding cake. They skipped all the silly little customs like stuffing cake in each other's mouth--the only one they did was she did throw her bouquet. My littlest sister (age eight) caught it. My other sisters thought that was terribly unfair--they don't want to have to wait until she grows up and gets married before they can get married if she's next in line. The wedding colors were pink and black. It was also a potluck wedding. I brought vegetable pizza. My grandpa was there--I hadn't seen him since my sister's wedding four years ago. I wish he came up more often. He's the only grandparent I have left (except for my great-grandpa, and he's not going to last much longer.) My dad married them, and he did a really nice job. We were all taking bets on how long he'd be able to hold off crying. He only cried at the very end, so we were all really proud of him. The only disappointment I had was that the batteries in my camera died. It hadn't showed a low battery the last time I had used it, so I didn't think to grab the pair from the charger. It died after two pictures. I got one of my brother up there with his groomsmen, and I got a picture of the maid of honor coming up the aisle, and that was it. I didn't even get a picture of the bride. She looked really pretty, though, wearing a white dress with pink flowers. She managed to not look taller than my brother, too! It was a nice wedding, and it will be nice having her as part of the family.