May 18, 2007--Mock wedding

We had such a nice co-op day today for school. I think this was the best one we've done yet. I'm sure my daughters will agree with me, anyway. Today we had a mock wedding. We are in the Loyalty unit in Konos and we're studying loyalty to God, family, spouse, friends, church, country, and employer. Most of the week we've been focusing on loyalty to spouse, and part of that was studying weddings and wedding planning. So we decided to have a mock wedding. So that no one felt left out, we decided that all the girls would get to be brides, and all the boys grooms. We didn't want to encourage pairing up, and besides we had twice as many brides as we had grooms, so we just had all the boys stand up front and all the brides walked down the aisle, and my dad led the ceremony. When he got to the part where they exchange vows, he put the names "Joe Shmoe" and "Betty Bumpkin" in the vows and they all recited them. Then he pronounced them "Friend and Friend" and they all blew kisses at each other. It was so cute. Then they walked down the aisle, two girls on the arms of each boy, and we went downstairs and had a reception with cake and punch and mints. They threw their bouquets, and we all threw birdseed at them when we left the church. It was such a fun day. Here are a couple of pictures. The brides were all so beautiful.