So Shannon and I headed down to Cumming to go to a retired church that was converted into a wedding Chapel. We left a bit later then we meant to and looked around the small streets for parking. I let Shannon out, so she didn't have to walk through the car and then parked and got out to myself. The church was old, and needs some repair to get back to a more pristine level. Still beautiful, just a few rough edges.
Most of the Cribbers were near the back we got pushed off near the middle and the side (away from the center). The chapel had wonderful old fixtures and some new ones (not so wonderful, more practical). It had some beautiful stained glass and an ornately carved alter. I can see why they picked it.
The ceremony was very heartfelt. You could tell that the pastor (a long time family friend of the Bidney's) had deep feelings for the entire family. The ceremony was very beautiful. Holly was gorgeous in her dress and Chris was very handsome and the bridesmaids and groomsman (including Dave and Tinker) were very nice looking. There was no receiving line, which made me wonder why the line took so long to get out of the church. I did see Dusty, and strangely enough, he was wearing a tie.
After a bit, we headed towards the reception at the Hyperion Field Club. Now I've been to a few country clubs in my life, but I've never really seen the point in belonging to one....and I really still done. I guess I've had experiences with three. Cedar Rapids country club (my sister worked there for a short while), one in Chicago (a friend of mine worked there) and this one. I guess if I golfed it would make more sense...but I don't know...*shrug*
Anyways, the building is nice and where we sat had a superb view of town. Initially over a golf course and at night, seeing most of the lights of downtown. Quite fantastic actually. The cake (done by The Bake Shop, where we had our cake done) looked very good (and ended up tasting fantastic...I only got to try the lemon cake though).
We ended up sitting way in the back (the close tables looked like they were taken) and couldn't really see much of anything over the people. The wedding party did, however, make their entrance near our table.
Shortly afterwards they started feeding us. The salad was pretty good, a nice mix of greens and I had it with the balsamic vinaigrette, which was good. The main course was a chicken breast stuffed with mushrooms, cream cheese, spinach and asiago cheese with a twice baked potato and green beans with bacon and onions. The twice baked potato was good and the green beans were also nice. The chicken was good, after you got through the tough top. It was like it was heated from the top for too long, or sat in a dish or under a heat lamp for just too long. After the upper layer, the quality greatly improved.
See, that wasn't so bad of a critique...
Seth and Brianna showed up (yay!) So we had lots of interesting conversations.
Chris and Holly both had video programs that showed them growing up, which were fun to watch and they also had special music for the dances with their parents. They put in there what they admired most about the parent. It was pretty cool.
We did the dollar dance (both said they were tired). We also took pictures of Pat dancing with Chris too...it was funny...I was curious as to what Chris's dad said to them.
After a bit, we called it a night and headed home, only to be joined up by Seth, Briana, Dusty, Drew, and Ryan. We chatted, caught up and what not and had a good time.
Beautiful Bride, Handsome Groom, Beautiful wedding.