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Josh and Lindsay Get Married!

So Friday, after offering my services to Josh all day, it was apparently unneeded, but I headed up to the White Oak Vineyards. Relatively short drive, easy and fun. I did feel a bit under dressed at the rehearsal, since I dressed up slightly. It was pretty simple, we ran though things a few times. Especially easy on the ushers...

The place was very pretty, though not all the way manicured yet, I think. sparse grass in places, and the vines next to the building are still a little immature, though it is still early in the season. Occasionally, because of the wind, I swore I got a faint hint of pig farm...but that may have just been me. After being explained exactly what we should do to some extent, and then hearing others (Lindsay's Mom and Sister) talk about what they may assign us to do the next day...

Anyways, after that was done, we were told to be there by 3 the next day and headed over to Trostel's Greenbriar in Johnston. I stopped at home and picked up Shannon first and headed over there (we took her car).

So the appetizers there were pretty good. Not astounding, but good. The crab legs (never really had them like that before, were tasty. Kinda makes me wonder what happens to the rest of the crab. The baked Brie was...well..I've had better Brie, but it was still pretty good. The bread was good, but not outstanding. While the appetizers were happening I got a chance to have a few glasses of the Johnny Walker Blue, which was fantastic. Very mellow on the heat and complex it the flavors.

They had a Salad, which was a combination of tasteless iceberg and other much better greens. The dressings were OK.

I switched over to a red wine after that. There was quite the selection of main courses for dinner, from prim rib to a New York strip, to Chicken to pasta. Shannon had the chicken, which was good and I had the New York strip. The strip was...it tasted very good, but the meat was a bit tougher then I thought it should be. Now I do give some credit, since it is hard to get out meals for 20 or 30 people with such a large group such as ours in a small amount of time, but, I'd have expected better.

Now don't get me wrong, The food was good, the company was good (sitting near Josh's Mormon friend (Brent, Brett?) and the pastor guy led to some interesting location, though I think the topic avoided religion when I went on a tirade about Mitt Romney's recent statements about Guantanamo Bay...I even almost lectured Drew about what I thought was wrong with his statement that was something like "I don't really pay attention to politics, but I'm a republican."). I had an interesting conversation with the Pastor's wife about how she wouldn't eat baby animal meat (no veal, no lamb, etc) and she stated that she likes to think that the meat that she eats dies of natural causes (which is ridiculous, cause it would be almost not worth eating if you let the animals live their entire lives). But it was interesting to say the least and I enjoyed it.

For dessert we had a choice of tiramisu, cheesecake, and a chocolate torte. Shannon had the torte and I had the cheesecake. The cheesecake was good, though again, not fantastic. The torte...well...personally I would've made it with a darker chocolate OR added a bit more sugar. It kind of left a mildly unpleasant aftertaste. Though the first taste was still pretty good.

Anyways, it was a place I've wanted to try for a while, but never have gotten to. Thanks Diane Zamzow...and...uh...Josh's dad!

I was a bit intoxicated (why we took Shannon's car), so Shannon drove home.

Saturday I got up bright and early and got all cleaned up....And then proceeded to play Supreme Commander most of the morning, while vaguely watching some stupid movie in the background. When time grew neigh (and Shannon was mostly done getting ready), I got dressed. The problem being that I had no idea where the hell my shoes were. I realized I hadn't seen them since we had gotten back from Texas for Dan's Wedding. So searching through the suitcases (put them back in such a fashion that they would take up a lot less room in Shannon's second closet), closets, and various places...and then I finally remembered the bag from the hotel we stayed at in Texas and there were my shoes.

After the mystery was solved, my dressing continued. I wasn't too thrilled about standing outside in the sun in an all black tux (though it did look nice). I was already sweating before I got out the door. Spending 20 minutes or so in the car was nice, with the A/C on and all that good stuff. I think it also got me adjusted to the suit, or maybe it was the wind, but it wasn't too bad after that (warm but not uncomfortable).

We chatted and took pictures (one of the groomsman was latish) and got ready as the things were still being setup. The wind blew the chairs outside over and even after resetting them, they would go over again. It was kind of silly. We got a reminder of what we were supposed to do as ushers.

The wedding was beautiful (though hard to hear, other then the pastor, who had a mic). Josh was handsome and Lindsay was beautiful in her dress. They looked happy up there. Shannon got some really good pictures.

Afterwards, we, the ushers, dismissed the rows of people and took some more pictures.

I headed in, got a couple of bottles of water and then proceeded to drink them. I felt much better. I sat down at a table with Chris and Holly, Shannon, Ryan, Tiff and Savannah, Jerry and Ahnaka and Will.

Dinner was interesting.

Now I will have to give them a bit of a break. Apparently they had a few of the waiters not show up for service. So instead of having 2 or 3 like they did they had scheduled 5 or 6...So it meant that services was...well...obnoxiously slow. Now I hope they learn a lesson and have backup plans in case this happens in the future, but they seem new, so I'll cut 'em a bit of slack here.

The appetizers were fun. They had a cheese fountain and meatballs, grapes and bread to cover in cheese. It worked pretty well and was actually kind of tasty (the meatballs especially). and it was a fun idea. I started sampling the wines and I started off with one of their whites (wasn't a big fan), switched to a red (better), and then a white again (it was sweeter, Shannon almost found it acceptable, but I wasn't a huge fan). After the gambit, I switched to drinking the red for the rest of the night.

They brought around baskets of bread, which was good, cause by about this time people were started to get hungry (see above). They brought out butter and an orange butter. The orange butter was...interesting. I could see putting it on something sweet, but just on bread it struck me as odd.

They served a salad and I had it with Ahnaka Ranch (she got her fingers into it earlier)...it was ok.

For the main course we had a plate of something like scalloped potatoes, vegetables, a chicken thing that was fried, kinda reminded me of a chicken keiv, and what I can only assume was pot roast. By the time we got served, the tables around us were all served and most done eating. The potatoes were the only thing on my plate that was actually warm, and they were pretty good. The chicken, I imagine, would've been good, had it been warm, but since it wasn't, I wasn't dreadfully impressed. The pot roast was...well..tough, stringy and tough to eat.

The cake was...very good. There were, to my understanding, three kinds from Glorious Desserts: Almond (the actual wedding cake), Strawberry, and lemon. Shannon got the cake and both of them were very good. The strawberry tasted like a strawberry champagne cake...though I can't be sure.

The started passing out bottles of champagne (d'asti....I don't remember for sure, but I took a picture). There were several toasts and the champagne was fantastic. Even in my state, I could tell that it was quite good.

Afterwards, me being a in an advanced state of inebriation, we said our good byes to the bride and groom and Shannon drove home.

Congrats Josh and Lindsay!

Chris and Holly get married

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.

A Few things

Work has been challenging and interesting lately. Because I've been prodded a bit by Brandon, we've gone in to use Medseek's Sitemaker's language to produce the new modules we're working on. After some annoying inconsistencies between what they say to do and what they do in their actual modules based on this system, I've gotten down to where I've basically figured out what they do. The way they do things has barely changed (as far as presenting data, they just keep it standardized so it all looks at feels the same because it ends up using the same code. I've had a few late nights, but I think I'm moving forward pretty well.

Chris and Holly get married today. I hope the day goes well and everything goes off without a hitch.

Shannon's birthday is on Monday. She turns 29...again...at least that's what she is claiming. I'll be making lobster Alfredo and a nice chocolate torte...at least I assume it's nice, since I've not made it before. It has lots of chocolate in it, so I'm sure Shannon will be happy with it.

We went and saw 300 last night. I thought it was really good (even though our seats kind of sucked), but Shannon wasn't as thrilled about it. It really felt to me like reading a graphic novel, and a good one at that. She did say that the gore seemed more cgi/cartoony so it didn't offender as much as other gore in movies.

We've decided to go on a diet (excluding Shannon's birthday)...well more like change our lifestyle, The pasta that we had earlier in the week is just a start. More fresh fruits and vegetables is the long term goal here. Shannon wanted us to join up something like weight watchers, but to me it seems a bit silly. If we really take it seriously, then we will support each other (which is pretty much the goal of WW). We just both pick bad things sometimes, and it kind of rolls from there. But I think if we both push forward, then we'll end up better...although this does mean more work for me, since a lot of the "I don't feel like cooking" foods that we have are high fat and calories (hello pizza). I've also started using much less cheese too (sigh).

On Monday, the PC Support people came and told me I was getting a new laptop, since mine is going off lease at the end of the month. They wanted to take pictures and what not, but I said, no, I'll clean it off and have it ready by the end of the day, and they said they'd come back today or tomorrow (Monday or Tuesday). So I still don't have my new laptop. The laptop has been cleaned off, so it's basically worthless to me and I'm dreadfully annoyed now. Hopefully early next week, cause I may just have to start installing stuff back on it.

Dan's Wedding

Written 8:35 PM on 2/14/2007 while driving

So the Matta's arrived around 9 or so last night (tuesday) and pretty much settled in to go to bed shortly after that. Cali was a bit grumpy cause she had slept most of the way and apparently didn't want to go back to sleep. So Jenny, Shannon and I chatted while Nathan tried to get Cali to sleep..it didn't work so well, but when he took her upstairs, after a bit, she settled down and the rest of us went to bed.

This morning, we headed out to breakfast, dropped all the girls off and then I led Nathan back a ways to get the mini-van's oil changed. We left it there and headed back to Perkins.

Breakfast went OK and was Perkinsish. I took Jenny to get the mini-van and then headed to the bank and then home myself, to get all our things ready to go. I did a quick backup of this computer (macbook) and brought our luggage and other things down.

Nathan quickly loaded things up and we were almost off, when Shannon reminded me to get Dan and Marissa's present. I rand back in, grabbed it and off we went.

Jenny was driving and shortly most everyone (except me) was sleeping, or at least resting their eyes. I read for a bit (catching up on cooking magazines still) and then decided it would be a good time to catch up on my watching of my video podcasts.

South of Kansas City, we stopped at a McDonalds to allow the kids to stretch their legs...which they did. Shannon and I had some Orange Juice and some water.

Our next real stop was in a city called El Dorado. It was about time to feed the girls so we looked for a place to eat...It didn't look like there was much of a selection so we ended up at this "Chinese" Buffet called China Star Buffet. It was...well...it wasn't good. When we walked into the humidity from the not so well covered water wells. It was so humid that my glasses fogged up and after I cleaned them off, they started to fog up again

It didn't look very good, but what can you do? Anyways wondering around the strange mix of food, from the very American to the very Americanized food I picked things out that looked the least likely to kill me. The food wasn't warm by the time it got back to my seat. The fruits tasted a bit off...kinda like they were fermented. The desserts were very dry...the hot tea was very bitter. The only redeeming thing about the place was a sort of sesame seed peanut brittle which was actually kind of good.

So I went up and paid, headed back to the table, got my coat, left a tip, got Nathan's keys and attempted ot go out and start up the min-van to warm it up a bit before the girls got out there. On Shannon and my way out, the lady that had just, not 3 minutes before, taken money from me to pay my bill, asked me if I had already paid. This made me a bit confused...and I told her that I had.

Headed out, started up the car, got situated limbo style in the back seat (I swear these seats are more intended for kids and not adults) of the car and waited for Nathan, Jenny, Taylor, and Cali to come out to the car.

They came out and buckled everyone in and then we headed toward Wichita. No I can't be much of a judge now, since it's dark, but the scenery in Kansas has been...well...obnoxiously the same...People say Iowa is boring, but sheesh...maybe I'm a little biased..

Written at 7:38 on 2/15/2007, while driving

So we stopped at the Super 8 in Perry, Oklahoma. Decent room rate, relatively clean and free wireless internet access. It was nice to get out of the car. We only have 3 or so hours left in our trip, since we covered the vast majority of it yesterday. I was thinking this morning that this toll road trip is a lot like the toll road trip to Chicago. Where most companies and towns avoid the road like the plague, where in Iowa on I80 there are lots of things next to the interstate. Does the road being free attract business? When we stopped for gas in Kansas, and this hotel here, we had to trek off the road to find anything. I find that kind of annoying, especially when you are trying to cover ground. If you are taking it easy, side trips can be fun...but we do have a sort of time frame that we're working with.

So Jenny had thought about not going to the wedding, because she would have to had taken care of the girls...and the wedding was late and then the reception was even later...so when it comes right down to it, she wouldn't have been able to really participate at all. I can understand that. Nathan asked some of his coworkers (since his company is actually based out of Dallas) to help out and they'll be watching the girls while we all go to the wedding. So that's pretty good..

Written at 7:05 AM on 2/16/2007 at the Courtyard at Marriott in Addison, TX.

So For breakfast yesterday morning we went and ate at the restaurant right next to our hotel. It was called Braum's. It was actually pretty good...but maybe that's just in comparison to the meal the night before. It was kind of like a fast food joint, but the sausage on their morning sandwich was very good. They advertised a lot of ice-cream and frozen yogurt based products, and I was curious to try them, but for breakfast? and in front of the girls? Probably not the best idea, so we skipped out.

We got back on the road and drove towards Texas. The ride started off a bit bumpy, since I think both of the girls were cold and so that upset them a bit which started a bit of crying. But after the car heated up, Cali calmed down and then Taylor calmed down.

After entering Texas (My first time, not Shannon's), we stopped for lunch at a Cracker Barrel. It was actually quite a bit better then the one in Des Moines. Not that it was great, but it was better. And certainly an easy place to feed the kids. It was kind of funny because everyone (except me) had chicken and dumplings. Afterwards, Taylor got a little playtime (she decided it was a bit too cold). We tried to buy some bottled water and a Mt Dew for Nathan, but they old sold Coke products so we loaded back up and started headed south again.

The last part of the drive was pretty short. We saw a huge cross (I think we saw them in a documentary on HBO, recently). Which reminds me, at the terrible Chinese place, there were scripture references on the walls, as graffiti...It was a bit weird. But it wasn't the actual words, just the references...so book, chapter: verse. Like that's gonna help people that don't know it very well.

We crossed a point where apparently the George Bush and the George W Bush turnpike come very close to each other...not the best naming scheme there...

We worked our way through traffic and to the hotel (Courtyard by Marriott) and Checked in. It was a bit weird, since the entrance was under construction (apparently to meet ADA requirements). We got settled in and then Shannon and I went out in the mini-van to find some inexpensive water (both to drink and for my CPAP machine). After going a few different ways and getting a bit confused, we finally found a Kroger Signature (oh so special). We had passed a Sam's Club (no Wal-mart next door) and then talked about not seeing any Targets in a long long time...(we made a trip later with the whole crew and apparently there was a target right next door to the Kroger that we just missed, but could see when it had it's lights on at night). Picked up some water and a few other things and headed back to the Hotel.

After chatting with Jenny for a bit, we found out that Dan probably wouldn't be available for the night to go out (I didn't even know there was a plan to do that, until we had gotten down here). So we made plans for dinner and ate at a BrewPub called BJ's Brewhouse. The food was actually pretty good. My burger that I ordered was a bit more rare then I ordered, but still pretty good. The beer there was pretty nice. Nathan and I sampled 6 of them (3 samplers, I had two pints, and Nathan had 1). The Jeremiah Red Ale, PM Porter, Tatonka Stout were the standouts. The IPA (Piranha Pale Ale), was good but not done in the style that Nathan likes (and that's the one he really likes). Nathan did comment that he no longer thought that Texas seemed like a beer wasteland (probably due to limited experience down here).

We headed back to the hotel, Nathan and Jenny put the kids to bed, brought the baby monitor over and proceeded to hang out. We were visited by Dan and we chatted with him for a bit and offered to do anything we could, to help get the wedding going...

After a bit, Dan ran off to get some stuff done with plans on coming back, but when it came down to it, it was pretty late by the time that he could get back, and the Matta's had already called it a night, so we told him to just get some sleep (which he thought was a good idea).

I think I'll be helping him out this morning by picking up a van (to drive the girls in the wedding from the dressing room in the hotel to the wedding). So we'll see what happens.

Our room here looks pretty much the same as my room in Pheonix. the only diffrences, really are that in this one they have a microwave and mini-fridge, but they don't have a book (with suggestions as to where to eat, how the hotel works and what not). This one also has a nice view of the courtyard and a gazebo, rather then the parking lot.

Written at 5:14 AM on 2/16/2007 at the Courtyard at Marriott in Addison, TX.

So we had breakfast at the simple but ok buffet. Afterwards we lounged around a bit and then Dan came and got us. We drove across town to pick up a great big (I think brand new) rented Ford van, which Dan then drove over to Marisa's Sister's House (I followed in Marisa's truck) and dropped off a few things from the truck and then headed over to a rental place, picked up a van load of things for the reception and then headed back to the sister's house to drop off the van. It was quite the adventure getting to the rental place, Dan got a bit confused and we made a few wrong turns. Lets just say it this way. It took us 30 or so minutes to get there and 15 to get back...so...

Afterwards we headed back to the hotel. We drove a bit and since it was lunch time we drove through Whataburger and Dan bought us lunch. I had a Bacon & Cheese Whataburger with jalpenos. The fries were ok. They seemed to be a bit under done, not very crisp...like they could've used another bit in the fryer. The burger was a bit different it seemed like it was more focused on the toppings, rather then the meat of the sandwich. So the bacon was crisp and good, and thin, but not paper thin, like you get at a place like Denny's or IHOP. The tomatoes and lettuce were fresh and tasty and the bun was thick and good. Maybe if it had a second patty, but it wasn't very messy, which is good when you are driving in the car.

Dan dropped us off at the hotel, and shortly afterwards, I headed down to Al's Formal Wear to get a final fitting for the tuxedos. Sort of a modern take on a throwback with low collared buttonless jacket and a deep read vest. The way that Dan had described it to Nathan, it seemed a bit weird, but it did look pretty good. The people there weren't very helpful. When I tried to leave the shoes there, they wouldn't let me. I told her that I could almost guarantee that the shoes wouldn't fit me...but apparently I couldn't NOT rent them...And with Ray asked about a pick up service, she not only didn't tell us what number to call, she didn't set it up for us either...She just told us that we would need to call.

So after waiting for Bret's coat to be redone, we headed back to the hotel and I came home to find the clothes I'm wearing to the rehearsal tonight all nice and ironed. Gotta love the wife :-) I must say they do look nice. Maybe there is something to this ironing thing.

Anyways, we head off to the rehearsal and then dinner here shortly.

Written in the Car (currently in a DFW area CVS) on 2/18/2007 at 12:12 PM.

So we headed to the rehearsal. We were running a bit late, but we got over there. But it didn't so much matter. Apparently almost everyone was running late.

So before I start describing the next few days here, I want to say I love Dan like a brother and I wish nothing but Marisa and Dan the very best for the rest of their lives. And I want to point out that I'm not being critical of them, just probably more the wedding planner.....

We showed up to a growing mass of people, since there were over 20 people in the wedding party (including the two ring bearers, two flower girls, 3 matrons of honor and Best Men (Nathan and Richard being in the best men group) and 7 bridesmaids and groomsman (Myself, Scott, Clif, Bret, etc) and some other people having to do with the wedding. So by far the largest bridal party that I've every seen, let alone been in. So eventually, people got organized enough for a run through...the only problem was we were missing about 30% of the wedding party and the bride and groom. Not a big deal though, I suppose, but it did make things hard for those of us who didn't have people to walk down the isle with. After the run through we tried to get another one started when the bride and groom arrived. Apparently the priest had left. The wedding planner was having trouble getting the run through started (she apparently couldn't get the attention of the crowd). Nathan helped her by projecting over the crowd. Afterwards, we quickly ran through another time and then headed off to the rehearsal dinner. We rode with Richard and Elana (since we then didn't have to climb through to the back seat of the mini-van all dressed up.

Richard...well...his driving scares me a bit. I was ok with it for the most part, but there were a few times where my heart picked up the pace a little bit. The dinner was at Cantina Loredo. This was, to quote their menus, "Gourmet Mexican" food. And I must say that the food was something else. I was quite impressed. even if the food was in a buffet it was still some of the best fajitas I have ever had in my life. The beef and chicken in the two mixtures were both a bit charred on the outside, but juicy and tender on the inside giving a wonderful mixture of the two. The sour cream, tortillas, salsa they had on the table (two kinds, both fantastic), refried beans...all just wonderful. Just a nice end to the day.

Somewhere in here, my camera was working and then...stopped... It was focusing fine, I went to take another picture and then it was blurry...I figured maybe it was the lighting or movement or something, so I tried something close, and not such luck. So I turned it off and the lens didn't retract all the way. It almost did, but it was just slightly open and then would give an error message after being off for a while. (Later I realized that it was the dreaded E18 error, which there are apparently whole websites dedicated to). So I was a bit miffed by it, but we did take almost 6000 pictures with that camera and it was out of warranty, so I guess that's what one can expect.

Afterwards there was some talk about going out to a bar and maybe getting Dan to come out, just for a drink or two, but Dan had quite a bit of stuff to do, and wasn't able to get out. And when it came right down to it, I didn't much feel like going out and Nathan thought that he should probably return to help Jenny with the girls.

So we ended up going back to our room and Jenny came in and finished off the girl's dresses. After a bit we all headed to bed, but planned on a fairly late breakfast, since we (Nathan and I) weren't too sure when we'd get to eat the next day after breakfast (Dinner for after the wedding wasn't until 9).

After getting ready, eating breakfast with the Mattas and Richard and Elana, We headed over to a park to allow the girls to play and then Shannon and I headed up north a bit to go to Fry's to buy a new digital camera. Nathan gave me directions how to get up there, and they were easy enough to follow. We got up there with little trouble and then went into the wonderfulness of a Fry's. This store is amazing. Huge but they have everything. Computer parts (fans, cases, motherboards), tvs, etc etc. Just something else. I was impressed. We headed in and found a few case fans for Nathan and then got myself the Canon SD800 IS (image stabilization) and a spare battery for it (since the style of battery for the SD550 that we have is similar but just enough different that it's pretty much impossible to use those batteries. So we headed up to checkout and did so. We headed back to the park...or at least thought we were. We stayed on the frontage road (to go slower and avoid tolls) but missed our turn. I don't think we even say the sign, but suddenly we were required to get on the road...so we immediately exited and called Nathan, who with the help of someone in the park, was able to (after a while) get us turned around and going towards the park. It was quite annoying. I turned the keys back over and told them, no more driving for me in Texas. We headed back to the hotel to drop the girls off.

The men (Richard, Bret, Nathan and I) headed into Richard's rented Dodge Charger and headed over to the reception area. We were not the first to arrive (we were a bit late because of my escapade in driving), but went right to work. We tired on black bows to gold chairs, put on table cloths, center pieces and what not. We helped put up candelabras and columns. Some point in there, Richard and Bret ran off to get us a Burger at BurgerHouse (I think that's what it was called). When they came back we took a bit of a break to eat our food. The burger was pretty good (the bacon was better then Whattaburger's) and this was the second time where I commented that I didn't understand why they had everything in styrofoam containers. Not like a great burger, but a good one none the less. We were found lounging around finishing up our dinner and were then put to work again by Marisa's aunt.

So we did a few final things and then headed over to the Renaissance hotel to get changed and take a few pictures. As we were leaving we saw them remove a few of the center pieces that we put in, apparently, as we found out later, to replace them with bigger ones. (Yay for unnecessary work). On our way over to the hotel, we stopped at a liquor store (where one of the items they had was a 50 ml bottle of Remy Louis the XIII Cognac for a surprising price that I could justify to myself (though Shannon couldn't so much justify it)). They had a wonderful set of scotches and cognacs and other fine liquors. I ended up buying Dan a half bottle of Patron Silver Tequila, since he had mentioned that he may want to do a shot for the day. Nathan got a big bottle of Jack Daniel's and Richard got a smaller one (almost coat pocket sized) and we headed over to the hotel.

We found out where people were in this very nice hotel (which according to Clif went up in a bout 3 months, during the time that he lived there, it was on his way to and from work). We went in the room at it was warm in there...and that was even before I put the monkey suit on. Finally someone found the thermostat and turned 'em on to cold. But it really wasn't in enough time to really cool down the rooms. the room had a great view of the city's skyline. And in the bathroom they had a few things which were interesting. They had mint and thyme shampoo and conditioner and a note on there that they had a complementary shoe shine service, so if you got them your shoes by 9:PM they'd have 'em shined by the next morning.

There was a bit of confusion as to when people were supposed to arrive. The schedule that we had gotten the night before said 2, Dan thought 3, and we were told 4 at the reception hall (while we were setting up).

So we eventually dressed up and I helped Dan with his cufflinks and Bret and Dan (one of Dan's best men). Who knew I had so much experience in getting all fancy dressed? Anyways, there was a wedding photographer in there with us taking candid photos and the planner came in to pin on boutonnières. Nathan commented that she didn't pin them on very well, and the photographer agreed. It was a bit silly and kind of hit or miss as to who got them on well and if they were at an angle or not.

We did do a few shots around the room between the Tequila and the Jack Daniel's. Certainly not enough to impair us, but just to relax us. We were told 15-20 minutes to pictures and that someone would come and get us. The wedding planner came back, after about 15 minutes, and told us another 15-20 minutes. Eventually we had a young lad come up and tell us 5 minutes and we headed down to the lobby. We took a few candid shots (but when you are arranging 20+ people it takes a while). And it was much cooler out here in the lobby then it was in the room (which was good for those of us who were sweating in the room. After the pictures we headed to the church (big beautiful Catholic church) to get ready for the wedding (photos before the wedding had been postponed to after, because of the timeframe given).

We were directed to go back behind the Sanctuary to a small prep place (where they had the cup that people drink wine out of along with some of the books and other things) and we just kind of hung out. There were a few jokes (Nathan was looking for a bathroom and I found one and told him to go pee for Jesus) and others that would happen when you get a bunch of guys around. We talked about a few things and then found out that Dan had forgotten the marriage license (which is one of those things you just can't forget) and had to trek back to his apartment to get it. His apartment was about 30 to 45 minutes away (depending on traffic) when you go the speed limit. In our boredom, a few of us put down $5 a person in a pool to call when the wedding starts. Yes, it was silly and stupid and a bit obnoxious, but we're guys... And by start, we decided that meant when the Priest came out. So when Dan got back (a surprisingly small amount of time later), we kept an eye on the door to find out when the Priest would come out. A little after 7:45 PM, He came out and Scott won the pool.

The question is where was the wedding planner in all of this?

The wedding was very beautiful (if a bit long) and Marisa was a vision of beauty and Dan as very handsome. I must say that Marisa's dress and the flower girls dresses (which seemed to be a slightly simpler and smaller version of Marisa's) are probably the most intricate dresses I've seen in person.

After the wedding many of us thought that we were free to go to the reception, but found out that we were mistaken and were left behind for a bit to get more pictures taken. We weren't there to long and Shannon and I hopped in Wade's car with Clif to head to the hotel (to pick up a bigger memory card, since I had forgotten to put it in our new camera, the memory card that it came with, pretty much allowed for 3 or 4 pictures taken at the top resolution and detail before the card would be full). From the hotel we took the short trip to the Addison Event Center to the reception. Wade had a pretty serious curb check on our way there.

So Shannon got to go sit down, but I had to hide in the back hallways to make the grand entrance. When we passed a mask to wear, it became abundantly clear that the theme was based on the Phantom of the Opera's Masquerade scene. Dan's dad Ray told me that he had picked them up masks from Venice (I think) where the style of party originated from (I think). Anyways, wearing the mask made it fairy difficult to see, for me, since I couldn't wear my glasses and the mask at the same time. I explained this to those around me and the bridesmaid I was paired with, told me she'd be my guide (which was very nice of her). So we would have waiters go by with the appetizer, which turned out to be the highlight of the evening. They were pieces of chicken and beef that were tossed with what might have been Chinese 5 spice, but probably not. They were quite good. fairly tender meet spiced well.

As for the rest of the food, I was fairly underwhelmed. The fruits were nice, the alfredo pasta was ok, the chicken marinara was...well..ok the crust was a bit less then I would've thought it should be. The beef brisket was a bit tougher then it should've been (according to Nathan) and the flank steak was pretty good, but could've been more tender. The sauce for the brisket was supposed to be horseradish but if there was any horseradish in there, it was a tiny amount. The cake was a bit dry (both the angel and chocolate) and had way to much frosting for my taste. The chocolate peelings on the cake were good though (I was able to grab a bit away before Shannon consumed them).

It still was a beautiful reception and after I got some food in me I felt quite a bit less grumpy and felt more social (especially after getting off my feet for a bit). They had a mariachi band for a while which was pretty cool and they were pretty good too. The DJ was fairly good at the organization (which was good, since, again, the wedding planner was at best incapable). The music was cheesey at times and a mix of Phantom, country, classics, and mexi-pop. Jenny and Nathan took the dance floor (Taylor and Cali were being taken care of by one of Nathan's co-workers) and they were quite good. On asking Shannon if maybe she wanted to do that and maybe take some lessons and she said she would...so maybe we'll be doing that...

During the Dollar dance, I danced with Marisa and Shannon danced with Dan.

Shortly after that, we said good bye to Marisa and Dan and our friends there and headed back to the hotel.

After changing out of the monkey suit and Shannon out of her dress, Nathan, Jenny, Shannon and I unwound a bit and then went to bed.

So there was a lot of missing direction and planning and coordination (again, where was the wedding planner, she was actually LATE for things at times). Things that had to be redone, because people weren't sure what needed to happen initially.

Oh well...After all the confusion, It turned out beautifully.

This morning, since Taylor enjoyed knocking on our door so much, we ate breakfast with the Mattas This morning. After packing up, we heisted some bread from the breakfast buffet and headed to the park.

Taylor and Cali got some playing time and feeding ducks time at park (as did Shannon and I). There were some odd looking ducks in there (I may just not recognize them).

Written in the car, Somewhere in Oklahoma on 2/18/2007 at 5:05 PM

So after the bread was gone, we played with the girls a while, swung on the swings and had some general silliness before we got on the road.

So we stopped for lunch at an On the Border. I was surprised to find that it was actually pretty good. It was a good change of pace. The salsa had some heat to it, the food was done right..our waiter kind of sucked...I asked for guacamole and cheese twice for my lunch fajitas, and didn't get them. For play time we wondered around the large store strip mall area and ended up in a Toys R Us...where Taylor had a bit of an accident. Jenny was not exactly pleased. I did check in a bed bath and beyond for the 8" omelet pan that I've been looking for. They had it, but only in a set of 13 other things, and I'm not dreadfully thrilled about that...anyways, Nathan suggested Ebay and Shannon suggested I try their website...so maybe I'll be able to find it...

Our Journey continues.

Written at the Wyatt Earp Inn, somewhere in Kansas 2/18/2007 at 10:15 PM.

Well after passing up the Universal Hotel, since it looked similar to the Bates Motel (and with nothing around it either), we went to the next exit. At this exit they had a few restaurants a truck stop and the Wyatt Earp Inn. It looked less scary and with the things around it, we thought it seemed to be less likely to be murdered in our sleep. We got something, checking in, that we haven't gotten on this trip so far...a key. Yes...a key for a room, not a card. It seems odd to me. But I guess that's when technology moves forward, some get left behind. The carpet has stains on it...I had to search for outlets to plug in all my devices (I had to unplug a lamp to get my laptop, cellphone, iPod and CPAP plugged in. We checked for bed bugs and Shannon checked for mouse droppings, so I guess we'll see what happens.

I was hoping to post this through the truck stop's wireless internet, but every time I try to connect, I get rejected. So...that kinda sucks...

Written at the Wyatt Earp Inn, somewhere in Kansas on 2/19/2007 at 4:51 AM.

So I did sleep some, but not very much. I think I'm up for the day. But I can't do much, since Shannon's sleeping. Pulling the covers back on my bed, I found crumbs on the bed. Shannon had suspicions and checked to see if it was flea droppings. She took a couple of crumbs in a tissue and washed them, because apparently flea droppings will leave a rust color (because of the iron in the blood they eat I suspect. No...they were just crumbs.

One of the things I noticed that was kind of odd was the clocks. They were set to be a similar time, but they were slow. By about 15 minutes. Most clocks in hotels are not particularly right, but they usually are fast (probably so you are not late for wherever you are going).

I am looking forward to being home later today.

Written on the road in Kansas on 2/19/2007 at 10:32 AM

So we skipped the truck stop, even though in the advertising paper in our room it said that it had won the the best restaurant in 1996 in Trucker magazine...We headed down the road to find somewhere else to eat and ended up at the Old 56 Family Restaurant.

The food was pretty good. Nathan said the pancakes felt done texturewise, but tasted underdone. He said it was weird and I agree that it was. The english muffin I had was fantastic. It tasted like it was grilled on the griddle, rather then in a toaster. Shannon and I also split a cinnamon roll which was pretty good. So a pretty good way to start the day.

The funny thing was that even though they had a table tent posted stating they use no trans-fat in their cooking, they do allow smoking in their restaurant...which is a bit funny.

To give the girls a bit of play time, we hung out in a Walmart (ewww). We spent some time looking around. We bought Shannon a cheap tetris game so she could play that in the car...which she is doing right now. After playtime was over, pottytime happened and we got back on the road.

Only a few more hours till home.

Written on the road in Kansas (less then 5 miles to the Iowa Border) on 2/19/2007 at 1:57 PM.

So we stopped at this truck stop Dinner Bell Restaurant ("Eat Well at the Dinner Bell"). The food was fairly lackluster. The fries were good, but there was too much thousand island dressing on my ruben. Mostly the food was pretty blah. I tried to convince Shannon to just split a piece of pie, but she wanted her own. The pie was actually pretty good. I had a slice (that I couldn't finish) of lemon cream cheese pie (a layer of whipped topping, lemon (like from a lemon bar), and then whipped cream cheese and sugar) and shannon had a slice (which she couldn't finish) of peanut butter chocolate pie. Both were worth the paltry under 3$ price we paid for them.

So we are in Iowa now and tearing up the distance to Des Moines. I've caught up on all of the video podcasts that I've been so far behind on and it actually freed up quite a bit of space on here. Of course now I have 11.2 hours of audio podcasts, but I listen to those at work, so I imagine after a day or 3 I'll be all caught up.

We never got a call from our cat sitter, so I imagine they are doing good, at least I hope so. I guess we'll find out in a few hours. We decided not to take 'em in for boarding since last time they freaked out so much and it took them (especially Gracie) quite a while to get back to normal.

I am Stuck in Phoenix

So yesterday, I got up fairly early and lounged around a bit and then got dressed up a bit and rode along with the family to the Mount Timpanogos Temple (LDS). Since I wasn't allowed inside, I wondered around, took lots of pictures and what not...One of them, that I just found kind of funny, was a big Gold's Gym H2 vehicle in the parking lot. And I thought, the way Gold's Gym advertising usually targets your vanity and an H2 is just excessive and a sign of needless extravagance...It just struck me as funny in the parking lot...

Anyways, after wandering around for a while, I finally sat down and started to Text message Brandon (Shannon wasn't home from work for her lunch break yet). And through those text messages, I realized that for a religion that touts families so much, it seems really divisive...But on the other hand I do support their right to have sacred and holy places that us normal people can't go...I don't know...I just felt like I was missing out on something.

Afterwards we headed over to the Rose Room at Thanksgiving Point for a family luncheon. It was...interesting I guess. My brother-in-law Brent (Cara's) told me that it was one of the Wordperfect guy's thanks for being so successful...So that's interesting I guess. The Lunch was OK. The salad wasn't properly mixed (but still good) All the additional components were on the top and not throughout the salad, and so myself, being one of the last. The Potatoes were pretty good, but the the chicken was a bit overdone (not like burnt, but just a bit less tender and juicy then it could have been). But for a free lunch, it was pretty good. Alissa and uh...her...uh...I forget his name...husband I guess, introduced everyone in the room and then treated us all to a couple of musical numbers, which were both loving and sung and played very well... They had cheesecake for dessert...which was...well the crust was good and the blackberry and whipped cream was good...but the cheesecake part just seemed a bit off to me...like it had sat out too long or the cream cheese was about to turn or something...I don't know, but it didn't taste right.

Afterwards, we headed back to Cara and Brent's to get ready for the wedding reception that was hosted at their house. I went up to Camden's room (where I was sharing the room with Joseph) and just got some quiet time to myself and then after taking a little nap (I had a late night chatting with Joseph and Cara), headed downstairs to help setup. I helped make a nice cheese, cracker and tomato tray. It turned out pretty nice, I liked the way I did it. It wasn't want I originally wanted to do (which was kind of a flower theme in my head) because I realized that if I did that I wouldn't have much on the tray at all. I ended up with little rotating piles of cheese (7 per stack, just seemed like a good number). With the cheese around the platter on the outside, the crackers in a nice circle on the inside and the middle filled up with tomatoes. I helped out a bit more where I could here and there, and then we were ready...

It was a nice spread, from mints to nuts to sandwiches, hummus and cheese and crackers. People came in and out of the house for most of th night. By the end of then night something like 100 people had gone through the house. I took a break or three to just get some quiet time and to talk to Shannon and after the night was done, we all chilled out a bit and then most people started going to bed. I stayed up chatting with mom, Joseph and Hyrum. It was interesting.

The next morning (Saturday), I got up bright and early and started making breakfast. I wasn't able to get the bread I wanted (a French bread with too many ingredients), and forgot to buy butter (my sister had a surprising lack of it, but has plenty of vegetable oil based spreads) and the vanilla was kinda crappy (had corn syrup in it as a sweetener, none they had at Albertson's were acceptable as far as I'm concerned). But it all worked out. I made bacon, sausage and cinnamon encrusted French toast for about 2 hours or so. Fed 6 kids and 10 (including myself) adults, which is by far the largest group that I've cooked for. It turned out good...some of the toast in the middle didn't have the amount of cinnamon that I intended to have on them, but over all it was pretty good for small little toasts. I got good complements, the best, I think was Brent who said (even though he's fairly proud of his French toast), "I think this is even better then the French toast I make" (or something close to that).

So I didn't eat much for breakfast. I had some sausage and bacon and the ends of the French bread that were too small or hard to cut for the and a couple samples of the toast.

For lunch, Cara and Brent got a babysitter for the kids and we headed to Tucanos Brazilian Grill. While we were waiting for a table, I wondered around a bit and ended up buying Shannon some chocolates at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory...and now that I have the internet I have seen their stores before. I did buy myself and Joseph a chocolate soda which tasted something like bad chocolate syrup...so not very pleasant. So the grill is all you can eat... So they have a salad bar, but that's not what is important, although I did have a pickled egg of some sort (which was pretty good), but the meat was cooked on skewers and they would bring them around, ask if you wanted any and cut you off a slice or portion of the meat and then move on. They also had grilled pineapple (fantastic), vegetables (pretty good) and fish (this lunch it was mango cod) (pretty good). So the highlights for me were the Picalho (Garlic Parmesan Beef), Peru (Turkey Wrapped in Bacon) and these wonderful battered fried bananas. I don't think I've ever eaten so much meat in my life in one sitting...so many varieties of meat...so many things to try. Anyways it's night time, and pretty late and I've had no desire to eat yet...so it's still in there I guess.

Mom took me to the airport...She was going to meet up with a cousin of hers in SLC, so we headed up there. She dropped me off, and I checked in...

Easy enough. Called Shannon, told her I was on time, and the plane was on time...or so I thought. Oh no, it was a bit late getting to our gate. No big deal...we all loaded on the plane.

And waited.

and Waited...

AND WAITED.

It got a bit obnoxious. they claimed it had something to do with luggage, but that just sounded like a load of crap. So we took off. things were going fine and then when we landed they told us that people should pay attention to who needs to make connecting flights and let them off first. When we touched down, I had about 15 minutes between our landing time and when my connecting flight was supposed to be in the air. Now I wasn't sure I heard it, but I thought I heard them say that the Des Moines flight had already left the gate...and it had. I headed up to the counter, asked and then proceeded to get a ticket to stay in the Courtyard by Marriott. So I told the person at the counter that I didn't need my bag, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought that yes, I would need it. So I ended up going to the luggage services place. In front of me was a couple of Canadians who apparently had a bag lost and tried to get a search started, but they had to go (they were in a tour group of some sort). So they were in a rush...but as soon as they left...one rep said to the other that if they're going to leave, don't do anything about it...like people don't have things to do...but they were nice enough to me. They said that they'd have my luggage found and put on the first luggage return...so I sat there. Called Shannon, call Chris (to tell him that I probably couldn't host movie night and make the dinner I planned), called my mom. I heard an announcement about luggage from my flight, so I figured I'd go check it out and in walking down there, I saw my suitcase...not where they said it be...but I found it. They check my request and gave me my bag, I headed out to get picked up by the shuttle and out here to the hotel.

Check in was easy and I've been chilling out up here for a while.

I'd rather be at home...but it's better then being in the airport waiting I guess...

I miss Shannon.

Music played on my iPod during the day of our Wedding (Including the reception)

You are gonna have to click in on this one...

Name Artist Album Last Played
Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose) Ann Wilson & Mike Reno Best Of Love 09/23/06 07:34 PM
How Much I Feel Ambrosia Best Of Love 09/23/06 07:30 PM
Give It Up Haley Bonar Lure The Fox 09/23/06 07:25 PM
Donal Agus Morag-The New-Rigged Ship Various Artists Celtic Odyssey 09/23/06 07:23 PM
The York Reel-Dancing Feet Various Artists Celtic Odyssey 09/23/06 07:18 PM
Johann Pachelbel, Canon Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Albinoni- Adagio - Pachelbel- Canon 09/23/06 07:15 PM
Two Way Action Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 07:11 PM
Falling For the First Time Barenaked Ladies Maroon 09/23/06 07:06 PM
Everytime You Go Away Paul Young Power Of Love 09/23/06 07:03 PM
Bryson-Bell - A Whole New World Walt Disney Pictures Aladdin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 09/23/06 06:58 PM
Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness Joe Satriani The Extremist 09/23/06 06:54 PM
Peer Gynt Suite 1 - Anitra's Dance San Francisco Symphony conducted by Herbert Blomstedt Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites; Nielson - Aladdin 09/23/06 06:48 PM
MX Missiles Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 06:45 PM
Stay Forever Ween White Pepper 09/23/06 06:40 PM
Sonny Brogan's Mazurkas (Live) The Chieftains The Celtic Harp 09/23/06 06:37 PM
Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You) Pet Shop Boys Discography 09/23/06 06:34 PM
All You Need Is Love The Beatles 1 09/23/06 06:25 PM
<-- Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 06:21 PM
Always With Me, Always With You Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien 09/23/06 06:04 PM
Power Of Love Luther Vandross Power Of Love 09/23/06 06:01 PM
You Don't Know My Name Alicia Keys Diary Of Alicia Keys 09/23/06 05:54 PM
Freak Me Out Weezer Make Believe 09/23/06 05:48 PM
Learning To Fly Tom Petty Greatest Hits 09/23/06 05:44 PM
Burnin' Down The Mountain [Bonus Track] Steve Vai Flex-Able 09/23/06 05:40 PM
Walls (Circus) Tom Petty She's The One Soundtrack 09/23/06 05:36 PM
Sweetbreads Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 05:31 PM
Friday I'm In Love The Cure Galore 09/23/06 05:27 PM
Master Fade Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 05:23 PM
Heuliadenn Tonioù Breizh-Izel The Chieftains Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany 09/23/06 05:18 PM
Morghan Meaghan Various Artists Celtic Odyssey 09/23/06 05:11 PM
First Song Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 05:08 PM
Conventioneers Barenaked Ladies Maroon 09/23/06 05:03 PM
All of This Blink-182 Blink-182 09/23/06 05:00 PM
Weather Systems Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 04:55 PM
Am I Allowed Haley Bonar The Size of the Planets 09/23/06 04:48 PM
Planxty Burting (Live) The Chieftains The Celtic Harp 09/23/06 04:44 PM
Dañs Bro-Leon The Chieftains Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany 09/23/06 04:39 PM
Listen To Your Heart Roxette Look Sharp ! 09/23/06 04:37 PM
My Best Friend Weezer Make Believe 09/23/06 04:31 PM
Love Will Never Do (Without You) Janet Jackson Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 09/23/06 04:28 PM
I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman Power Of Love 09/23/06 04:23 PM
Arthur's Theme Christopher Cross Power Of Love 09/23/06 04:18 PM
Fake Palindromes Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 04:14 PM
Tonight, I Celebrate My Love Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack Power Of Love 09/23/06 04:12 PM
Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers Power Of Love 09/23/06 04:08 PM
Carolan's Concerto (Live) The Chieftains The Celtic Harp 09/23/06 04:04 PM
Car Wreck Haley Bonar The Size of the Planets 09/23/06 04:01 PM
The Only Living Boy in New York Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 09/23/06 03:57 PM
Day at The Beach Joe Satriani Flying In A Blue Dream 09/23/06 03:53 PM
Together William Shatner Has Been 09/23/06 03:51 PM
Existentialism On Prom Night Straylight Run Straylight Run 09/23/06 03:45 PM
Carolan's Ramble To Cashel Various Artists Celtic Odyssey 09/23/06 03:41 PM
19-2000 Gorillaz Gorillaz 09/23/06 03:38 PM
Flutes Of The Chi Ween White Pepper 09/23/06 03:35 PM
11:11:00 AM Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 03:31 PM
Skin Is, My Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 03:25 PM
Skin Is, My Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 03:22 PM
(What's Your) Angle? Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Oh! The Grandeur. 09/23/06 03:17 PM
Banking On A Myth Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 03:14 PM
Core And Rind Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 03:09 PM
Song Of Foot Andrew Bird Music Of Hair 09/23/06 03:06 PM
Wishing For Contentment Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Oh! The Grandeur. 09/23/06 03:03 PM
Pathetique Andrew Bird Music Of Hair 09/23/06 03:00 PM
How Indiscreet Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 02:56 PM
Dora Goes To Town Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Oh! The Grandeur. 09/23/06 02:51 PM
MX Missiles Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 02:45 PM
St. Francis Reel Andrew Bird Music Of Hair 09/23/06 02:41 PM
Pathetique Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 02:38 PM
Glass Figurine Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 02:33 PM
Vidalia Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Oh! The Grandeur. 09/23/06 02:30 PM
--> Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 02:27 PM
(Untitled) Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 02:25 PM
Indiscreet Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 02:24 PM
Trimmed + Burning Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 02:20 PM
Depression-Pasillo Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 02:15 PM
Sovay Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 02:12 PM
The Greenhorn/Exile Of Erin/Glasgow Reel Andrew Bird Music Of Hair 09/23/06 02:07 PM
Fatal Flower Garden Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 02:03 PM
Sovay Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 01:58 PM
Way Out West Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 01:53 PM
Action/Adventure Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 01:48 PM
Minor Beatrice Andrew Bird Music Of Hair 09/23/06 01:44 PM
Banking On A Myth Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 01:34 PM
Measuring Cups Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 01:30 PM
Headsoak Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 01:27 PM
Waiting To Talk Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 01:23 PM
First Song Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 01:19 PM
Swedish wedding march Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 01:14 PM
Masterfade Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 01:12 PM
Ratitat/Peter's Wolf/Oblivious Reel Andrew Bird Music Of Hair 09/23/06 01:08 PM
Coney Island Shuffle Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Oh! The Grandeur. 09/23/06 01:02 PM
Action / Adventure Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 12:57 PM
Satisfied Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 12:48 PM
Lull Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 12:44 PM
Candy Shop Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Oh! The Grandeur. 09/23/06 12:39 PM
Gotholympians Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 12:36 PM
Nuthinduan Waltz Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 12:31 PM
Feetlips Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Oh! The Grandeur. 09/23/06 12:28 PM
Cock O' the Walk Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 12:25 PM
Case In Point Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 12:22 PM
Oh So Insistent Andrew Bird Music Of Hair 09/23/06 12:13 PM
(Untitled) Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 12:09 PM
The Naming Of Things Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 12:03 PM
Way Out West Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 11:58 AM
Dear Old Greenland Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire The Swimming Hour 09/23/06 11:54 AM
Happy Day Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 11:48 AM
50 pieces Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 11:45 AM
A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 11:35 AM
Why? Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 11:30 AM
Tables And Chairs Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production of Eggs 09/23/06 11:26 AM
Ides of Swing Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 11:21 AM
Minor Stab Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 11:13 AM
Eugene Andrew Birds's Bowl Of Fire Thrills 09/23/06 11:08 AM
Richmond Woman Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 11:03 AM
Spanish For Monsters Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 10:59 AM
T'n't Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire Fingerlings 09/23/06 10:56 AM
Skin Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 10:51 AM
Depression Pasillo Andrew Bird Fingerlings 2 09/23/06 10:48 AM
L Andrew Bird Weather Systems 09/23/06 10:43 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Albinoni- Adagio - Pachelbel- Canon 09/23/06 10:33 AM
Gamle Norge (Der ligger et Land) Einar Steen-Nøkleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63 09/23/06 10:29 AM
Shalom/Saalam Matisyahu Youth 09/23/06 10:29 AM
Girl Beck Guero 09/23/06 06:16 AM

After Wedding Music

Wedding After
TitleArtistAlbum
McAllistrum's March The Chieftains The Celtic Harp
Calliope House-The Cowboy Song Various Artists Celtic Odyssey
Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda Various Artists Celtic Odyssey
Da–s-Tro Fisel The Chieftains Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany
Heuliadenn Tonio� Breizh-Izel The Chieftains Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany
Jabadaw The Chieftains Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany
Studentersang (Vi f¾rdes med Lyst) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Ho Astrid (Og hev' du set Aastrid) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Halling fra ¯sterdalen Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Friluftsvise (Se Norges Blomsterdal!) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Springdans fra Nummedal Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Gamle Norge (Der ligger et Land) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Ciaccona Arianna Savall, Bjorn Kjellemyr, Guido Morini, Marco Ambrosini, Pedro Estevan & Rolf Lislevand Nuove Musiche
Planxty Burting (Live) The Chieftains The Celtic Harp
Sonny Brogan's Mazurkas (Live) The Chieftains The Celtic Harp
Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness Joe Satriani The Extremist

Pre-wedding music

So I meant to get this stuff up a while ago, but never got around to it, so here it is, the music that played before our wedding.

 

Wedding Before
TitleArtistAlbum
Shalom/Saalam Matisyahu Youth
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Edvard Grieg 25 Wedding Favorites
Hornpipe (Water Music) George Frideric Handel 25 Wedding Favorites
Johann Pachelbel, Canon Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Albinoni- Adagio - Pachelbel- Canon
Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Albinoni- Adagio - Pachelbel- Canon
Air on the G String Bach Bach - Greatest Hits
Sleepers, Wake Bach Bach - Greatest Hits
Brandenburg Concerto 3 - Allegro Bach Bach - Greatest Hits
Sinfonia, from Cantata No. 29 ('We Thank Thee, Lord'), BWV 29 J.S. Bach - Michael Murray Organ Bach Organ Blaster
Prelude and Fugue in G Major ('Great'), BWV 541 J.S. Bach - Michael Murray Organ Bach Organ Blaster
Studentersang (Vi f¾rdes med Lyst) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Ho Astrid (Og hev' du set Aastrid) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Halling fra ¯sterdalen Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Friluftsvise (Se Norges Blomsterdal!) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Springdans fra Nummedal Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Gamle Norge (Der ligger et Land) Einar Steen-N¿kleberg GRIEG Piano Music Vol. 5 - Norges melodier, EG 108 Nos. 1 to 63
Prelude In C Stuart Hamm Kings Of Sleep
Sonata In D For Two Pianos Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Mozart For Your Mind
Swan Lake - Waltz Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits
Four Seasons- Autumn- Guitar concerto in D - Adagio Antonio Vivaldi Vivaldi Greatest Hits