My sister’s wedding

My sister’s wedding was yesterday. It was a long day, stressful at times (like trying to get to the church on time), but overall it was really good. I’m happy for my sister. Curtis (her husband) is a nice guy. It felt kind of wierd when he called me ‘sis’ but I’ll get used to that. My boys handed out bubbles and did really well during the ceremony and reception.

My extended family met Leighton for the first time yesterday. They’re all really happy for me, and they keep saying they’ve heard good things about him (although I wonder from where; he hasn’t spent a lot of time with my parents yet). But I’m glad that they all like him so much. It makes it a lot easier.

My family said some nice things about me yesterday. It was good to hear. My dad isn’t that expressive when it comes to emotional things and I seem to only remember the negative things said when I was growing up. I think I came to believe that my family didn’t really like me (although I know that’s not true), especially after I had tarnished their reputation. I realized last night that maybe I’m more accepted than I thought I was. I guess that means I need to lay down some of my defenses and let them ‘in’ some more.

The highlight of the evening was watching David, my oldest boy, who is 9, dancing with Tori, a 9 year old girl who is part of Curtis’ family (Leighton got it all on video). I’ve never seen David interacting with a girl like that. Part of me was laughing at his initial terror, and part of me was thinking “I’m going to be dealing with this in a few years!”. I am so glad Leighton is around to help deal with all those ‘guy’ issues which are completely foriegn to me (otherwise I would have been calling in Darcy and Kelly to help deal with it :))

I am glad that the wedding is over, though. I had to do a lot of piano practicing and now that that’s over, I can work on my own wedding and maybe things won’t feel so crazy around here (although I’m sure that’s wishful thinking).