Greetings from Westerville, Ohio! Yesterday my step cousin, Sarah Peet, married her high school sweetheart, Ross Gordon. I arrived on Friday just in time to go to their rehearsal dinner. At first I was surprised to be invited to the dinner, but when I arrived I was quickly reminded why. These are some of the most welcoming families I've met, who truly want everyone to share in their many blessings. They really went all out and thought of everything this weekend. At the rehearsal dinner, teary-eyed Ross and Sarah personally introduced their 16-person wedding party. We then watched a slide show of pictures starting with two little babies, and going all through their high school and college years (Sarah went to Virginia Tech while Ross went to Virginia). Here is my favorite photo of the couple at their surprise engagement party. You can see the excitement and love in their eyes, which in person appears x10.
The wedding day was even more fabulous. It rained in the afternoon, but when we came outside the church after the ceremony, it had cleared up and was nice and breezy with some sun. The reception was at the clubhouse overlooking the golf course in the Peets' neighborhood. There were about 250 guests, all of whom were asked to go into a photo booth and affix one of the two copies of our photos in a little book and write a personal message. Champagne toasts were heartfelt...chicken florentine was delicious...the dance floor was packed all night. The happy couple made their exit in a Porsche convertible, and are now on a plane to Aruba. All in all, a dream come true of a wedding!
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