Hey all,
Colleen with her new blog posts more often than I do. Ahem. Sorry about that.
I have a couple mins to blog as I prepare to help the guys move out of their apartment so I figured I would blog since it's been a long time apparently.
So to pick up with the last post, my senior captain was chosen for first team all-met. It's recognition in The Washington Post for the area's top athletes. I am still so proud of her accomplishments.
My rising seniors also have a bright future as their summer rowing club has been performing well.
The old guys that I coach in the morning have a medal and a few second places. Not too bad considering the level of stubbornness from a few.
I am now rocking a blackberry which is truly weird to me. A coworker bought a new droid and gave it to me. Going from a dumb phone to a smartphone was certainly a change. Now I have no excuse to not reply to emails...
Main story:
As facebook shows with many photos (thanks ladies for taking all those photos at the wedding), the Casey and Kate O'Conor wedding was epic! I hardly use that word (epic) but that's how I have to describe it.
All the people that I caught up with was the main highlight of the weekend along with seeing two amazing people start a new stage of their life together.
The night before the wedding, there was a reception: dinner and an open bar at the hotel. ??? Who does that before the wedding? Haha. Definitely lead to good times. Looking at the stars in a hammock with my old housemates, catching up with Fr. Bob, and seeing Rob after the birth of his first, a boy no less! Then we headed to the bar in the hotel for more fun. Casey's aunt totally stole the show haha. Not to mention, we hung out on the girls' balcony and had beers, rapped, and snacked to wrap the night up.
The wedding the next day was held in a gorgeous church. It was fairly new, but was styled in the old gothic architecture. Very cool. One thing that I really liked was that Casey and Kate sat opposite each other on the altar with their respective maid of honor and best man. After the exchange of vows, then seats were switched and Casey and Kate sat with each other. I thought that was a very cool visual representation of how their life had changed - going from two separate people in a relationship to one in union.
They had a live band for the reception which was pretty cool. I was skeptical at first, but they knew what they were doing. Flo Rida's raps were missing but can't blame them for not knowing the raps lol.
The reception was held at a country club setup with a great deck and beautiful views out back. Once again the food before dinner was out of this world. Everything that they did was high class. Sushi, seared salmon, sliders, carved fruit, another open bar of course, and so much more. I'm not doing it justice. There were basically multiple stations of delicious food. I was full before dinner. Dinner was filet mignon. Man we ate well! Casey and Kate chose a pretty country song for their first dance. Good choice Case. It was a night full of dancing, catching up with old friends, lots of margaritas, and just good old times.
I only hope that one day if I get married that all of my awesome, beautiful, and handsome friends will have as great a time living it up at the wedding.
On a side note, the Lord knows I need patience. Help me out with a couple prayers yo.
Songs of the moment: Love Letter by Shwayze featuring The Cataracs and Dev. Good summer jam. Thanks Shwayze.
Also - Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) by Gym Class Heroes.
