Weddings

As Chris enters his second summer of playing cello at weddings, we are starting to understand how the wedding planning process works.

Our own wedding plans consisted of calling a commissioner and locating 2 witnesses who happened to be free for an hour on a Thursday (?) afternoon at 2pm.

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I remember that filling out the forms for our marriage licence caused us enough stress that Chris cracked inappropriate jokes (he asked me how to spell my name-right in front of the clerk!!!!) and I was sure someone was going to tell us we were distant relatives or something equally horrifying. We've often breathed a sigh of relief that we didn't embark on planning a big wedding. Just the thought of us getting through the vows or the really mushy, romantic bits sends us into hysterical laughter. We are certain that we would have laughed our heads off throughout the entire ceremony had we had a large audience to entertain.

So imagine our surprise all these years later to find ourselves becoming so well versed on the ins and outs of wedding planning. Chris knows the proper names for all the parts of the ceremony and understands which pieces work when and where! We are starting to see how the planning calender works too. We can already see a pattern developing.

The interesting thing is that Chris is loving this work. I love hearing about the different locations and how the couples personalise the ceremonies. It seems there are as many ways to get married as there are couples getting married.

In short, weddings have become an integral part of our lives. And had you asked us 13 years ago if we thought we'd be making a good portion of our living this way...well THAT would have sent us into GALES of hysterical laughter.