Wedding

well my friends, i'm back from austin. my cousin keith got married (to a very sweet girl named brandi) and we were there to witness and congratulate him. mother dear is trying to start a videography business and is in need of experience. so she volunteered to video the wedding for free (also as a gift of course, to go along with a maaaarvelous set of towels...). after a couple more she thinks she will be ready to put out her business card and drum up some real-live-paying-non-family business. um... oh yes, as i was saying back in that first sentence, keith got married. we went to austin on thursday night, and spent the night at grandpa's house. then on friday we went to the park for some exercise and more than a little sun. afternoon we went shopping. for suits. i located a fine pin-striped specimen and found a good fit without too much trouble. evan was more difficult because his chest is about 2 inches smaller and we couldn't find his size anywhere. at the third store we met grandpa's next door neighbor walking out. as she left after a brief chat she said, "don't tell [her husband] that i was here. *in hushed tones* i just spent... (looks at her receipt) $400." i couldn't help but notice she was only holding one item. "hey madre!" i called "i found a half off rack of suits." i didn't notice the neiman marcus label. "this one is only, only... six... hundred. dollars. after. fifty percent. rebatenevermiii-iiiiiind." then we went to the rehearsal dinner and i wore jeans, an old faded shirt and flip-flops. the dinner was great. it was fajitas, mostly. and cheese cake. heavenly. we got to meet brandi's family and they were delightful. especially brad. "are all you guys christians?" he asked me, after our family had trooped in and we'd been talking for a few minutes. "yes we are." "oh good, then i don't have to witness to all of you." you make me grin brad. on saturday we 1) slept late 2) went shopping (without me) 3) went swimming with family. it was cold. shockingly cold. 4) freaked out because we might be late 5) went to the wedding. everything went superb, as best i could tell. there were two maids of honor and two best men. don't think i've seen that before. there were also about 5 or 6 additional groomsmen and bridesmaids, as well as two "junior bridesmaids." after the nuptuals, a gazillion pictures, etc. we went to the wedding party. being the sports fanatics that they are, it was only logical that the party be at dell diamond. it would also only be logical to serve hotdogs and hamburgers (with plenty of ketchup packages). then we ate and watched a slideshow of our new couple from wee ones to wed ones. after that it was pretty much nothing but dancing all night. we threw flower pedals on them instead of bird seed (i thought it should have been sunflower seeds, but i guess that's just me) and off they went in their A&M vehicle. funny how all those A&M graduates could come together in austin. can you tell i'm tired? spent the whole day in the sun. may have added a little pink on top of the brown. have to be at work by 6 in the moanin'. adios.