Old Retired Guy Blog

September 20, 2007

Alexandra Trumbull and
Matthew Anderson
September 15, 2007

Alex and her bridesmaids

Note:  Three pictures in this story -- Alex and her bridesmaids (above), Kathy and me (page 1), and Matthew and Eric (page 2) -- were taken by the wedding photographer.  All others are my fault.

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[Disclaimer:  I am the father of the groom so the following story may be slightly prejudiced.]

All weddings are special times, I guess, but when your child gets married, that's right up there with your own wedding.  So it was last week when our son Matthew married Alexandra Trumbull.  The ceremony was held in the Bishop's Garden at the DeKoven Foundation in Racine, Wisconsin. 

I know that you've all been to weddings before, but I can guarantee you that you've never been to a wedding like this.  As the wedding started the parents of the bride and groom walked in along with the wedding party.  (That's the first time that I've been in a wedding other than my own.)  Then, as the music switched to "Here comes the Bride" ... nothing happened. 

The guests all looked around but the bride and groom were not to be seen.  The music started again, but still the bride and groom weren't there!  Then, a cell phone rang and the Celebrant answered; it was Alex!  At that point, the TV monitor that had been used before the wedding to show pictures of the couple came on and there was Alex explaining that she couldn't get her car started.  The guests roared.

There is no way that I can do the video justice so I suggest that, when you have an extra 7 and 1/2 minutes, you watch the video on YouTube.com.

    
The bridesmaids and groomsmen wait and wonder where the bride and groom are.

    
As the video ends we see Matthew and Alex racing to the ceremony.

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