When we got home from our honeymoon, my new in-laws had planned a second wedding reception for us for those that couldn't join us up in Rochester. It was a wonderful evening. Dad M preached a similar but more expanded message of what he had preached at our wedding. Then he and Mom played a saxaphone/piano duet of Day by Day that is a family tradition for them at weddings. They wrote the arrangement and also played it on our wedding day at our dinner reception. At the end of the service, we watched a slide show of our wedding. Our amazing photographer edited over 100 pictures to get to him just *one week* after the wedding, and I know she was really busy that week. Anyway, it was a beautiful slide show put together really nicely- with cool sound effects and all.
After that we went downstairs where they had decorated really pretty in our wedding colors. They served sandwiches, yogurt parfaits, chips, coffee, lemonade, cupcakes, and we got to cut a mini wedding cake that my sister in law made for us.
We watched the slideshow that was played after our wedding- of Peter and I growing up, and when we first met, and then us together.
To end the night we played a NYC version of the game we played at our wedding with black and white shoes. You raise a white shoe if the bride is more likely to do whatever the question was, or a black shoe if the groom is. These questions were a lot harder than our original ones, but we answered pretty similar. :-)
It was a wonderful night, and I am so thankful we were able to have this NYC reception.
The church has welcomed me with open arms and I am really enjoying getting to know everyone.
It's so nice that no matter where you are if you are with other Christians,
you can find so much that you have in common. (Not to say I don't miss my church like crazy!)
Cute little cake! How nice to extend the celebration. What a great idea. Everyone should do that after their honeymoon. :-)
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