lauralh | 2012-11-12 10.45.59

2012-11-12 10.45.59 Originally uploaded by lauralhb.

So yeah, we went to Colville over the weekend. The wedding of Reg's (female) cousin was on Sunday afternoon, so we didn't come back till Monday. Also, Veteran's Day.The wedding was a standard small-town church wedding - except I'd never seen a LUTHERAN ceremony before, that was ok. I mean, less ridiculous than Episcopalian, but more "God-y" than um every wedding I've been to since 2002?

So yeah, Pachelbel and 1st Corinthians and a poem about penguins. (Um.) And her best friend singing a song, which I mentally replaced with "Growing on Me." (Same vocal range probably.) But that was about it, and we lit candles then blew bubbles and it was over. I still was fairly rude during, whispering "Replace LOVE with SATAN" and "Aren't ordinary people adorable?" to Reg, who couldn't stop giggling. At least I didn't immediately think "This is a total farce" as I used to. (That's what happens when the first big wedding you attend is your brother, ok.)

Anyway, Reg's sister Katie was taking a million pictures as they had no real photographer - what a horrible thing to say, Katie has two photography degrees - she just isn't a 'professional' photographer right now. I'm sure she had a rough weekend being the documenter, esp. as she doesn't drink. I got Reg's dad to take pics of me and Reg, since we don't usually dress up, and when we do we don't think to get pics of us together. But I was wearing an extra shirt under my dress and it made my tummy look way bigger than it actually is. Er, I hope. The dress was bought from Korean eBay, so it's a bit form-fitting on my (non-Asian but still short) frame.

But finally they finished and we all headed to the reception. DJ started off playing quiet "dinner music" (a lot of country and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Maybe he thought they were country. The brother of the bride sat with us, the "cool table" I guess? Reg's other cousin (his dad has a sister too) Em and Katie sat with us - and they are pretty cute girls, I'll admit. Reg's cousin is only 23, so he still kind of looks up to Reg in some ways. (Probably the wardrobe and hot girl.) He even joked about driving around his cousins - "most chicks I've ever had in this car!" - the other night.

The food was really good. I mean, most weddings under 50K don't have the best food, and even when they have decent food it's usually not still warm? But this reception food was really damn good. From the salad to the beef to the mac'n'cheese. Man. That beef is still making me smile. Reg's cousin didn't have silverware, since he just sat at our table by pulling his proper seat (with the other groomsmen) to ours, so he picked up his piece of meat with a spoon and let it kind of fall into his mouth. It was kind of gross, really.

When the proper dancing started, it was still too much country. Like, entirely 2000-era stuff. Maybe one song I recognized from my high school friends, but on the other hand, as I told Reg, I don't even know all the lyrics to "Friends in Low Places." At which point Reg pretended to sing it Eddie Vedder style. Later on, the DJ played some of the groom's favorite hair metal songs, like the Crue and AC/DC and even "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (thanks, bart_calendar, for ruining that song for me), but it was still a lot of country. And also Elvis. And ALSO "Stayin' Alive", which does still remind me of Travolta with a paint can, but also of Moriarty. The DJ even played a crappy dance song or two for the kids. We had to ask our phones to discover it was LMFAO. Oh boy.

(Oh boy. Kids are 23 now. Born in 1989. YIKES.)

There wasn't any liquor, which wasn't surprising but still a little disappointing. Wine tends to make me sleepy - white wine anyway. I had a few glasses and Reg's second cousin - who is a big lush as his wife is also - met us at the bar table. Hahah. We also met (well, I met) some guy from Reg's past. He just remarried, and his new wife is pretty cool. Talked about blowing her ears out during '60s concerts. (The dude was a little sketchy - he last saw Reg when Reg was 17 or so, and was excessively friendly at the reception. I was all "latent homo" and Reg was all "DUH!")

So all in all it was entertaining. The brunch was more staid but we had bacon and mimosas. Well, I did, Reg's bacon was cold and also he was driving at first. The drive back was pretty awful, not just because we kept fighting over music, but also because it was snowing and then raining, and four hours of driving in a cloud is trying. Even Reg's mom admitted to us later than she fell asleep. Katie and Em obviously - Katie had been running on Diet Rockstar and nothing else, poor girl.

I didn't really want to go back, but Reg pointed out that we've Japandroids tickets Thursday. Ok then.