Lovey dovey do

This weekend Ezra and I attended a lovely wedding in Tacoma, Washington. The ceremony was held at the bride's parents house on the shore of this lovely lake. Ezra got to wear a fancy, silk Chinese vest. I wanted matching white, silk pants (for him) but wasn't able to find any in time so these stripers had to do. It was an absolutely lovely ceremony. The sky was slightly overcast and during the ceremony it drizzled lightly and there was a nice sheen to everything. The flowers had those perfect dew drops like in pictures. The sun broke through the clouds as they kissed, and went back behind the clouds before they were finished. It was a long lip lock.

The groom is a fellow named Ty who taught at the Mayatan School with me this past year. It had been since I left Honduras in January that I'd seen him and of course he'd not met Ezra so it was really great to see him again. It was a very romantic wedding. The ceremony was led by a man and a woman of the Quaker persuasion, a religion I have always been interested in. Rather than being all about the couple and their love for each other there was a lot about community, peace, and us as whole. It was affirming to everyone. The food was a medley of hors d'ouevres, with veggies and dip, crackers and artichoke spread, and little bite sized desserts with grapes and strawberries.

The best part was the bride and groom's exit. Members of the wedding party started handing out sparklers and we all lined up in two rows leading to the dock. When everyone's sparkler was lit the bride and groom ran through the sparlking lane and jumped into a boat. The waved at us from the shore and disappeared into the night. Awwwwwwwwwwww.

Then we were left trying to figure out what the heck to do. See, Nikkie, Ezra and I had gotten a ride up with some friends of a friend. They were maybe going to come home that night. If they weren't we'd arranged to stay at another friend's parents. I thought we were covered. Turned out that our ride decided to stay the night and the friend's parents house was over an hour away. We didn't want to kill anyone's buzz asking around for rides and/or accommodation but as the night wore on we got a little desperate. Luckily Bunsy was in good spirits. He stayed up until midnight! Finally we found a room in a house where a lot of the wedding party was staying. Perfect. We got there first and were given the master bedroom. Very nice. Nikkie, Ezra and I slept very well. Then this morning when we got up there was really weird energy and the people wouldn't even look at us. It was a really gross feeling, like they were judging us. They are all very religious. In retrospect I think they thought Nikkie and I were a lesbian couple and Ezra our love child. Weird.

On the note of wonderful hospitality, we are enjoying very much staying with my dear friend Roberta. We may make this our permanent home as one of her roommates recently expressed the desire to move. Perfect! Here is a parting shot of Ezra and Roberta enjoying a moment on the couch together.