Sunday, October 16, 2011

Let the Good Times Roll

On the evening of our 9th anniversary Roland got a call from an old friend who is very near and dear to his heart. Roland thought it might be about Pepsi in some way because the two often talk business. No, it was a personal call asking Roland if he would be a groomsman in his wedding. Roland was shocked and thrilled to say yes. Pete was in our wedding 9 years ago so Roland was very excited to accept this request.
Fast forward three months and the two of us had the best time at Pete and Beth's big fat Greek Arab Irish wedding! It was the experience of a lifetime.

It was a small ceremony in the Catholic church in Carthage, but it was anything but ordinary. It was a traditional Greek service. We had never seen or experienced anything like it in our lives.

The ceremony was interesting. The entire wedding party stood for the whole hour, the bride and groom wore symbolic crowns and they had to circle the altar three times as a Greek tradition. It was quite an experience.

In the end they were smiling from ear to ear as they introduced Mr. & Mrs. Peter Levos.

Roland's partner in crime was a kindergarten teacher from Carthage and she was a blast in a glass. What a great girl.

The entire wedding party was tons of fun and welcomed me with open arms.

We never thought this day would come, but we are thrilled for Pete.

CHEERS

Let the drunk pics begin...

This was the Greek priest, what a trip he was.

He isn't letting life pass him by. He told me he is in his 70s and runs seven miles a day.

Congrats Pete and Beth and thank you for letting us share this very special day. It was amazing.

2 comments:

KristenC said...

It looks like you had a blast! The priest cracks me up...do you think we could get Father Don to do that?

BethL said...

The Big Fat Greek Arab Irish Wedding was certainly a BLAST! I enjoyed reading this beautiful blog Jen--we were so happy that both of you were a part of our wedding day!