What a day! My cousin Nico got married yesterday (Yay Nico! Congratulations!) and that means there were a whole lot of Dutch people crowding onto our family lake property ready to cause a ruckus (I love my family). You notice that when you place a ton of people together on a campground things just seem to happen. A few highlights for you:
- Tina and Nico were married outdoors by the beach. She was to walk up the beach and along a path to Nico as the music played. Unfortuantely she did not hear the music at first (lucky for her a cousin ran to say MOVE) so my sister, father and I sang "I can't help falling in love with you" about three times. PHEW good thing she arrived.
- People who were boating and waterskiing on the lake decided to be lookey looers. HELLO wedding going on, your boat is now mucking up the pictures as well as drowning out the pastor. They were even taking pictures, what were they wedding scrap bookers who needed a few shots of people they didn't know for an album (SHEESH!). Felt I should have started to charge money when we ended up with 3 boats almost mooring off to the side.
- Dunking all my cousins in the lake as they tried (unsuccessfully I might add) to keep their hair neat. Hello lake, swimming, definate targets for dunking and I was not going to be the only soggy haired person there. Honestly we were going to the 70 mile community hall (need I say more) the prospects were either related to us or people who definately were not going to do the lower mainland well.
- The reception: Playing musical chairs to decide who was going to eat first. Talk about dog eat dog, you could in no way be a lady in this crowd (and seriously I tried!). From a brother in law who was trying to pants me (wearing a skirt Bri, my mother would not approve), shoving my uncle in front of me and trying to outmaneuver two other cousins, I am proud to say my table got third but only becuase Brian cheated and stole the chair out from beneath me I need to be more aggressive!
- Watching my brother do a rendition of "don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me". Priceless. Along with my cousin Meeka who did Neil Diamonds "sweet Caroline" right after. Need I say more, what a riot!
- Yet no night is truly a good night without a naked man. Yes I said it and I am glad to say am not related to said gentleman. Imagine that you are trying to climb into your cousins truck only to be assaulted by the sight of one very white butt in the moonlight. UH Johnny is that guy naked? Now three very young eyes (as we had John's two kids and Nico's son in the car as well) are staring out the window at one very large man assuming the position against the wall of the hall (thank goodness he did not turn around!). Now Sue (John's wife) joins us and we all gawk at this sight. Cough, couch "ok kids no more staring" John says as he mumbles "you may get nightmares". No kidding, I don't think I drank enough to get rid of that image. All is quiet until Jasmine pipes up with "Daddy he has a big bum and its kind of funny looking" Keep it together Kim, Drive john drive! What a hoot!
So yet another great weekend at the Hanemaayers comes to an end. Good times with family and new memories to cherish (or delete) from the mind. Like I said ya gotta love family and what weddings seem to bring out of them.
