•11:09 AM
Its been a while so I thought I would do a quick update to catch you up to speed on where I have been the past few weeks.
We had a wedding at the church and I was the one running the sound and the MC at the rehearsal. It was really funny because I was more involved in this wedding than I had ever expected. At the rehearsal I was there ready to run sound. Pastor Pat was not doing there because he was not doing the wedding because there was an Uncle that was going to perform it. However I have seen many many many of Pastor Pat's rehearsals and he has a unique way of running them that helps them go much faster. The Uncle had never performed a wedding so I asked him if I could make a suggestion. He then told me that I was running it! So there I was running on the stage giving direction, then running back to the booth to practice the music portion. We were still done in under an hour! YAY!
Valentine's weekend was crazy fun. We hold a married and engaged couples dinner every year called Valentino's. We change the church into a very posh restaurant and have a fabulously filled evening. When the couples first walk in they are greeted by the Maitre'd and Maitre'dess (what do you call the girl?) who check their reservations (we have limited seating), take their coates, and then take them to two separate rooms. In the rooms they write a love letter to their spouse. There is stationary there and stickers and such to do this. Once finished they would then join back up to my room to take pictures. This was fun! I will tell stories in a minute. After the pictures they are then seated for dinner (this year was 5 courses! YUM! It was Soup, Salad, Pasta, Steak or Chicken entre and then a dessert place with a canoli, cheesecake, and creme brule to share between the two of them). Right before dessert Pastor Pat and Kelly spoke on marriage and mushy junk that I didn't want to hear so I went in the kitchen and ate. Then we were done.
The pictures were funny because I was waiting for the next couple and one of the ladies was waiting and waiting and waiting for her husband to finish. She finally laughingly said, "well we got in a fight on the way over here and so he's probably venting in his letter." We were laughing back and forth about this when he finally came out. So we go to the picture room. Now I do two full length shots and two close ups (I would do more but we have to work fast). If I get one good one of each I use my remaining two for fun shots. So usually I tell the couples "its a kissing shot." Well with this couple when I said, "its a kissing shot" the wife looked at me like I was asking her to walk 1000 miles in high heels. She literally groaned with her eyes and said, "Didn't I tell you that we were fighting?" I said, "Thats why you need to kiss more!" So I made them kiss like three times! For the rest of the evening I would tease them and they would tease back. At the end when they were leaving she said, "Well, we are kissing again and its all your fault!"
Another couple who I know has been married for quite some time (I think around 20 years or so) when I said, "ok now for a kissing shot." The wife turns to her husband, who was talking to me, and said, "Ok, ready?" then he looked and she said again, "Are you ready?" then they kissed, but something happened (I forget what, I think they thought I snapped the pic to early or something) and they wanted me to take it again. So I did and again she looked at him and said, "are you ready?" several times. So, when they were finished I said, "if you two don't have the timing down by now you really need some more practice!"
At the end of Valentino's, which was Friday night, we cleaned up and I got home at about 1 a.m. I was exhausted and had to make several trips from my car up the stairs to my door and then lugging everything in took me a few minutes. All this added up to the fact that when I finally had my door shut and turned around to start putting things away I finally noticed that sitting on my footstool was my favorite flowers, some chocolates and a balloon that said "I love you." It was SO sweet! My parents snuck in during the day and surprised me! Then on Saturday the three of us went to a late lunch and the movies. I was so blessed to have somewhere to be on Valentines day and then to have gifts to top it off! I had expected to be home alone all day. I was very very very blessed.
Well this post is extremely long. I will post something again another day. I just thought I had best catch people up.
We had a wedding at the church and I was the one running the sound and the MC at the rehearsal. It was really funny because I was more involved in this wedding than I had ever expected. At the rehearsal I was there ready to run sound. Pastor Pat was not doing there because he was not doing the wedding because there was an Uncle that was going to perform it. However I have seen many many many of Pastor Pat's rehearsals and he has a unique way of running them that helps them go much faster. The Uncle had never performed a wedding so I asked him if I could make a suggestion. He then told me that I was running it! So there I was running on the stage giving direction, then running back to the booth to practice the music portion. We were still done in under an hour! YAY!
Valentine's weekend was crazy fun. We hold a married and engaged couples dinner every year called Valentino's. We change the church into a very posh restaurant and have a fabulously filled evening. When the couples first walk in they are greeted by the Maitre'd and Maitre'dess (what do you call the girl?) who check their reservations (we have limited seating), take their coates, and then take them to two separate rooms. In the rooms they write a love letter to their spouse. There is stationary there and stickers and such to do this. Once finished they would then join back up to my room to take pictures. This was fun! I will tell stories in a minute. After the pictures they are then seated for dinner (this year was 5 courses! YUM! It was Soup, Salad, Pasta, Steak or Chicken entre and then a dessert place with a canoli, cheesecake, and creme brule to share between the two of them). Right before dessert Pastor Pat and Kelly spoke on marriage and mushy junk that I didn't want to hear so I went in the kitchen and ate. Then we were done.
The pictures were funny because I was waiting for the next couple and one of the ladies was waiting and waiting and waiting for her husband to finish. She finally laughingly said, "well we got in a fight on the way over here and so he's probably venting in his letter." We were laughing back and forth about this when he finally came out. So we go to the picture room. Now I do two full length shots and two close ups (I would do more but we have to work fast). If I get one good one of each I use my remaining two for fun shots. So usually I tell the couples "its a kissing shot." Well with this couple when I said, "its a kissing shot" the wife looked at me like I was asking her to walk 1000 miles in high heels. She literally groaned with her eyes and said, "Didn't I tell you that we were fighting?" I said, "Thats why you need to kiss more!" So I made them kiss like three times! For the rest of the evening I would tease them and they would tease back. At the end when they were leaving she said, "Well, we are kissing again and its all your fault!"
Another couple who I know has been married for quite some time (I think around 20 years or so) when I said, "ok now for a kissing shot." The wife turns to her husband, who was talking to me, and said, "Ok, ready?" then he looked and she said again, "Are you ready?" then they kissed, but something happened (I forget what, I think they thought I snapped the pic to early or something) and they wanted me to take it again. So I did and again she looked at him and said, "are you ready?" several times. So, when they were finished I said, "if you two don't have the timing down by now you really need some more practice!"
At the end of Valentino's, which was Friday night, we cleaned up and I got home at about 1 a.m. I was exhausted and had to make several trips from my car up the stairs to my door and then lugging everything in took me a few minutes. All this added up to the fact that when I finally had my door shut and turned around to start putting things away I finally noticed that sitting on my footstool was my favorite flowers, some chocolates and a balloon that said "I love you." It was SO sweet! My parents snuck in during the day and surprised me! Then on Saturday the three of us went to a late lunch and the movies. I was so blessed to have somewhere to be on Valentines day and then to have gifts to top it off! I had expected to be home alone all day. I was very very very blessed.
Well this post is extremely long. I will post something again another day. I just thought I had best catch people up.
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