Wedding Day.... part 8....Cleaning up a Storm!

   The gift had been received, the riverfront restored to a calm moonlit vision. We stood outside for awhile reminiscing with family and dear old friends...winding down...laughing breathing the storm scrubbed air. I was reminded that the whole day had been out of our hands but firmly in much more capable ones. We had been blessed. The bride and groom were happy and still celebrating with their  friends inside ... the music still spurring them on...but time was winding down...it was time for the party to end. I do not think anyone wanted it to stop...but we had a contract we had to honor.
   Van and I and our rock solid friends would be the ones who stuck it out til the end..Chris and Allison, Jeff and Carolyn, Shawnette(of course!) and Gary, Dean and Tucker all cleaning up around the edges of the party. We  let the kids continue to dance and started to load the gifts and the leftover everything into the cars. Some of the kids stopped what they were doing and pitched in...thanks Genevieve, Elyse, Tuller, Matt , Nick, Cole  and many others ( I know there were many more if I missed you please forgive!) for being so thoughtful! Clean up is always such a let down. This night was no exception. We were all weary...feeling our age...our feet....our aching lower backs ...just wanting to get it done.
    We could not get  Amanda  to stop the music so there were kids still dancing on ( champagne bottles in many of their hands!)  We were 45 minutes past our end time when the music finally silenced... and then the final wow moment of this celebration...the lights came back on!...as if to say...now the party can be over!  The lights came on sending the last of the revelers out into the night to party on at the hotel...and left the rest of us with weary backs and feet to finish up the clean up! I was barefooted slushing through the puddles, panty hose shredding with each step as I picked up the flowers on the floor, broken beer bottles, and all the trash that had not made it to the cans ! Van and Chris had supervised all the heavy moving of everything. Matt and Alex left after helping...Van who was crippled by foot pain gave the word!...we  had done all we could do...we closed the doors, locked up and ended the most memorable wedding EVER!
    Our Plan B had taken many turns...Plan C, Plan D and on and on, but the miraculous quality of the entire day culminated with an event that surpassed anything we could have imagined! It dwarfed plan A...it taught us all a lesson...and increased our Faith that all things work together for good!
    I would now like to challenge William and Kate to throw a wedding(royal or not!) that is as much fun as Matt and Alex's was!  We will be available for consultation if you would like to talk!

Thank you!!!    Shawnette & Gary,  Mr. Chris and Ms Allison, Carolyn and Jeff, Deane and Tucker, Matt Smith, Genevieve, Ryan Tuller, Wales and Lauren, Jake and Josh, Nick and Cole and everyone who helped set up and clean up this wedding...but most of all thank you Matt and Alex for loving each other and Alex for the impeccable vision and planning! ( even though it was taken out of your hands!)
Pictures will be coming soon...check back!

This is the end of "the wedding blog"...thanks for letting me blog on...as a part of "the ultimate blog challenge" a 30 day consecutive blog challenge to help me sharpen my skills and help me get ready to blog about Chesapeake Bay Christmas Co! Welcome to the world of social networking....aaghh! ;(

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Lynn