Gina & Jeff's Wedding :)

Wedding # 10 of 10

may have been the last

in my 2008 line-up ...

but it was most certainly

not the least!

Wow

I must say,

there’s just something incredibly special

about friends from home :)

They come from the same roots.

You share the same background.

These are the people with whom you’ll forever share memories of:

braces, glasses, tapered jeans, stonewashed jeans,

tapered-stonewashed jeans,

talent shows, cafeteria lunches and drivers ed.

You’ve passed about a hundred notes with each one

and signed “have a kick-ass summer” in their yearbooks.

And although they may not really know you now,

they knew you before you ever really knew yourself.

For that alone,

there’s a respect and gratitude
that is owed to this group of individuals.

I just so happen to not have a couple friends still left from home ...
I have a couple dozen friends still left from home :)

And man oh man,
was it truly great to see them all this weekend!

And though much time goes by between our visits,

it never fails to feel like yesterday when I see them again.

And I am so happy for the love that they've found,

and feel so incredibly honored to be able to be a part

of the happiest days of their new lives :)

Gina & Jeff,

Congratulations!

What a wonderful wonderful celebration :)

Thank you for including me

and thank you-thank you

for bringing the whole band back together again

so that we could ...

"Shake it like a Polaroid picture"
(literally)

So that we could

reinstate the nonsensical circle pic

(obviously)

Oh yes,
as well as the Mary Katherine Gallagher moment
(no brainer)


So that we can watch eachothers children grow up :)



Aaaaand
drink "a little" bit of the good stuff ...
Until the wee hours of the morning ;)

Remind me never to play "Freebird"
the next time we all reunite ...
Who knew?!?!
Hahahaha

Wishing you both nothing but the very very bestest!

Xoxoxo