The Wedding Feast at the Circle J

We had a wonderful, wonderful time at a wedding yesterday. I had to think of Jesus at the Wedding Feast in Cana of Gallillee. This was not a Christian wedding that we went to and I figure the one Jesus, his mother and his disciples were attending wasn't a "pure Jewish" one either, seeing as the guests were drunk and still wanting more wine when Jesus performed his first miracle.

But, it was still a time of great rejoicing and an entering into the sacred contract of Matrimony.

We had a wonderful time. The wedding, set in that little white chapel, an old, old, OLD building (over 100 years old) and located at the Circle J ranch past Ten Sleep. We were seated hip to hip to fit everyone in. It had rained early in the morning and everything was fresh and smelled so sweet--as if God had washed it all clean just for this special event.

There was a little flower girl around five years old that never stopped talking--before the service and not even during her walk down the isle as she tossed the flower petals. She blabbed while standing up front during the vows and she blabbed as she walked back down the isle after the vows were over.

At the reception, the little fairy princess flower girl, continued to spill forth verbage, twirling and whirling between the tables and conversing with anyone who looked her way. Interestingly, she wasn't intrusive and she wasn't a nusiance.....a very interesting child :) She made Kevin and I giggle all through the evening:)

The buffet was fabulous... a white and dark chocolate fountains with strawberries, pineapples and marshmallows to dip, deliciously moist slices of beef with every imaginable fresh vegetable and sliced melons and grapes.

The gorgeous cake, four tiers high and graduating from largest to smallest and draped in white fondant with what looked like a sash on the side, with red roses here and there. Not only beautiful, but luscious to eat. There were layers of strawberry jam inside, that kept the cake super moist.

The bride, my friend, Jamie, who became my friend when she was my physical therapist after my hand surgeries this last year. Her dress was so perfect for her and I could hardly keep my eyes off of it. It was white, hour glass shaped, white with deep red embroidery across the corset area and trails of it here and there along the dress. It was beautiful, as was she.

Her entire family 'gave her away'...meeting her at the front of the tiny church and lined up for her to pass in front of. It reminded me of a wall of protection as she walked through it, giving kisses and hugs to her family that has stood by her through the years and were now turning her over to her new protector, Jim.

It was lovely.