Dizkus

Just back from 6 intense days split between work and fun for my son's wedding. My wife and I are both exhausted and exhilarated.

My son and his girlfriend didn't want a traditional event. They found a summer camp in New Hampshire where they could have a three day party: swimming, wind surfing, kayaking, climbing wall, soccer, bonfire, 'smores, dancing. Of course lots of eating. Surprisingly little drinking. And they managed to fit in a lovely and very personal ceremony, officiated by the mutual friend who introduced them.

Their college Nordic skiing and crew team friends made up the core, but family and community friends filled out the group nicely. The two sets of parents and sibs spent 3 pre-dawn to well-post-dusk days opening up the camp and then three more 'making it happen' for them, really becoming one merged family in the process. (That's the exhausted part.)

Three days of rain didn't dampen anyone's enthusiasm. What a great event.

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Peace
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Congratulations man that sounds like a really nice way to bond with your new extended family... in fact that's proly one of the best wedding ideas I've ever heard.

So you'll be a grandaddy in about 9 months (I would have said 8 but I wouldn't want to offend anyone )?

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Hey Pheski, that sounds really great!

What a fantastic idea. That's one I've got to remember for my Daughter when (ever) she decides . . . .

WOW!!! Love that idea... too bad I can't have it work like that for me... :( I'm an American living in Japan who's marrying a Russian woman and is currently waiting for a Fiancee' Visa to come through. That and the part where she's the only one in her family who speaks English and there's only one person in my family who has some Russian experience... all that and trying to get tourist visa's for her family to come to the U.S. or for my family to go to Russia... But I have to say wow, that's one of the best Ideas I've ever heard. So did they get married the first day, or the last? ;)

~Taz

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They got married in the middle - Saturday at 11, followed by a reception/buffet and then an all-ages co-ed soccer game in the pouring rain.

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Peace
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Man, I really like that as well! Great times.