Tuesday Tales: Ryan's New Adventure

 

Remember last winter when Ryan was invited to announce some local wrestling meets? Matches? Is it bad that I still can’t remember which word I’m supposed to use? Well, a few weeks ago, he was invited to do more announcing, but this time, it was for a wedding! It started as just announcing the bridal party and dismissing tables for food, but it eventually became almost like a real DJ!

                I thought I’d show you some pictures from his big day.

                Before we talk about DJ adventures, though, can we talk about the cake? I had never seen this before. The centerpieces for the tables at the receptions were these cupcake bouquets! When dinner was over, guests could help themselves to cupcakes without ever going to stand in another line. I thought it was pretty brilliant! Ryan asked the father of the bride where they got them, and you’ll never believe who made them: Walmart! They were delicious AND pretty!

                Now…back to Ryan. He went early to make sure everything was set up and working, and this is where I found him when I went to the wedding!

                Normally at events, he’s there to help me, but this time I was there to help him, and it was kind of refreshing and wonderful!

                I sat in the sound booth at the wedding, since he wasn’t able to really sit through it as a guest and I didn’t want to sit alone. I enjoyed the ceremony, and I enjoyed sitting at Ryan’s table-for-two at the reception!

                Doesn’t he look legit?

                One of the things he announced that I had never seen at a wedding before (but loved!) was that as each table headed to the buffet line, they were to stop by the head table, stand around the bride and groom, and get a picture! So now the happy couple has a group picture with each table of guests!

                They also played the shoe game, which was a new one for us, but Ryan announced those questions, too. If you’ve not seen it before, the bride and groom take off their shoes and they each get one of their own shoes and one of the other’s shoes. They are asked questions like “Who takes longer to get ready in the morning?” and they have to hold up the shoe for the person who fits the answer best. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with how many matching answers they had – even if sometimes the answer was both shoes!

                He had a fun time, the families seemed happy with his work, and I enjoyed watching him try something new. I don’t know that he wants to do it often, but I thought he did great!