OOPS, I Did It Again!

I talked to my sister last week and she commented on how much she laughs when she reads my blogs. I told her that I was considering renaming my blog to “I am not funny, I am just an idiot.”  This weekend confirmed that thought…

 

We had our first Australian wedding to attend this past weekend at Caloundra Beach (about an hour from Bulimba).  The wedding was for a couple that Tony met when our friend Lee was here back in March.  Patrick and Shelley are from Canada and Tony loves hanging out with them. Unfortunately, our schedules have been so busy that I had not met either of them before their big day. 

We woke up early Saturday to head to Caloundra. The kids and I have been so excited to go to the beach, so we wanted to get there in time to splash around before the 3:30 wedding. We wore our swimsuits in the car, so that we wouldn’t waste a minute before jumping in! We were about 45 minutes into our trip when I got those bug eyes, looked at Tony, and could only muster up an “Oh my gosh”.  I don’t know why it hit me, but all of a sudden I had a vision of the clothes at home that I had forgotten to grab on the way out the door.  Remember now, I was wearing my swimsuit in the car.  As much as I like my swimsuit and cover-up, I was certain that I would not make a good first impression with the bride if I wore that to her wedding.  Tony had a good laugh and kept driving towards Caloundra. 

We arrived at our hotel, Tony and the kids went to the pool, and I headed out to the street in hopes to find an appropriate dress for the wedding that didn’t cost an arm and a leg. It took a little over an hour, but the trip was successful. I found several things, including a dress that went perfectly with my black Nike flip-flops that I wore on the trip over. I can only imagine what people must have thought about my taste in dressy shoes.

The setting (Shelley Beach) was beautiful for the wedding!  It was a rocky beach that created huge sprays when the waves crashed up against them.  We took our seats along with the handful of guests in attendance.  At one point, Patrick and Shelley sat at a table that was positioned directly in front of my seat.  As I said earlier, I had not met Patrick and Shelley before now.  I so desperately wanted to lean over and whisper, “It’s so nice to meet you.” I didn’t know if she would think it was funny, so I refrained.  Luckily, the wedding ended before the sandcastle that Ellis was building with his feet could get any larger.  We chatted with Patrick and Shelley and gave them our congratulations before heading to the rocks to try and get a picture of the kids. I imagined it would make a great picture for our Christmas card.  I believe Ellis made it to the second rock before sliding on his bum the rest of the way.  Meanwhile, the wedding guests posed for a group picture with the bride and groom.  Not to worry, the photographer said she could crop us into the photo. So, there we were, standing on the beach with several feet between each of us, posing for a photo we had completely missed. Hopefully my flip-flops and Ellis’s pants didn’t make the cut!

 Yes, that is how close my chair was to the bride and groom. There were actually a row of chairs, but we moved per photographers request. Everyone else moved their chair. I left mine (along with the flops) as I darted out of the way.

                     Hannah Grace said it looked like Ellis pooped in his pants.

                                      It pretty much did.

This picture was taken the next day when we went kayaking and swimming at Caloundra Beach.