Well yesterday was a joyous occasion.  My dad and his longtime girlfriend have finally married.  They have been shacking up since September 2000 and its about time he made an honest woman out of her–as no 50-year-old woman wants to be someone’s girlfriend.  No my dad’s not robbing the cradle–he is in his fifties as well.  They didn’t want any fuss as they feel as though they have been married for a long time already.  They went down to the court house for wedding day.  My brother, Minnow and myself went down to be their witnesses and their guests. 

I had no idea what to expect at this courthouse wedding.  Well, our county only does weddings on Wednesday.  There were at least 30 couples there (along with their families–moms and dads, friends, children, etc) to get married.  They herd everyone into one small court room and you wait to have your number called as everyone who doesn’t know you from Adam watches you say I do.  In and out if 3 minutes unless you want to exchange rings–then its about 5 minutes.  There are no vows or repeat after mes (unless you’re exchanging vows).  It is certainly far from romantic but it is still special.  Unless of course you had decided to get married yesterday when my TWO YEAR OLD SON was part of the crowd.  He was pretty good–he was walking around a little and just talking to me.  I wanted to get him out of the court room, but the weddings happen at such a quick pace it was hard to get him (he likes to run away and giggle), grab him and walk any where before the next ceremony started. 

Finally after couple number 7 the Bailiff came over and told us we were going to have to take him outside.  My brother took him out, as I was going to take pictures of the ultra quick ceremony.  My dad and his woman were couple number 10.  Minnow watched from the window with his face pushed up against the glass making faces and cheering for his “paw-paw” mike and “ga” lori. 

On another happy note, we received our welcome bag camera in the mail today from our agency and it is a full roll (25 pics) of our little Peepers.  Hopefully court will go well on Tuesday and I can post some pics of her then.  But be rest assured she is adorable.