A few weeks ago Sandyn Shaw, a friend of Cecilia’s that she worked with at the Ritz Carlton, got married. In addition to her asking Cecilia to be a bridesmaid, she also asked the two of us to sing. So, Cec and I took a break from our regular, everyday stress, and focused our energies on stressing out on “how do I sound?” and “is this mic working?” and “you sound better than me” and “I can’t hear myself. you’re singing too loud.” Miraculously, when it was all said and done, both of us walked away saying, “I think that went pretty well. What did you think?” As rare of an occasion as that is, we graciously accepted it and had us a grand ol’ time at the reception.
We would have had a good time regardless, but this time we had the added bonus of having Jeff Holland with us. Jeff was Cecilia’s boss when she was working at the Ritz, and in the midst of them becoming close friends, the rest of the Clark fam became close to him as well, and now we just consider him part of the family. In fact, when news of the wedding first surfaced, Dan was scheduled to work late that night, so Jeff was being roped in to be my date for the wedding and reception. A few days before, Dan was able to switch his shift and make it to the reception. I’m sure Jeff considered this quite a blessing once he saw me out on the dance floor after a couple of drinks. Oh, paleeeeeze, what fun is life if you can’t embarrass yourself every once in a while in front of every member of the church you attend?!
Despite the late night, we managed to get up the next morning and make it to church. Well…some of us did. After church, we all met up at Mimi and Doot’s house for lunch.
Aunt CC always finds special things that she knows will thrill Brittain. This particular trip it was decoratable cookies. With special markers that wrote with edible ink, Brittain had the time of her life decorating these delicious (cardboard-like) cookies.
A quick family shot (with my stand-in husband):
