Last weekend, the whole White family clan made it out to Minneapolis to celebrate my cousin Jeremy’s wedding. (Congratulations Jeremy & Kyle!)
Aside from the usual touches that make a wedding special, for me the highlights were seeing my dad do “the lawnmower dance” and watching my niece and the other younger kids scoot around the floor.
The wedding also brought up special memories for me since Jeremy’s mother’s wedding (my aunt Gayle) was the first wedding I ever attended. My family still tells stories of a miniature 5-year-old Joseph lip synching and playing air-guitar along to “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys. In fact, the last time I saw my aunt Gayle in Minneapolis when Channing and I were on tour, she gave me a photo from the wedding. That’s me on the right.
At Jeremy’s wedding, some clever soul managed to get the DJ to dig up “Elvira.” Sadly, 24 years later I have forgotten most of the words. But who could forget the “Getty-up! A-um-puppa-umpuppa-mow-mow!” Best lyrics ever.
