The Wedding.
Tuesday, October 19 - It is getting really exciting around here today. We got up at 4:30am to start baking the wedding cake. We made layer cakes and a whole bunch of cupcakes. The girls decorated the cakes with two tiny horseshoes and a small flower. We also made two ‘bible cakes’ as a Thank You gift for the preachers on Sunday.
Besides baking cake we had another excitement going on. I look out the window and realize that the slaughterhouse we are building is taking advance rather quickly. The boys from Swift Current Colony and Sand Lake Colony came to lend a hand and make that part possible. As I watched it reminded me of an Amish barn raising, it was quite interesting.
Wednesday, October 20th – Tim, his dad, Toby, Uncle Paul, Jake, and Albert left for Arrow Wood early this morning. My Aunt Josie is also “anointed” as headcook for the wedding today!
After supper all the colony members come to the kitchen for a wedding cheer, and sweets. The girls sing songs and we have a really nice visit. We get a phone call from the grooms father, saying that we will have a wedding! Tim got her! The oufreden went well. We are soo excited we start to clap! Aunt Katie gets tears of happiness in her eyes cuz she knows she is finally getting a shnur (daughter-in-law)!
Thursday, October 21st – Today we are practicing singing,,,hardcore! I lost my voice, which really sucks, but I’m thankful enough to regain it for the wedding. The girls are making signs to put along the road when the “bride people” come. They are all really funny! Our school girls are practicing a small skit. “Magdlein willst du heiren.”
In the kitchen we have started to cut up vegetables for the wedding meals. We made all the spring rolls and egg rolls a week before. The viet also brought home everything we need for the wedding, the ware house and fridge is packed!
Friday, October 22nd – Today the brout leit are coming! We are all super duper excited!!
All the ladies are shelling the shrimp and sing songs. We are soooo in the wedding spirit! We have takeout for lunch. This allows the guys to bring the tables from the basement and arrange everthing. The girls decorated the tabled with glitter and leaves. Everything looks really beautiful and weddingish.
Around noon, everyone under the age of 25 is out putting signs along the road, and decorating the welcome wagon. At 3:30pm sharp every living person on the colony is on the wagon, men excluded, on our way out to the sign. We are expecting then soon!
An hour later everyone’s patience is getting low and we finally get a phone call from Toby that they will soon be here. My heart starts pounding and everyone is screaming, overjoyed!
James and I speed towards the coming party. We are the first to meet Tim and Bertha! I see that there are a whole lot of vehicles behind the bride and groom. We never expected that many people! Now I am getting even more hyper. As we come closer to the sign where the ladies are all waiting the kids are waving and holding balloons high. I notice that everyone of our colony vehicles are there to meet Tim as well. I think they came out to see if Tim is actually bringing Bertha!! The horns are going and everyone is going close to crazy!
When we come to the groom’s house his mother and sisters are waiting. There is a happy greeting as everyone greets the new bride.
The cooks then go to the kitchen to prepare supper! Chinese course tonight! Ribs, wings, egg rolls, sesame glazed veggie dish, noodle/rice dish, sauces, and mushroom tarts. Supper was a success!
We have church at 6pm, and a late supper at 7pm.
At 10pm we go to the kitchen for a small gathering. “Englisha hulba.” The girls sing, I am impressed! I got my voice back! The school girls also sing. They also do their little skit. It is soo awesome! Tamra and Aunt Josie open the surprise package, it’s hilarious! The girls from Arrow Wood also do a candle light play. The evening goes on and ends up to be really enjoyable.
Saturday, October 23rd – The day basically started around dinnertime. We had lunch at 12 noon. Roast, fries, gravy, a salad....
After lunch the young people all went to our neighboring Lehra colony for a visit. Going there is always fun, especially the buffet those people can set up. Sweet things! We stayed most of tthe afternoon, and got home in time for church, which was at 5:30pm. For supper we had stuffed duck, a salad, oven fried potatoes, noisemaker appetizers, spring rolls, and pistachio/creamcheese dessert. It was delicious!
We had the real hulba around 9pm. It was a very beautiful hulba. Our choir sang, so did our school girls choir. We all sang out of books, the preachers didn’t have to onsog. We had chips, ham dip, sandwitches, fruit, fruitdip, crackers, and the like to eat during that time. I have just realized the most thing we did at this wedding is eat! After the hulba we cleaned up and gathered again for another ‘englisha hulba’, similar to the one the night before. Again, it was extremely enjoyable. We stayed in the kitchen very late, singing and visiting.
Sunday, October 24th – Today is the Hochzeit (wedding)! Lehr (church) was at 10:00pm. It was packed, which is a great sign! It was around 11am that the couple said I do. To love each other for better or for worse, in sickness and in health.
When they came from the lehr, they were very happy, I guess you could say their dream came true, withthe help of out good Lord. The little girls were all waiting to throw confetti’s at them, and one of them gave the bouquet to the bride. The couple then went home to his parents house where everyone gave them a blessing.
We had dinner around 1pm. Cornish hens, noodle soup, a salad, shrimp...(I can’t remember what else). Afetr lunch everyone went to their house again, and we sang songs for abit. We went back to the kitchen at 5pm, for the hochzeit. We sang for an hour, and visited for another hour before supper was served. Pizza, won ton soup, and a seizure salad.
It was10pm before everyone was out of the kitchen, clean up and everything. Later that evening the young people gathered to discuss their trip in the morning. Again I say it was a marvelous wedding, the best we ever had!
Monday, October 25th - Today the bride and groom’s family, along with all our boys and girls went to Moose Jaw for the brout shein. The Mineral Spas! It was an awesome way to unwind from the busy week we had earlier. Never will I forget the wonderful time we all had.
