Ashley and i did the half day thing for work on Friday so we could take off for Pennsylvania. We had been invited (here, the word 'invited' means most nearly: she and i both took the place of her half brother who also was not technically invited in going) to her second cousin's wedding in Hershey. i got to meet her father's side of the family (her father and 4 of his 5 sibblings, their kids and spouses and her grandfather). They were all terrifically nice people and a real collection of characters (you can laugh now if you've ever met my family).
The wedding was lovely, and the groom even knew who we were once Ashley explained why were sitting in the place of honor in the church (here, the words 'place of honor' most nearly mean the second row pew in front of everyone else whom the groom or bride might have recognized or even invited). We much enjoyed the ceremony and the reception. It was an excellent chance not only to dance, but to get to know Ashley's family since no one really knew the bride or groom or any of the other guests very well. i spent my time getting to know her family and Ashley got to tell the story of how we met a few times over.
We also managed to make it to the Hershey park and Chocolate World and all that jazz. We bought boatloads of the stuff and sampled some and took the historical trolley tour. Ashley's 17-yr old cousin Brydon is one of the trolley tour guides and part of his gig is to jump off the trolley now and then, run around back and change into a different costume (and voice) in order to portray different characters that are discussed on the tour. The kids love it, and the adults pretend not to be equally as entertained.Ashley's father gave her a beautiful cedar chest he's been working on for months and i'll post pictures soon.
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