Tad and Dee Dee's Wedding

Last night two of our favorte former students of Gary's, Tad Sakota and Dee Dee Murdoch, got married. We've loved them both for a long time; DD was Gary's student director for Dance Alliance this last year, and Tad is like a kid himself so our kids just adore playing with/on him like a big jungle gym. We got to go to their temple ceremony, made fondue for their reception (the recipe is in my cook book, Aunt Lynne's fondue, and guys, you gotta try it because it is SO GOOD!), and Gary clogged with some of the other DA members as part of the entertainment. And as a special piece de resistance, during DeeDee's dance with her dad, Maggie and Sophie sang the song that Mag and Gary wrote together called "Waltzing with My Daddy". They did such a good job, and I was so proud.

It was a definite dancers' reception, because the last half hour of it was a total dance party. DD even changed out of her wedding dress so she could relive some of their greatest hits (the 80's medley, Gid and Alyssa's duet, the DA finale, Dance of Discovery that Sophie joined in which I thought was appropriate...). All the non-dancers there must have thought we were all raving lunatics, but we had so much fun. This was a party after our own taste!

They went to Island Park for their honeymoon. We gave them mosqito repellent as part of their wedding present. :-)