This is going to be really long, so please don’t feel obligated to read it. You can always just enjoy the pretty pictures 🙂

From Ben:
And, Oh, what a wonderful wedding it was. Dante and Silas were married Saturday, February 12th at 1:00 p.m. in the Koala Cove clubhouse. Dub handled all the arrangements and David performed the ceremony. Alex was Dante’s best man and I was Silas’. Members of the wedding party wore red neckties and suspenders. All the Table Rock gang – including the kids were there… as were the grandparents, Denise and Scott, Jim and Carol, Dr. “C” and his wife, Silas’ parents and sister, Dante’s father, Nathan and Diana and Ms Evelyn.
Alex, Denise, Carol and several of the guys (and kids) had decorated the clubhouse in white, black and silver with bouquets of red roses. It was beautiful! Following the ceremony we had tons of food and drinks while everyone visited and congratulated the grooms. Travon and Pop-pops took what must have been thousands of pics and will make a “wedding memories” book for the newlyweds. A “chocolate fountain” to dip fresh strawberries in was a big hit with the kids. Dub even tried dipping a piece of celery in the chocolate. I asked him if it was good and he said “celery’s better without chocolate.”
After everyone had filled up on food and drink, the kids were looking for something to do – so Silas’ sister (Sage) picked up a guitar and started playing “She’ll be coming round the mountain.” It’s a favorite of the kids that Silas taught them in music studies. Their favorite part is “Then we’ll all eat purple pizza when she comes.” Everyone joined in and it was lots of fun. After that, Sage played – and she, Silas and Dante sang “Puff the Magic Dragon.” The song was “new” to the kids and, I swear, it was like a religious experience. All in all, it was a perfect wedding and we’re excited to have Dante and Silas as the newest members of our Table Rock gang!
From David:
Ben has done a good job of describing the wedding ceremony and festivities… but I want to tell you about a conversation I had with Dante’s father during the reception. He (Marco) approached me and asked if we could talk. So we took our drinks and went over to Denise and Scott’s house for some privacy. At first, he seemed hesitant to talk but after a while he opened up. He said “I was wrong about you and I owe you people an apology. When Dante told me he was marrying Silas I was pissed. Then he told me about the “Table Rock gang” and that really set me off. I hired a private investigator to check you out and he said you were a “nest of queers.” I got even more upset and told Dante if he married Silas – not only was I not coming to the wedding, I never wanted to see him again. I know I hurt him but I was just so upset. Then, your son started calling me. He said ‘Dante is your only kid so you should be here for his wedding.’ I told him I wasn’t interested. The thing is… Dante’s mother was the love of my life but she got breast cancer and it spread all over her body and she died when he was six years old. I’ve been married twice since then – and divorced twice – so Dante is the only family I’ve got. I wanted him to marry a nice Italian girl and have babies so maybe we’d finally be a real family. Then he tells me he’s gonna marry a dude. I just thought “How fucked up is that?” But Dub kept calling me and telling me about the “Table Rock gang” and about the kids and the school and all that and somehow it didn’t seem that awful. So after he called me the fourth time, I told him I’d come to the wedding. He told me I had to wear a white shirt, red necktie and red suspenders. I said it was the dumbest thing I’d ever heard of. I asked him why red suspenders and he said ‘so your pants won’t fall off.’ I’m telling you, if that kid ever runs for President, he’s got my vote. 🙂 Anyway, I’m here and I see what amazing people you are and how happy your kids are and how many friends you have and now I feel like a total asshole. I don’t know what to do next.”
I helped myself to Scott and Denise’ liquor cabinet… freshened our drinks and said “Here’s what I think you should do. I think you should go ask Dante and Silas to come over here to talk. I think you should tell them exactly what you’ve just told me. You should ask them to understand and forgive you.”
So that’s what he did. Then, they got Travon to take pictures of him with the happy couple and it turned out to really be a perfect wedding. I’m guessing we’ll be seeing more and more of Marco as time goes on 🙂