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Well it happened. I was able to officiate a wedding and nothing (or no one) blew up, broke, or fled the scene.

In one of the greatest honors of my life, I was asked to officiate my cousin's wedding. There were a number of moments in the ceremony when I had to fight back tears (I told people I had a bug in my eye), but Andrew and Kimberly are too awesome not to elicit emotion. I recall days of wrestling WWF Wrestling Buddies (Ultimate Warrior) with Andrew in his bedroom, which immediately was followed by an interview (for our many imaginary fans) in front of the bathroom mirror. He and I created flawless football plays to defeat the evil Joel and Nick in a game of touch in Mamaw's front yard. Standing at the altar, all these memories were flooding through my mind. As the ceremony unfolded, there was no doubt my cousin was a man. After pronouncing them as husband and wife, the recessional was quite fitting - "Hallelujah!" Now, Andrew Putters has a beautiful Caddy for life. As if officiating the wedding was not a big enough honor, the hug Uncle Ed gave me afterward was the icing on the cake! I had represented my family well and he let me know it. Life doesn't get much better than this!


. . . or does it?
The very next day, Jill and I were able to see our niece affirm her faith in Christ through Believer's Baptism. We were not in Knoxville at the time of her salvation, and we missed her walking to the front of the church during the invitation, but God granted us the chance to witness this beautiful scene.

(she is the angel standing in the middle of the girls)

The Lord never ceases to amaze us with blessings through our family. Thankfully, our family is still growing. NO, NO, NO!!! This is not a "We're Pregnant" blog. This is a "JOEL AND MARIA & BRIAN AND AUDRA ARE PREGNANT" celebration.