People have gotten pretty creative in safely celebrating birthdays, graduations and other special occasions throughout the pandemic. Making front yard signs, having a parade of cars drive by your house, having local police/fire vehicles drive by and honk, etc. I’ve even heard of people renting food trucks to come to their driveway or special construction vehicles for kids to explore.
Weddings, of course, are no different. I know of some people who had their ceremonies live streamed online for guests to view. Others have postponed their event entirely.
My cousin Bobby and his bride Jenny opted not to wait. They had a small ceremony with just immediate family outside in the gardens at the Morton Arboretum, followed by a drive-by reception!
I had no clue what to expect, but it ended up being a lot of fun. And it will certainly go down as one of the most memorable weddings I’ll ever have been to!
My side of the family met beforehand on a side street and we all decorated our cars to make it extra festive. I brought musical instruments for us to play, and grabbed some “fancy” costumes from our costume bin.
The bride and groom and their immediate families were all dressed to the nines in typical formal attire and stood outside in the yard, greeting everybody as us guests drove by.
Unfortunately, by the time our car made it up to their house, Beckham was screaming (he doesn’t like it when the car isn’t moving fast) and Jackson was also crying and whining (I forgot to bring his water bottle).
Just like at real weddings, we should have left the kids at home…
