The Peacocks

A couple weeks ago, I came across an article where I guess the topic was excessive spending on weddings. Someone wrote in the comment section about a wedding she saw where the bride actually had white peacocks brought in for her wedding. I nearly choked on my breakfast because I thought - What? Nah, they can't be talking about me, could they?

So just to clarify - I did not pay for the peacocks. They actually live at my venue - Meyer's Castle.

Because the peacocks became our honorary bridesmaids, I decided they deserved their own board. They followed us around the whole afternoon while we got our photos and then interrupted the ceremony. My maid of honor has a fear of birds and she later said - I must really like you, because I seriously was so freaked out but definitely could not scream or make a scene. Even when one of the peacocks decided to camp out right behind our pastor throughout the ceremony.

Interesting enough, the oh-so-fabulous Tina had sent me this link several weeks before my wedding. It was too late for me, but we talked via email about how cool would that have been to have the peacocks on our menu cards and escort cards! Now I think how crazy would that have been if I had decided to do the peacocks considering they became such a part of our big day.

Just call me Mrs. Peacock

Remember when I said I never even noticed the peacocks on my first visit to our venue at Meyer's Castle? It was not until we did our scouting trip at Meyer's with the oh-so-lovely Jeremy from StudioThisIs last month that we realized they were even there. Well, the peacocks must have been reading that post and felt very slighted, because they became part of our ceremony on Sunday. I mean in a big, big way. They actually held up our ceremony for a good 10 minutes, because they crashed the outdoor veranda where our ceremony was held and would not leave. They also made sure to voice their opinions on the ceremony as well. It actually brought the house down because whenever our pastor would ask for the congregation to pray or sit, they would squawk (and I mean a really loud and long squawk!). They did settle down and stood behind our pastor for the remainder of the ceremony, allowing us to say our vows in peace. I received an email on Monday from one of my co-workers who attended the wedding - he said - "I don't want to alarm you but I think you may have actually married one of the peacocks instead of your fiance". These were some of the photos my sister-in-law got as they started their mayhem. I am soooo hoping Jeremy got some great shots with our new friends!