the BEST man

hi! casey here. just to show you that janine is not getting married by herself i figured i'd post something, so i am taking the opportunity to introduce you to my best man. this is dave bonney and i have known him since the 5th grade, so that is about 18 years now. i spent much of my time growing up hanging out at dave's house. at one point his mom might have claimed me on her taxes because that is how often i was there. they had the whole italian family thing going on so i also ate a lot of their food.


dave has 2 younger brothers and is actually related to william bonney aka "billy the kid." you might have noticed that the title of this post is "the BEST man" not "my best man"
that is because dave is the BEST. dave and i were on the wrestling team in high school and he always did well. he always placed at tournaments and went to county finals. after high school dave joined the marines and was in for that whole invasion of iraq thing and then just got back from his 2nd tour last year. he should be done and out in a few months as long as they don't decide to ship him back (i told him i would write him a note saying he did not have to go) when he does get out he is looking into becoming a cop, but not one of those jerk cops who is on a power trip, he's gonna be one of the actually trying to do some good in the world cops. so as you can see dave is out there doing all the noble hard stuff that needs to get done so that the rest of us sinners can pursue careers playing video games and so he is the BEST. so the role suits him to a t.

and now for dessert...breakfast

on the last day of our trip, we had the best brunch at auntie penny's and uncle jacques.

there was so much food! (which i didn't get a picture of but there were people too!)

and a surprise cake for danny! she's sixteen now! the one below is her being surprised:

such was the fourth day. the next day we left for california. our engagement extravaganza spectacular is finally over.

we can be tourists too!

after recovering from the party the next morning with a fabulous breakfast of bagels, sausage, fruit and waffles, we set out to see DC.

team coleman in front of the washington monument / me'n'case at the jefferson memorial

me, mom and jessica at the fdr memorial

reflecting pool and washington monument- janel being cute / mom and james posing for the camera

us at the korean memorial

such was the third day

oh yeah, it's a party

main course the engagement party / days of shopping amounts to this

the ultimate in sexy.


like the décor? brought to you courtesy of frank and mom's artistic expertise.


more fun:

our awesome chocolate cake with raspberry filling; casey and i in our coordinating outfits; the ultimate in cuteness with my cousin audrey and her dad joe; me and janel outside the party; casey and my signature pose; frank stealing the show with his awesome belly dance

such was the second night

ok people, let's take this slow

so to recount our entire adventure in one posting would be considered cruel and unusually lengthy, so we're processing it in controlled dosages!

apéritif: the welcome dinner / a fabulous meal cooked at mom's house with plenty of family to go 'round

drinking. tarte. general yumminess abound.

oh and fun people too!

such was the first night.