wedding bliss

My brother just recently got married this weekend. While it was a lot of work and it completely wore me out, it was fun and beautiful!! While getting ready for the BIG day we found out some crazy traditions and random things that are done for weddings...here are a few of them.

1. It is not required of the bride to take the groom's last name. All though it is traditional and over 70% do take on the new name.

2. the wedding ring came first from the cave men...weird

3. Egyptians came up with the engagement ring. It was a symbol of eternity because of the never ending circle.

4. "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in your shoe" in which each item has its own meaning...something passed down it the old, the wedding ring itseld could serve as the new, something from another's wedding day is the borrowed, the blue actually goes all the way back to Bible times and symbolizes purity, and lastly six pence was happiness with the wealth that you have.
( I did not know most of those..oops, I'm behind)

The best wedding party lead out ever!!!