Future Spey

I started off with this one because i want to you closely at Matt's hair. notice how pink it looks? Well it's not hair dye, it's his scalp. You see, while Matthew was getting ready for the wedding Saturday morning, I went into his room to check on him. I found him in the bathroom surrounded by what was once his his hair. He looks up at me and says, "I think I made a boo boo." Matt got the clipper size mixed up when he was trimming his hair and ended up basically having to shave his head bald. On the day of his wedding. Nice lady that Lauren, and what tremendous patience. Anyway, I'll always remember that line as the classic Matthew wedding day moment. Good job, Matt.

Matt Signing the thank you card for the organist.

Dad being a dad out side the church. Grandma supervises.

The newlyweds at the alter.

Now we're finally talkin. Speys, and lots of food, at Maggiano's. looks like a perfect fit to me.

Speys feeding each other. Kimmie looks on as her sister is lost to the dark side forever.

New Speys cutting cake. Notice a theme developing?

New Speys toasting champies. I might as well add here that Johan, the pastor/minister/chruch guy did an excellent job at the ceremony. Spotting phonies involved in religion is about as easy as it gets and Johan earns top marks for coming off as completely sincere in everything he did. Can't imagine anyone doing a better job. Just more icing on the wedding cake for a superb weekend.

Now I get to cut the cake. I should also point out that this cake was designed to feed 48 guests. 12 people got thru 3/4 of it. Speys rule!

nice book nerd. i mean, here are john and wendy and future spey.

and thats future spey. i hope you'll still speak to me after this, wendy.

Last weekend, an intmate gathering of Speys and Kersbergens (of both the current and once and former variety) featured the binding two young souls together in the eyes of our Heavenly Father and Orange County NC (the real OC). Tho the legal dust has probably not quite settled, for all intents and purposes, there is now lo unto this world, a brand new Spey, the first in over 5 years (think of how old that makes John and Wendy!!!!!).

Congrats Matthew and Lauren Spey!

Usually, when 3 or more Speys get together, mass quantaties of tender vitals are ingested,and this event was no exception. Caloric intake reached an all time high Saturday. My personal gluttonous highlights (interruppeted only momentarily for the actual wedding itself) includ: 10 am - 2/3 of an Entman's cheese coffee cake; 2:30 pm - Maggiano's family style Dunch (dinner + lunch? hey, I'm trying something new here, why not?); 530pm - multiple samples of Grandma and Grandpa Spey's beef and cheese log platter; 7pm - wedding cake; 815pm - North Carolina style Bar-b-que sandwiches, coleslaw and hushpuppies; and I probably crushed like 6 or 7 beers over the course of the day too. And some champagne of course, becasue it's a celebration hot dig it!

pics and comments of the main event to follow, but first lets recap some of weekend's Future Spey related tid bits.

- Grandpa Spey has already nicknamed Future Spey 'HT', which stands for Hi-Tech. Hmm... I think you're on the right track Grandpa, Future Spey will undoubtedly be exposed to a scientifically progessive evironment from the get go, but objectivley I'd rate the nickname 'Hi Tech' somewhere between 'Skippy' and 'Garbageface '. Just my opinion tho.

- Future Spey will most likely have no satorial theme for his baby clothes, nor will his outfits correspond to the repscetive seasons of the year, though should John and Wendy ever decide to so cordiante FS's duds (yes I just abriviated Future Spey's nickname, deal with it) they have the appropriate wardrobe at thier disposal, thanks to a generous donation from Wendy's nephew Max and his parents, Deanna and ... help me out here Wendy, I want to say Max again but I know thats wrong. Anyway, John and Wedny are no longer in want of baby clothes.

- Speculation was abound with regards to when a North Carolinian Future Spey may be arriving. No direct questioning of the subject took place but rumor has it it won't be long after the the first future spey arrives until we'll have another FS to blog about. Matt and Lauren could not be reached for comment.

- Grandpa Spey does not believe this blog exists anymore. The reason is because Grandma Spey printed out a copy of it for him to read before the wedding and Grandpa threw it out, thus ending futurespey.blogspot.com forever. Of course without Grandpa Spey there wouldn't be any Future Speys to speak of, we probably should give him too hard a time about it.

- Future Spey's homemade blue afghan from Grandma Spey is under construction.

I would say now enjoy the pics from the wedding but since the blog puts the newest posts first you;ve most likely already seen them, so... if you feel like it, comment on them!

Thats John on the left, Wendy on the right, and Future Spey in the middle, racked out after doing what Speys do best: gorging on food during a holiday.

The previous holder of the Guinness World Record for 'oldest living person' expired early this morning.

Her offspring include no less than 220 great-great-great grandchildren.

Will Future Spey prove to be so adept propagating the species? The only thing known for certain is that none of us will be around to find out.

Another family member was kind enough to chime in with their thots on Future Spey the Blog. Aunt Laurie of the Kirkwood-Eberle branch of the family had this to say in an email:

"I am trying to be cool!"

Well, best of luck with that, Aunt Laurie!

Oh, and she also mentione the blog in her email, too - "Well, I read my first Blog! Very cool"

Thanks for the kind words. And don't forget to send pictures!

As I previously mentioned, Spey2 and Lauren Kersberger (oh man I think I spelled that wrong but dont hink I have the proper spelling handy. Sorry Lauren!) will be tying the knot this upcoming weekend. Decemeber 9-11 is set for a Gathering of the Speys.

This means the Speys et al will be caravaning South to the Spey-Kersbergen home in North Cackalacky. The family convos will most likely be retreads of old topics and hopefully some debate on the possibilities of opening up a new source of future speys of the dixie persuasion. All developments worth noting will be found in a subsequent report post.