Jocelyn, Nolan and Freedom took a trip to Massachusetts for the wedding of Jocelyn and Nolan’s Uncle Gil and his fiancée Emilie. It was a very busy weekend, but very fun. Jocelyn, Nolan and Freedom arrived in Boston on Friday afternoon. Next they travelled to Waltham, MA which is about 20 minutes outside of Boston (without traffic). They checked into their hotel and then got ready to attend the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Jocelyn was asked to be a flower girl and Nolan was the ring bearer, so they had to rehearse their parts in the wedding. 
At the rehearsal, the families and friends got to meet each other and practice their roles in the wedding. Everyone was very excited. Freedom even got to help out with the rehearsal, as Jocelyn and Nolan’s father was an usher and needed to practice seating wedding guests, so Freedom helped out. After the rehearsal, the wedding party went out for a delicious Italian meal to celebrate. It was nice spending time with family and meeting new friends.
On Saturday, Jocelyn and Freedom got to attend the bridal shower for Emilie, the bride-to-be. The shower was held at a fancy bakery in Brookline, which is a town right next to Boston. Freedom and Jocelyn enjoyed all the yummy food and pastries that were served at the party.
On Sunday, the day of the wedding, Jocelyn and Freedom got to have their hair done at a hair salon with the bride and bride’s maids. They had to sit very still and be patient while they got their hair done. After their hair was done, they got into their wedding clothes and got Nolan and the rest of their family and headed to the church. The wedding was beautiful and everyone in the wedding party remembered what they rehearsed on Friday night. 
After the wedding there was a reception down the street. The reception was a lot of fun. There was delicious food and cupcakes. There was also a very special ceremony that took place during the reception that all the guest got to watch. On the trip, Freedom learned that Jocelyn and Nolan’s uncle was adopted from Korea when he was a baby. Emilie, the bride, was born in Korea and moved with her family to the United States when she was four years old. Gil and Emilie had a traditional Korean bowing ceremony to celebrate their Korean heritage. Before the Korean bowing ceremony, both Gil and Emilie changed into traditional Korean clothes. During the ceremony, the bride and groom took turns bowing to each set of parents, their aunts and uncles, and siblings. After they bowed to their parents, the parents threw figs and chestnuts at the bride and groom and however many they caught in a cloth they both held signified how many children they would have (figs for girls and chestnuts for boys). According to the ceremony, the bride and groom are going to have 11 girls and 3 boys. After the bride and groom bowed to their aunts and uncles and siblings, they listened to words of advice from those relatives. 
It was a beautiful ceremony and Jocelyn, Nolan and Freedom really enjoyed watching it and seeing the beautiful traditional Korean clothes that they wore. At the end of the ceremony came a fun part. The groom had to give the bride a piggy back around the room in a circle. It is said that the bigger the circle the larger the house they will have. Uncle Gil made a very big circle with Emilie on his back. They sure will need a big house for all those kids!!
At the end of the night, Jocelyn, Nolan and Freedom were exhausted. They got up early the next morning and caught their flight back to NC. It had been a fun and exhausting weekend. They had a great time at a very special wedding and one of the most exciting things was that Jocelyn and Nolan have a new aunt.
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