Well here you go UPDATE #11 is here!!! just a little note before i begin the story Tenna and Katie are two of my best friends from my church small group in my hometown and Cindy is my youth leader at my home church in my hometown i miss them tons so i dedicate this update to them! i love you my best friends and miss you three tons hope to see you again soon when i come home for real!
The next morning I heard Cindy’s alarm go off I looked at my phone “yowza eight AM! Time to wake up the lads! Damian wake up it’s time to get up!” my youth leader Cindy came into our room she tossed an air horn at me and she had one for herself and one for Damian she smiled and said come on you two! We’ll wake em’ up the ol’ fashion way just like we did at our small group sleepovers we had together you remember that don’t you
Alyssa?” “Yeah I sure do I’m calling a band meeting to order as we need to start planning my wedding and discuss the new Mythology tour starting in September” we quietly walked into the living room Damian stood in the dining room Cindy stood by the door and I stood in the middle of the floor and I whispered “ready?” Cindy and Damian nodded and I put up three fingers and mouthed “on my signal three two one!” we pressed down on the air horns and the lads, Sharon, Treena,
Meagan, Tenna and Katie all jumped up “all right everyone I’m calling a meeting into order this morning! Grab your laptops and sit at the dining table Cindy you can join in too you might be able to be of assistance” I smiled at her and she smiled back as she went to her room to grab her laptop we all sat at the table and I began to speak “alright now as we only have one more tour stop before the end of the extended tour which is Albuquerque, New Mexico we’ll be going to my apartment to pack the rest of my things up before the show but we also need to discuss mine and Damian’s wedding day and the upcoming Mythology tour in
September now, Damian and I have decided on eighth of October for our wedding day but seeing as we have a tour stop on that day how are we going to make it work? I have already ordered my dress from a dress shop in Dublin Neil and I will go get it as it’s on hold at the dress shop I will send an e-mail with an attached picture of the dress to everyone except Damian sorry honey but ye’ can’t see it until our wedding day it’s bad luck if ye’ see it now! So going on with what I was saying, tell me your ideas and I will record your idea right away” Sharon said “ I will hire a priest to marry you two and I will also hire catering and
order the wedding cake don’t you worry Alyssa I’ll make sure this the best day of your lives!” I wrote in the email with the attached photo of my wedding dress who was in charge of what “ok Sharon I put down that you are in charge of hiring the priest, getting the catering, and the wedding cake. Ok now, the groom’s lads will be Keith, Neil, Emmet, George and Colm the bridesmaids will be Nicole, Laura, Seana, Zara, Treena and Meagan sounding good so far? now who should we invite?” I asked Sharon put up her hand I pointed to her and she replied “I think we should
invite Paul, Daniel and of course why not some of your family Alyssa and Damian?” And I replied “We can try but I don’t think my family can make it I’m sure me mum can make it she never misses a Celtic Thunder gig! Where are we looking at being on mine and Damian’s wedding day Sharon” “hold on let me look at the tour stop list hmmm 8 October…. ah! We’ll be in… Little Rock, Arkansas perfect! Your mum still has her backstage pass doesn’t
she?” said Sharon “yep she sure does! I replied “wonderful! Said Sharon she can meet us backstage then!” “Can we keep it secretive that I’m getting married on my birthday I don’t want me mum to know however it can be announced on Twitter but don’t put it on facebook me mum would find out in a split second as she’s a fan of all of our facebook pages” “sure m’dear! And Cindy darlin’ will you be in attendance of the gig? The wedding will be a part of the show oh and here you might need these I’d like for
you, Katie and Tenna to come backstage we’ll have right in front of the stage seating for all of Damian and Alyssa’s family and friends” Sharon gave Cindy the backstage passes. “Ok continuing on we need a maid and matron of honor Sharon will you do the honors of being matron of honor?” “Why, of course m’dear! I’d love to be your matron of honor!!” “ok now who should be maid of honor?” Keith raised his hand and said “me sister can be maid of honor and me god daughter Rosa can be one of the flower girls” “ok cool! I need one more flower girl… Neil, how about your Niece, do you think she’d like to be the other flower girl?” “Of course! I’ll call her after the meeting and
let her know she’ll be so happy to be a flower girl!” I smiled and recorded in the e-mail to the band members who is doing what so they would remember. “Alright now that we’ve got whose part is whose and who is doing what let’s go onto what are we wearing, lads, I have already decided what you will wear and I’m sure Sharon will agree you will wear your Kilts and Damian will be wearing his kilt too” Sharon nodded and I typed in the e-mail that the guys would wear kilts “now for the bridesmaids and the
dress colors how about we go with green and long dresses?” Sharon seemed to like the idea as her eyes lit up and Cindy got a huge smile on her face and let’s see Sharon how about a green velvet knee length dress like mine? Except my concert dress touches the ground” “I like that idea! You have quite a taste in fashion!!” said Sharon “and let’s see Keith your sister hmm how about dark green one shoulder dress it touches the ground see
take a look!” Keith took a look and said “wow! She’ll like that!” “Alright who’s doing what and what we are all wearing is settled!” we continued to discuss the upcoming tour Mythology and talk about tonight’s show. After our long meeting I called the meeting to an end and Ryan and I decided to change into our jogging outfits and go for a run and after we got back, Cindy was going to take us fishing! Good thing we all have our fishing licenses! Ryan and I laced up our running shoes and started out
on our run we ran about four miles and then we headed back we all changed into our swim clothes I put on a very modest black one piece swimsuit and my black silk dance skirt as a cover up Cindy went to get the church vans so we could all fit and I grabbed towels for everyone and I grabbed the fishing poles, our picnic lunch and the bait which was live worms (yech!) I led
everyone outside and sprayed sunscreen and mosquito repellent on everyone and Damian sprayed me after I sprayed everyone else “does everyone have a change of clothes we are going to get wet so I hope you have changes of clothes” everyone nodded and said yes Cindy pulled up with the other van and she tossed me the keys “lads you come with me and lasses you go with Cindy we split up Ryan sat in the front with me and Neil, Damian and Emmet sat in the front row and Keith George and Colm sat in the second row “alright lads it may be different in
Ireland but there is a strict seatbelt law here in Arkansas and it’s a five hundred dollar ticket if such as one passenger or the driver is caught without a seat belt and if my pastor found out I would lose my privileges to drive the church vans is everyone seat belted? “Yep we’re all good!” alright here we go then I gave a thumbs up to Cindy and we started to drive “so how far is the lake from here?” said Ryan “emm, the last time I’ve been to this lake was when I was fifteen so it’s been about four years since
I’ve last been to this lake and if I can remember right it’s about a half hour from here and it’s at least thirty miles from here but don’t worry traffic isn’t too bad going through the countryside and it looks like The Moy out here take a look lads! All that greenery and the livestock doesn’t it remind you all of Ireland?” the guys loved it! they all took lots of pictures of the old shacks and the greenery and then they took pictures of their wonderful driver me I popped on Keith’s solo CD and put Orange Moon on repeat as it was kind of a southerners song the guys were
enjoying a long trip! We soon arrived and we got all the gear and our picnic lunch and I handed the keys to Cindy so I wouldn’t lose them when we reached the lake Cindy pulled me aside and said “Alyssa, it’s been four years remember how you said you wanted to renew your baptism four years ago?” “yeah…” “Well I’d like to do that for you today! Are you ready?” I smiled and said “more than ready!” “Damian would you like to go after your
fiancé” Damian nodded and smiled the lads and Treena, Meagan, Sharon, Tenna, and Katie didn’t know what was going on Cindy led me into the water and Damian was next so he came close into the water and Cindy faced me towards the lads and they were all taking pictures and she said “Alyssa Schaefer McGinty upon reaching four years of following your lord and savior do you believe that Jesus is the Christ the son of the living god and do you accept him once again as your lord and savior? “I do” I
replied she turned me around and she raised her hand and she said “Alyssa Schaefer McGinty upon confession of your faith once more I baptize you in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit buried with him in baptism… and risen to walk in newness of life once more” the lads and the lasses clapped and cheered and then Damian was baptized as well. After Damian and I were baptized we celebrated and had fun Treena, Meagan and I attacked our lads in the water and they got back at us by
tossing us in the water! We swam and played marco polo and had swim relays, we went fishing Ryan and Damian caught the biggest cat fishes Ryan’s was ten inches and Damian’s was eight inches! And finally we went kayaking it was so relaxing! after a day of fun we changed into dry clothes, loaded up the vans and headed back to the church for tonight’s farewell to Arkansas concert as I was saying goodbye for good to the United States
and going home to Ireland With Damian I would be back in Arkansas again for mine and Damian’s wedding and the Celtic Thunder gig in Little Rock, Arkansas we arrived back at the church at five PM and Cindy said you all go get ready I’ll put things away and park the vans. We went and got ready for the next concert and waited for our queue to come onstage. We all once again performed great! I was very proud after we returned
our outfits to our individual racks and we headed back to Cindy’s house to pack up our things Cindy followed shortly after us and she said “Here you go Damian and Alyssa! your Certificates of baptism!!” “Wow! Cindy this is wonderful!” Everyone clapped once again and they all took pictures of us with our certificates. We were soon packed up we moved everything back onto our
bus and Cindy came with us to say goodbye we all gave her hugs and I hugged her the longest and I cried a little and she said “don’t worry Alyssa I’ll see you again on your birthday and wedding day at the concert I promise you! Katie, Tenna and I will be there I promise!” “Cross your heart and hope to die promise?” “Cross my heart and hope to die promise!” we hugged one more time and said our goodbyes “bye Alyssa! It’s been fun spending time with you and the lads!!” said Cindy, Katie, and
Tenna “bye gals!” I said they left the bus and our driver started the bus and we waved bye to Cindy, Katie, and Tenna. “Albuquerque, New Mexico here we come!” I said. “I can’t wait until we’re back home in Ireland!” said Damian the guys all agreed I was happy because after tomorrow night I was going to go home with the love of my life and it looks like Meagan and
Treena are lookin’ forward to Ireland and a new life with their lads too as Keith and Emmet both asked their gals to move to Ireland with them yay!! We were all very tired after a long day of a meeting, a run with Ryan, and a lake trip “goodnight
lads!” “Night Alyssa! Night Damian!” said the lads, Treena, and Meagan. Damian, the lads, Treena, Meagan and I soon fell asleep man what a day! I can’t wait until tomorrow when we go to my apartment to pack up the rest of my things to move to Ireland with Damian!
Wow what a fun filled update! going to the lake for a little craic, Ryan and I going for a run as father and daughter, and a fun filled meeting talking about the wedding and our next tour MYTHOLOGY coming up in September! I cant wait to see my
wedding dress for real when we get back to Ireland and i know Neil and Ryan can't wait either!
NEXT TIME, THE RETURN TO IRELAND SEE YOU THEN! (UPDATE #12!!!) ( PS the little next time thing, i used to watch hamtaro when i was little and i remembered how they said at the end of each episode,next time and then the episode name and then they said see you then!)