In my previous post, I failed to mention that Dan's side of the family contains some pretty dedicated Harry Potter fans as well. Specifically, Dan's sister Hannah and her fiancee Josh. Josh and Hannah are getting married on Saturday in San Antonio, and Dan is catching a plane this afternoon so he can go and be part of that celebration. Kate and I are staying at home due to our collective hugeness and unsuitability for air travel, but we are very sorry to miss the festivities.

Since Hannah and Josh chose this Saturday to get married, an obvious problem emerges for them as Harry Potter fanatics: Enjoy your wedding reception and honeymoon, which you've been planning since January, or read the last Harry Potter book, which the world has been anticipating for two years?

Josh informs me that they've got it all worked out so that they can have their wedding cake and eat it too:

"A trustworthy groomsman is picking up our copies on the wedding day so that we don't miss out on any Potterific plot developments. We feel like it would be rude not to invite our favorite fictional wizard to be a part of our marriage experience."

So there you have it. They'll be lying on the beach in Hawaii, reading Harry Pottery. That sounds like a perfect honeymoon to me!

Have a great wedding day, Hannah and Josh. We love you. (This is a picture of the love birds about a year ago when we were in San Antonio for the wedding of Dan's sister Dinah and her husband, Chris. There was a lot of wedding cake left over, and as you can see, some people can't resist an opportunity to attack one another with baked goods. Let's hope they show more restraint when they are in formal wear.)