This past weekend I decided to travel to Texas to celebrate my aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary. This is aunt Annie, my mom’s sister, and uncle Del Fino Alejos. They sent me an invitation, and I had enough frequent flyer miles to make a weekend blast out of it at the last second. The event was organized by their kids, themselves all grown with kids and families of their own: Pat, Joe Freddie and Lisa.
They had a full wedding service in San Fernando cathedral in San Antonio, which I learned is the oldest cathedral sanctuary in the US, founded in 1731. There is a lot of construction in the plaza in front of the cathedral, so I was not able to get a picture of the outside, but I got some of the inside below. Like the missions of San Antonio, it’s not very fancy or very large, just simple and quaint. I thought the most interesting thing was that the remains of Jim Bowie, William Travis and Davy Crockett are entombed there in a marble coffin.
Later, there was food and mariachis and dancing, just like their first wedding, plus a slideshow of their family pictures. After that, around midnight, they hosted everyone at their house for menudo. Everyone was glad that I made the trip(so was I). My folks and I took my grandma Amy and grandpa Tony, 91 and 95 years old, respectively, and sometimes it felt like we were sitting at the table of honor: everyone kept stopping by to say hi to them and congratulations. They have been married for 72 years! Cyndi and I have a long way to go…
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They had a full wedding service in San Fernando cathedral in San Antonio, which I learned is the oldest cathedral sanctuary in the US, founded in 1731. There is a lot of construction in the plaza in front of the cathedral, so I was not able to get a picture of the outside, but I got some of the inside below. Like the missions of San Antonio, it’s not very fancy or very large, just simple and quaint. I thought the most interesting thing was that the remains of Jim Bowie, William Travis and Davy Crockett are entombed there in a marble coffin.
Later, there was food and mariachis and dancing, just like their first wedding, plus a slideshow of their family pictures. After that, around midnight, they hosted everyone at their house for menudo. Everyone was glad that I made the trip(so was I). My folks and I took my grandma Amy and grandpa Tony, 91 and 95 years old, respectively, and sometimes it felt like we were sitting at the table of honor: everyone kept stopping by to say hi to them and congratulations. They have been married for 72 years! Cyndi and I have a long way to go…
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