So, not to post twice in the same day... but I'm going to. haha! I felt like this wedding thing deserved it's own post. :) And it DOES. Seriously, It wasn't even my wedding and it was like the happiest weekend of my life! hhh... WHELP. Here I go:
Ok, so Thursday night, the 24th of March, I went over to Paula and Rock's to spend the night. They were leaving earlier than Aaron and I wanted to get there as early as I could. I got over there a little before 10 and everyone pretty much went straight to bed. I just read my book cuz I wasn't sleepy. haha it was kind of a scary part in my book though, so I got a little freaked out. I slept with my iPod light on. haha! I'm pathetic. Anyways. We woke up at like 7 to head for SLC. We left around 8 and took their dogs to the kennel place. Then we picked up Andrew at the airport!!! :D YAYYY! It was so good to see him again. hhh... We rode in the car with Paula and Rock, Sam and Sierra. Rachel and Camber rode in Camber's car and picked up Melissa in SLC. Anyways, we drove on and Sam and Sierra were typical LOUD 9 year olds! haha so cute tho. I love them! :) Andrew and I worked on Jen's slide show for the reception, and might I say, we were freakin awesome! haha We stopped with Camber, Rachel, and Melissa at a sandwich place and Andrew bought ME lunch! haha that's quite the role switch eh? It made me happy tho. Anyways, we arrived in Rexburg around 12:30 I think? We all just visited for a bit and it was SO AMAZING being around all the family again. hhh... It was chaotic, but wonderful. Kayda ran up to me immediately and wouldn't let go. I seriously adore that girl SO much. I can't get over it. We played dolls for a bit and practiced her flower girl walk! She's SO ADORABLE! lol I can't even get over it.
Anyways, then I showed Jen the slide show. She loved it! :) And, pretty soon it was time to get to work on Jen's hair!!! Jen's friend Sarah came to Grandma and Grandpa's to help out. Sarah is Jen's friend from New York, but she just moved to SLC so she got to come up for the wedding. She's SO stinkin cool! haha We had so much fun doing hair together. We collaborated to get a plan, and I ended up doing the braid:
Sarah did the curly stuff. She's the real talented one... I just braided. haha She's way good. If I ever get married, I want her on my hair. haha Anyways, here are some "in-the-process" pictures of Sarah's curly part!
This one reminds me of a Jedi. lol
And, here are some final product pictures!!! ::
YAYY! Isn't Sarah amazing?! We had so much fun. We decided to finish the rest at the church to make sure we had everything, so we packed up camp and headed to the church. OH my goodness. Aunt Karen is so amazing. My breath was literally taken away when I saw what they had done to that gym. It was no longer an ugly church gym. As soon as I get my hands on some good pictures, I'll post them. But, I can't even explain how beautiful everything was. There was a freaking waterfall! haha and a fountain. And a lemonade fountain. And, the ceiling was hidden by these gorgeous drapes and Christmas lights drooped low. hhh... it was so gorgeous. I can't even believe it, still. Jen totally cried when we first walked in and man... I got pretty dang close. lol Kevin and Karen and family are SO amazing. Kenneth did the music and had this sweet set up in the room behind us. After we finished drooling over everything for a bit, we went into the mothers lounge and started with the make up!! Poor Jen was a bit freaked out... but I think we did good. :)
Then I did Kayda's hair and... I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I think I did a pretty dang awesome job. haha I was kind of proud. Ok... a lot proud. lol It wasn't my idea, we saw the picture somewhere... but I figured it out and well... hhh I just felt cool okay? haha
Well, then it was time for the rest of us to get ready. :) I got myself done met Vic's parents!! They're so sweet. :) I ran around the reception area to get things figured out and right before the reception started, we went to get Jen in her dress and realized that Circle of Love forgot to put the slip in the bag! UGH. The slip is the thing that makes the dress all cute and poofy! Without it it just hangs wrong... :( We were all fretting cuz Circle of Love was already closed and Aunt Paula was like "So... this might sound crazy. But... I think you should call the police and ask them to give you the number for the owner of Circle of Love." haha!! So, we called the police! They called the owner for us and... after must stress and fret, we got the slip! And started the reception like... 40 minutes late. But, hey... we got the slip! hhh...
Everything was so amazing. We did the whole wedding procession thing for Vic's parents and I got to walk down "the aisle" with Kaydance being the most adorable flower girl throwing petals! Jen was absolutely astounding. Jen and Vic exchanged CTR Rings and said the most adorable words to each other. :) Dad spoke an adorable speech and Vic's brother spoke too. Em and I cried. A lot. hehe Then we just stood in the line for a while. :)
Isn't she gorgeous?! hhh... Vic and Jen are seriously the cutest in the whole world.
haha it was fun being a bridesmaid. I loved it! :) The Pooley's were there! And the Samuelson's and so many of Jen's friends! A bunch of the old random housers were there too! and Dannah drove all the way from Montana. Wow. So cool. :) And Thad and Sue Thomas and their kids were there!! SO COOL! It was crazy seeing Lauren and Rhodry again. They're so old! hahah there was music playing the whole time and at one point we looked over and Kayda was doing hula! SO CUTE! So, Jen made me show off my skills to Sarah, and also to Ryan Lewis. lol
Then it was time to cut the cake! :) Vic was such a gentleman and was oh so very clean on Jen... then she shoved the whole plate in his face! haha
Aren't they the cutest in the entire world?! I think so. They're my favorite. Ever. And, I've never seen Jen this happy. Thinking about how happy she is just makes me cry. haha I'm SO happy for her. Like, seeing her this happy just makes ME so happy. hhh.. I love my sister.
Then came time for my favorite part! haha the DANCE! :D I love dances. Anyways. Andrew played Jen and Vic's song "Such Great Heights" which was really cool. He's just amazing. lol Then Jen and Dad danced to John Stamos's (Uncle Jesse on Full House) version of Goodnight My Angel. It made me cry. Then we all danced. And I got to dance with Dad! :) I danced with Kayda and Jarom too. We had so much fun. Jen, Kayda, Jarom, and I all danced to Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson which is like, my new favorite song. haha! It plays at the wedding on Ramona and Beezus. Best movie ever. Therefore, only appropriate for such a setting! :D haha
Jen threw her bouquet and Amy caught it... Then the night was thru and we went to change and get Jen home for some sleep! Yeah right... haha Jen and I stayed up till like 4:30 AM talking at Grandma and Grandpa's house and I showed her my slideshow I made for her and I. :) We cried a lot. lol It was the best night ever though. I tried to stay awake when Jen went for a shower, but I crashed. haha Poor thing was up till like 6:30. =/ But, we had fun! We woke up way too early on Saturday morning and Sarah did Jen's hair again. :) They were off to the temple and I took off to Tom and Shar's hotel to babysit the kids and get them ready.
Pretty soon it was time to greet them outside the temple. It was so amazing. Christy was there taking pictures and well... it was just wonderful.
These were some of Christy's pictures:
wooot!! And, here are some of my favorite pictures of the temple day. Sarah was taking pictures for me. :) It was SO cold!! The poor kids were just FREEZING! ::
This family picture is cute, some of us are cut out, but it's so happy! hehe
Cute Marilyn Monroe sibling picture. I definitely had some legit Marilyn Monroe moments with that skirt. haha!
And I just thought this was the most precious thing ever, Payson and Mama cuddling in the FREEZING cold. I just love my sisters so much. Shar has the cutest little family on Earth and this wedding weekend was seriously one of the best weekends of my life. I Loved seeing Jen so happy. It made me SO HAPPY!! hehe After the pictures were all taken, we ate lunch in Idaho Falls. I ate a whole 1/2 lb bacon cheese burger. lol Tom didn't finish his. SCORE! I'm such a little piggy. Maybe not so little. lol but, hey. Good food! Then, on the way home, I rode with Tom and Shar and we ran through the dollar store to get things to decorate Jen and Vic's car with!! It was a rental, so we couldn't do much. But we filled it with balloons and fake spiders! hehe and well... we threw a pregnancy test in the middle of all the balloons. haha!! oh dear. They laughed and laughed until Jen found the spiders... then well... see for yourself! ::
haha!! Oh Jen... We also tied cans on the back of their car and wrote "Just Married" on the window in whipped cream! LOL it smeared a lot and we ran out of room... so it was more "JUST MARR.... IED"! hahah we're so awesome.
hhh... Anyways. What an amazing weekend. I can't get over it! It was wonderful getting to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa again and with the rest of the family. I miss time with my sisters. Tom and I tried to fix Pachinko, but we didn't get very far... maybe next time. haha we played with Petey too which was fun! He pooped on drew. haha! I shouldn't laugh. It's totally happened to me before. :P Anyways, I rode home with Aaron and Andrew and we had fun! haha I slept most the time. It was a nice thing though cuz we didn't really have to say goodbye to the family besides Grandma and Grandpa, cuz we'll see everyone in a month and a half in HAWAIIII!!! :D :D
hehe whelp, that's my write up of the best wedding ever. First wedding in ten and a half years - literally the wedding of the century! haha What next? Another 10 years then Aaron can go, maybe 10 more and then my turn? haha Whatever - all I know was this was such a happy weekend. I love my family and I am so excited to have a new brother! What could be better besides gaining a brother? hehe anyways... CONGRATS JEN AND VIC!!! I LOVE YOU!! :D
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