Rain is good luck! Paula & John 09.08.07

[Poloke]

Its ok to post now:)

What a journey it all was! Beautiful and fun and memorable... here is the tale of how it all went down.

[Poloke]

Just a little intro & breakdown...

We were actually married 07/17/07 because I was sick and needed to be on John's insurance for treatments. Little did we know just how serious it would get! I ended up having surgery on September 4th, just four days before our big day.


People & places to know:
John & Paula - Groom & bride
Aron- bride's brother (groomsman)
Megan- groom's sister (BM)
Sheila & Keith- cousin of the bride & her husband, also the MAOH & a GM
Olivia- cousin of bride, Junior bridesmaid

Mom & Dad P.- Parents of the bride
Mom & Dad F.- Parents of the groom, dad was Best Man

Aeryn- youngest sister of the groom

Nanna & Frankie-Maternal grandparents of the bride


Wedding at Carmen's Country Inn, Hazleton, PA

Home: southern most location
Parent's house: Half hour north of home
Wedding: One hour north of parents house.

[Poloke]

Wednesday, September 5th

Today was the last day we would see home until after the honeymoon. I felt so bad because I could not help john load up the car, I was still very sore and weak from having had surgery the day before. So, I took care of Music and made sure she wasn’t in the way while John packed the car up. I visited with our neighbor across the street, then it was time to go. I don’t think we could have gotten another thing in that car!

We drove to my parents house (half hour north) which is where we’d stay the evening. Nanna & Frankie had flown in from Florida, and thankfully they helped unload the car. Certain things were going with my mom and dad to Hazleton, other things with us, so that had to be sorted when my parents got home. My mom had rearranged plans on Sunday and told us we would be taking Nanna & Frankie to Hazleton with us on Thursday, but that had to change after they saw the size of our trunk and realized there was :nono:no way in hell all their luggage and ours would fit. So they called my aunt Marie and she came down later in the evening to take them up there (she lives in Hazleton). They already sort of had that as a back up plan, and I was a bit annoyed that I had gone to so much hassle the week before(per their request) to work out plans with mom, Marie, and Nanna to get them up to Hazleton and then they all decided to change that. Had they left things alone, there would have been no stress in that dept., but that was the tip of the iceberg concerning stress & my Nanna.

That afternoon, John, Nanna & I went to get my gown at the shop. We were waiting in the lobby area for a while and were sitting in two wing chairs by the faux fireplace. A saleslady came over and chatted with us while another went for the gown. Somehow, wires were crossed and they didn’t realize I needed to try it on again and have Nanna learn the bustle- and the sales lady comes sauntering around the corner with the dress out of the bag!!!! :shocked::faint: I swear my eyes must have popped out of my head :eeek: as I sat there shaking my head “no” frantically. JOHN WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE!!! She saw the panic on my face and slipped back around the corner…luckily John’s view was blocked by a rack of dresses. Whew. Then they took Nanna & I back into a dressing room to try it on and for Nanna to figure out the bustle. The dress was loose but I’d lost more weight since the last fitting, and thankfully so- corsets are not:no: a good idea one day post-op! Oh, ten minutes in that thing and I was getting sick. The bustle was almost the way I had asked it to be, but the seamstress took the liberty of changing that a tad. That kinda felt like someone letting the air out a balloon, just a :happysigh: of disappointment but I let it go because it still looked gorgeous the way she did it. Gown in bag, we headed back to my parents house for dinner.
After dinner John and I had to wrap some wedding gifts, so mom had told me earlier she had paper. The paper she had was uh, way outdated looking and most was not for wedding type gifts. Mom got pissed off when I said something about the paper, John ran out to the all-night drug store for something appropriate, and mom got offened over the whole thing, walks away. I continue wrapping gifts and she comes back with the veil and wants to know where to put the extra combs on it. I know I’ll have to try it on, but was upset because I was in the middle of something! I asked if she could wait ten minutes but no, she wanted to do it NOW. Because of surgery, sitting down and getting up hurt so bad that I didn’t want to constantly be getting up and down, which that would require, and she got annoyed & went off and had a little emotional spell of her own. When she came back down the steps I was still quite pissed off and had a zilla :hmph: moment because I didn’t want her mood to foul up the wedding experience for me. Things went from blah to worse when I started to go pale and sweaty, I was pushing myself too much after the surgery and nearly passed out. Dad took over the wrapping (John is not a good wrapper) and then it was done. The veil got done too, thankfully without anymore stress.:pleased:
Everyone sorted the things we needed to pack in the car for tomorrow’s ride up to the wedding town, then it was time for :snooze:!

My uncle Ralphie & his gf nancy were lost in PA near Ohio and were supposed to be arriving at my mom’s at four, then at six, then at eight. Well they didn’t arrive until just after midnight…:dope:GPS is not foolproof I suppose! They were staying the night at my parents place.
Sleep was good that night, I was so tired from running around and stress that it felt good to close my eyes!

[Poloke]

Thursday September 6th

This was going to be a busy day, gear up folks! I was up early and visited with my uncle Ralphie & Nancy for about an hour or so. I don’t see him often, as he lives in Florida, so it was nice. He was telling me all about the radiation treatments he would soon start to clear up his cancer when he gets back home. He didn't want to start treatments before he came up, he wanted to feel good and have a good time at the wedding. :sappy:

John and I ended up running late heading out to Hazleton, we were waiting on Ralphie & Nancy to get ready and go (hot water only lasts so long!) but Nancy takes forever to get ready- like over an hour and a half! I had a feeling we would not make it to the first appointment of the day in Hazleton- my hair trial. I called my aunt Marie to let her know we would be about 15 minutes late to the hair trail at the salon in Hazleton, and would she please call them (she used to work there) and let them know.
Marie did, then called back to let me know they said that was no problem, they run behind all the time.

We get to the salon, and I get in the chair right away, tell Bernice what I want- half up and half down- and she insists on doing an updo :happysigh:. So, I let her, thinking it just might look nice…but deep inside I was getting miffed that again, someone wanted to do what they wanted and not what I had nicely asked for. She did gorgeous work, the updo was pretty and I did tell her so but then had her take the back half out and do what I had asked for. No problem there, she did what I wanted and I got what I was picturing in my head. The only reason I don’t like updo’s is because I don’t like the back of my neck exposed. Then I went over to the makeup lady and she was caking it on, I’m not used to that. I felt made up, and it felt fake. Foundation, powder, everything-the whole nine yards! I liked her work though, except for how she did my eyes. I am really specific about my eye makeup and she just seemed sloppy with it, so I was kind of torn about if I should have her do my makeup or not. Made an appt. for John to get a cut & beard shaping for Friday (long story why he waited…) paid, put my shades on (to hide said eye makeup! :laugh3:) and headed up to my aunt Marie's house across town.

We had some down time at aunt Maries place, so we had lunch. Nanna and Frankie were there but the kids were at school and it was quiet until about four PM. Nanna immediately started to stress me out, asking me questions that had been asked a dozen times this week, and telling me how things had to be done. She was worried about little things that really should not have been anything to stress over. I told her to please relax and calm down because there was no need for this, but she acted like it was me who was getting feathers riled up :rolleyes:. I just let her worry on her own… and walked away. I had to self preserve because I knew she was just going to keep doing this the whole damn time she was there. Thankfully, I would be busy most of the time! Aunt marie got home, I asked her about the makeup- she thought it looked fine, I was still on the fence about it but left it on. Nanna started up again with the lil’ worries as soon as marie got in the door, and then she started on me about my choice not to wear pantyhose9 It was going to be 80 on the wedding day!) and not to use my veil as the “basket” for the money collected during the dollar dance. I was pissed :firemad: at this point, and well, bridezilla emerged. I’d had the conversation about the veil with her before and told everyone before it would not be used for that purpose and I was tired of repeating myself! I looked at her and said “I am not taking off the veil at all that night and that is that! If anyone tries to do that, they will be missing fingers!!” , she looked at me like OMG :wow: and just eeped out a timid “ok”. I hate to be a bitch but damn, sometimes you have to when being nice doesn’t work. That veil is my mom’s- its 30 yrs old, I didn’t want anything happening to it so it was best left on my head, besides Nanna had made a beautiful card bag that would be used to collect the dollars in.

Nanna had me so stressed out I was more than happy to go out to the garage with my uncle David (Marie's hubby) and have a freaking cigarette. I needed to take the edge off and boy that did it. I know, I’m bad…:hide:

Now it was about 5:30pm and time to go to the wedding site, Carmen’s, for our 6pm appointment. My aunt Marie and my cousin Jared came with, to help unload, and my MAOH & her hubby (GM) were there too- also to help unload. There were a lot of boxes and I just could not lift things- it still hurt too much. Everyone helped and then split so we were there alone with the coordinator, as needed.

Surprise when we got there- they’d just built a new deck outside that leads to the dance floor inside thru French doors. :excited: New dance floor was put down too! My aunt & uncle knew about it but kept it mum as a nice surprise for us to see first hand. It was awesome, just beautiful craftsmanship.
We met our coordinator- the owner- Kathy, and she was very excited to do our wedding b/c it was different. She wanted us to run down through our stuff and explain what was what and where and how it was to be set up. We got through it all and told her it was up to her to be creative with it, it didn’t have to be done a perfect, specific way. She loved that, b/c she didn’t have to worry about everything being “just so”…and she did a fantastic job!
We went over the menu, paid her and got instructions for tomorrow’s rehearsal so we would be there on time because there was a wedding just 2 hours after our rehearsal!! It was the most stress free event of the day.

Back to aunt Marie’s house for dinner and then we crashed for the night around 10.

[Poloke]

Friday September 7th

Ahh the day before the big day. This whole week seemed to be just flying by and felt surreal.
John’s hair appointment was for 11am, so he went off to do that. I was so nervous they’d mess up his hair or lop off the beard, but it was the best hair cut he’s ever had- by far!
At 1pm I had an appointment to get my nails done in town with Shelia, and she would meet me there. John left the car with like *no* gas in it so I had to stop off and fill the tank, then the phone rings and its Sheila saying she’s like 20 minutes away and will be there as soon as possible. I was a bit miffed on that because she had known for the longest time that we had this appointment, but whatever. It was 1:15 when we got seated for our nails, and boy was that place packed. Some rude old hag was pissed off that the guy doing Sheila’s nails was busy doing Sheila’s nails because apparently the hag had a 1:30 appointment with him.
:shock: She stormed right over to him while he was doing Sheila’s nails and started shit w/ the guy, telling him to hurry up!
I was across from Sheila, and I said loudly to the guy doing my cousin’s nails to “take his time this is important it is for my wedding tomorrow and even we had an extra wait to get our nails done”. That old hag turned and looked at me like I had just killed a kitten, but tough shit lady, wait your turn too.
She left in a huff and mumbled something about being back later.

Our nails turned out great, but everyone kept calling on the cell phone for me. Finally I said screw it, :snob: not answering it anymore, my nails are wet. Sheila went home, I went back to aunt Marie’s to get my stuff & John and go back into town to check in at the hotel. There were more antics at my aunts house, Nanna was getting all wound up again- I had to leave she was just stressing me the hell out! SHe means well but worries too much- this coming from the bride, that should say something! My parents had already arrived at the hotel and so had John’s parents. MIL & SIL’s were in the lobby waiting for their room to be ready. Aeryn was antsy and aggravated that the room was still not ready even though check in is 3pm. :shrug:Hey it happens. So the hotel gives them an upgrade room but here it turns out to be a non-smoking room which, well, sat like a stone in Aeryn’s gut . John and I quickly left :caught: because we knew WWIII was about to begin in there and really, I did not want to be part of that. We checked into our room, unpacked some things and got ready for rehearsal at 5pm.

[Poloke]

Today seemed like a flurry of phone calls all day long. Mom called to tell me she had brought breakfast items for tomorrow morning at my aunt Marie’s house, but I knew Nanna did this as well so there would be plenty for everyone, one would think. :blah:Other ppl called, my cousin, a friend from out of state, and Jaime (Kittycornflake) got lost on the way into town, suddenly I felt very overwhelmed. We gathered up everyone and made a convoy down to Carmen’s for the 5pm rehearsal.

I had no idea anyone would take :pic:pictures, but they did. That made me laugh. Things were a bit unorganized at first but quickly rounded out and pulled together to get the whole rehearsal done. We did a dry run twice, and then we headed out to Evan’s Roadhouse for rehearsal dinner. We felt pretty confident that things would be ok:peace:

Evan’s had some great food but was not at all the atmosphere we expected:happysigh:. We had a long table, so it was hard to talk to everyone and there was a juke box blearing so loudly in the background you couldn’t hear shit anyways. I could see the disappointment in MIL’s face (she was paying for this) but what was done was done. Besides, I’d asked them several times to pick a place and they kept flopping that back on our plates and I decided this was it, as I was tired of the charade. Aeryn was again pissed :rolleyes: because we had reserved in Non-smoking section. She gave me a sarcastic “eff you” type look, and then went outside for a smoke. Suck it up princess, it wasn’t all about you! She also got on John’s case at dinner about us staying together the night before the wedding. I plain stayed away from her because she was being a super-PITA drama queen and was trying to turn attention to herself. It was my time to shine, darling, and damn it I was glowing! :heee:*Gleam* :heee: I did not care what her opinion was about us staying together, it didn’t matter one bit anyways what she thought of it- the decision was not hers to make! We did forget the wedding gifts so we asked that everyone come back to our room at the hotel for their gifts right after dinner.

So we finish up at Evan’s and head back. Everyone gathers in our room and we hand out the gifts & cards and say thank you to all for all they have done. We felt bad about two of the gifts- chocolates- because we had forgotten them in the car all day - in the heat- and well, they melted a little. :oops: However, the crowd was pleased with their gifts and everyone cleared out, we had some time to ourselves. FINALLY!

My brother came down to our room with Chalupa (the Chihuahua) and he hung out for a while, then Jaime & Bryan called and came down. Poor Jaime, Chalupa just barked & barked at her so my brother went back to his room and took the dog. We had Aron bring Music down from my parents room to meet Jaime & Bryan…she loved them & they thought she was a cutie patootie!
We gave Jaime & Bryan some famous homemade Easter pie to try & take along. I think they liked it pretty good. John & Bryan got along superbly- two geeks in a pod! :evillaugh:Bwahhahaaaa. Seriously it was really cool and I can’t wait to meet them again. They headed back to their room around midnight, and then John and I got ready for bed-OMG tomorrow was the big day. Tomorrow, wow, Tomorrow. :whistling:You’re only a daaaaaaay aaaaaaa-waaaaaaaay….:whistling: (had to break into a cheesy musical there, it was too easy!)

[Poloke]

Saturday- September 8th - Our wedding Day!!!!

Getting Ready

I didn’t sleep well the night before the wedding. I got up at 3,4, 6 and then 7:30 and decided to just stay up. Got the room neatened up, watched tv a bit and let john sleep in just a tad. He looks so angelic when he’s sleeping. I gathered up the things I would need to take with me for the day- my makeup bag, shoes, medicines, etc. and put them in a pile on the desk near the door. Time for John to wake up!!!
He gets up, I go for my shower, then we part ways until the ceremony. I gave him a kiss and left, all of a quick walk 4 rooms up the sidewalk to my parents room (adjoined to my brothers room via an internal door) and chilled a bit.
It was just before 9am, and I was starting to get hungry so I asked my mom if she had gotten the cottage cheese for me from my aunt Marie’s. I told her I was hungry and can’t take medicine til I eat and she was like “I’m hungry too and I need to eat at Marie’s”. She kinda blew me off, and I wasn’t about to eat a muffin or bagel that is all carbs and would put me to sleep or send my sugars out of control. I chirped at her that she needs to be back at a decent time b/c her hair appointment is at ten, and i needed to eat so I didn't get all sick. She was heading down there now to get Olivia & coming back to the room. She was gone almost an hour, and I was steamed:firemad:. Didn’t really say anything when she got back, she swooshed in with the cottage cheese and dropped Olivia off with me. Olivia told me they were all fighting down at the house, yelling so loud they could be heard from upstairs there. She had no idea why:shrug: they were fighting, but said it wasn’t good. I can’t even think what the hell there was to fight about on the wedding day but it really concerned me :errrr:and I felt like things were suddenly going to get ugly in an instant or cast a bad feeling over the whole day. I made up my mind that if anyone started poo-pooing on our day that they’d get some talking to.

I took my medicine, finished my cottage cheese(had to force it down), and there was the knock on the door- my cousin Sheila- picked us up and off we went to the salon. It was hot, humid and looked like it was going to rain!

AT THE SALON (PICTURES TO COME!)

At the salon, mom, Nanna and aunt Marie were all there getting fixed up. Olivia (Liv) grabbed a styles book to find how she wanted her hair done, picked a real nice style too! They did wonderful jobs on everyone’s hair…my mom’s hair was styled nice I wish she would wear it like that daily! Olivia hops in the chair, but we found out she hates hairspray. Her mom told her that today she had to have a lot of it in her hair to keep the style, oh you should have seen the face she made it was priceless! Liv was done, oh so pretty, and decided to go home with mom, Marie and Nanna instead of staying with us like planned. My mom surprised me and paid for my hair, which was so sweet of her. The rest of them paid and nanna says “we need to stop off somewhere I need to eat breakfast”.
Sheila was in the chair and she looked at me like :huh: “wtf”, and I gave a similar :huh: look to her. I felt a sinking feeling yet again. I knew something was amiss but couldn’t figure it out. I said bye to them and off they went into the wild blue yonder.

I still had a puzzled look on my face, and I said to Sheila that I don’t understand :dontknow: how my mother could be at Marie's with Nanna for an hour this morning- with a plentiful bounty of bagels n’ cream cheese, muffins & more and that nanna didn’t eat a flipping thing that they are going to stop off for food? :scratch::headscratch::banghead: I was pissed, yes, because I knew that going for a sit down meal was not in the schedule and that it would throw shit way, way, off. Sheila agreed and said she had no idea what the hell they were doing, but somehow she kept me calm.

[Poloke]

Saturday- September 8th - Our wedding Day!!!!

At the salon, cont'd. ...

Oh!Ya! :jump4joy: Its my turn to get my hair done. Bernice did my hair and it turned out just gorgeous with the veil. I felt like a queen! :floating: Sheila took plenty of pictures.(but they haven’t arrived yet) We both got our makeup done there- I asked that she not do my eye makeup because I would do it at home. It looked great though!
It was almost 1pm when we left the salon, it felt funny running around in a veil and all but cool :sly: at the same time.

Back to the hotel, I knock on my brother’s door- no answer. I knock on my mom’s door next door and no answer. Now I get a knot in my gut (:puke:)knowing something is just not right. Sheila goes down to John’s room and my bro is there, comes up lets us into his room. Thank you Aron! Come to find out my mother is still not at the hotel and there is a big, huge problem- the internal door to her room is locked! All my makeup and gown and things are in mom’s room- and I have no way to get them! Sheila was clearly trying to keep me calm, but this was my one huge bridezilla moment. :nuts: I went off like a firecracker on fourth of july. I was cursing :curse: and just having a fit because I knew this was all going to put us way behind and there was not time for that! I called down to my aunt Marie’s and asked if my parents were still there… “oh they just left”…and I was like ‘ok’ and hung up. I lost it again. :gaah::tearhair::waiting::mecry: Sheila said no matter what, don’t blow up at my mom when she gets back, well she was right even though that is what I felt like doing. We sat there like dummies because I could not get ready at all! I said to Sheila, lets get you ready now since your dress is with you. Sheila kept me from totally losing my mind, thank GOD. Mom shows up between 1:30 and 2PM, I didn’t blow up at mom, but she dang well knew I was irritated with her. She had Marie do her makeup, ate, Liv’s makeup was done… all things that were to be done here at the hotel, and she knew that but did things her way anyways :disbelief:. Plan was I would be last to be dressed. Glad Liv’s makeup was done, I was to do it originally but there would not have been time thanks to other ppl making changes to the schedule. I really needed a drink at that point, but didn’t.
The photographer was going to be in the room at 2:30, Megan was to be in the room at 2pm (she got dressed & hair done in her own room- don’t ask) and I felt the time crunch working on my nerves.

[Poloke]

Getting ready at the hotel

The next half hour was pure chaos:gaah:, not at all what I had hoped for. They are trying to get me ready and get mom & Liv in their gowns too. All I needed was to be put in the dress, fluffed, zipped and buttoned up. There is a knock on the door-its dad, the guys can’t figure out how to fold the pocket squares, so mom goes down to help. UGH! So I sit and do my makeup, make sure Liv and Sheila are in their dresses & ready to go. Mom comes back and we finally get to the point of getting me in the gown. Gown up in the air over my head and there is yet another knock at the door on my mom’s door. We yell to hang on but the knocks are more impatient and mom drops her side of the gown to get the door. Ugh, the interruptions! Its Megan, late but here. I told mom to keep her there til I get the gown on- I don’t want her seeing me in my knickers! I looked at Sheila and said she was right. She’d guessed months before that while we were getting me in the gown that Megan would be knocking on the door frantically…lol.

Finally, I get the dress on, but not zipped up…and another knock on the door. OK, was this a cruel joke or what?:laugh3: It was the photographer, Anita. We told her just a second, zipped my ass into the gown and let her in. The girls are scrambling for their flowers, I’m putting on lip gloss and had them fix my veil and hair. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_1987.jpg http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_1979.jpgI was so nervous at this point because of everyone coming up to the room within minutes of each other. Megan had ran late because they couldn’t get her hair right, but her hair looked really pretty I thought.

:pic:So Anita starts snapping shots, and all goes well. We couldn’t bring Music over from mom’s room- she’d get fur on everything & everyone. Chalupa was there and I got a few great shots with her. It was nice to hold her because I needed a relaxing moment. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2018.jpg


Then another knock on the door, its dad, to come see me for the first time all dressed :sappy:. I wanted to cry. He was like :jawdrop:“wow!” and gave me a hug. I sent Megan down to John with the cards I bought for him, and she came back with mine. I opened it and read it and tried to hold back the tears, which worked for now.http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2007.jpg It was time to pin my mom’s corsage on her for a picture. I picked up her flower, turned to her and started to shake and sob. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_1999.jpgShe saw that and started too…and my dad is in the background trying to keep spirits light and happy saying “hey, hey, none of that”. Everyone laughed and the moment passed, I pinned mom. Then I did dad’s and he had this smirk on his face, which is sooo my dad! http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2023.jpgThe girls & Anita left for the ceremony then. I sat there for a few minutes and then a knock on the door from Uncle David, my chaffuer to the wedding. My brother’s white Impala was my ride, damn we had no pictures of that. David was really great that day driving. As I got into the car, out of the next hotel room comes my friend Angel, leaving for the wedding and was like “OMG you are beautiful”. I waved hi as I was being stuffed into the car. LOL. Mom was a little upset someone saw me but I told her not to worry Angel would not blow my spot up.

The girls:
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[Poloke]

Pre-Ceremony Jitters!

The drive 3 miles down to Carmen’s went unusually quick. In the not so far off distance you could see a band of very dark, low clouds lurching our way. Rut roh, rain…and lots of it! At that point I realized I forgot ALL of my bridal jewelry. They asked if I wanted to go back for the necklace and earrings but I said no, I think I look good even without it, so lets go get the party started!
:hehe::bliss:

We got to Carmen’s and come up the back way so nobody sees me arrive. :eyebrows: We pull up to the kitchen and there is a huge pickup truck backed up to the steps, so they got the driver to move it. Everyone gets out the car but me, and its hot & muggy! I hear a loud thunder crack, open my door and say to them I need to get inside before the skies open up on me. :rain: Kathy, the coordinator greets me at the bottom of the steps and walked me quickly through the hot kitchen. I wave to the staff as I get a few Oooohs and Ahhhs. Then she takes me into the partitioned off reception area and I get to see everything set up! :firework: It blew my mind how pretty it all was! I went over and looked at my cake and nearly cried :crybaby:- it was so much more beautiful than I could have ever imagined!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2064.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2063.jpg She did some creative touches that we didn’t think of-O it was all just so beautiful. I gave that tiny woman a big ol’ huge and thanked her a million times!

She went and got my girls and my grandparents and brought them into the reception area. Anita was back to take pictures of me pinning the corsages & buttoniere on my grandparents.

Pinning Nanna:
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Pinning Frankie (the grandpa I've adopted)Nanna's long time man.
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Pinning Granny P.- My dad's mom.
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Then the g-parents headed back out and I was left with the girls and my dad. I started to hyperventilate, and had to calm down more than once.
The thunder was getting loud outside and the skies were dark and gray. I turned to Sheila and said that was our Pop-Pop ‘banging the barrels’ and she just smiled and said “he’s here, that’s what that thunder means’. The significance of that is this: My father always told me thunder was my great grandfather “banging the barrels” from heaven- he made wine many many years ago. Now it also meant my Pop-Pop (my dad’s dad that passed years ago) whom I deeply missed that day. It was just very touching from my end of it all, as he was on my mind before I walked down the aisle.

I was glad we’d decided on an indoor ceremony! Next thing I know its time to line up!

[Poloke]

Let the Ceremony Begin!

Kathy comes back and says its time, lines the girls up and has my father & I stand off to one side so nobody can see us just yet. Dad peeks out there and there is a full house- everyone who showed for dinner was there for the ceremony, a hundred plus folks! I didn’t know, so I ask him if there are a lot of people out there and he’s like yea, standing room only for some folks. WOW! That made me nervous. He says take two steps up and you can see your godfather, and I did and saw him and a few others standing in the back.

I heard the mother’s music begin and thought ok, that is a long 4 minutes. I almost hyperventilated again, whats wrong with me?! LOL. Suddenly, Olivia takes off for the aisle during the mother’s music. :giggle: He he he. The other girls look at me as if to ask what to do. I said, eh, she’s excited let her go, just wait for your music to start. They giggled and waited, then I heard their song and knew it was a matter of moments before my big entrance. I started to shake as I heard the piano version of Endless Love playing for the girls. I could not stop shaking! Kathy calls me and dad over, fluffs up my train , the Trumpet Voluntary starts and everyone stands up. We begin down the aisle…I was so nervous, there are some really bad pics of faces I was making because of being nervous. Flashes going off, whispers in the crowd as I walk down but I could not see john anywhere. People were in the aisle blocking my view, but finally there was my handsome man lookin’ as terrified as I was. But damn he looked hot:eyebrows:in a tux! I think I saw a tear in his eye.

John's mom escorted by Keith:
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My mom escorted by my brother:
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Moms light the unity candles: they had some trouble with this...LOL.
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The long, long walk... Megan:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2116-1.jpg

Sheila:
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Dad and I walking down the aisle!!!
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[Poloke]

Ceremony!

My mom and I made eye contact once but she was already tearing up and I couldn’t keep looking at her or I would have just started bawling right there. We get to the podium and my father gives me away, I give him a huge hug and didn’t want to let go, but he prodded me and said ‘come on you’re ok” and he placed my hand in john’s. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2127-1.jpg I was shaking. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2135-1.jpg At some point I handed off the bouquet to the girls and held both of john’s hands, caressing them in mine. I was scared and thought he was too and was trying to sooth him with that. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2136-1.jpg I kept thinking how beautiful his eyes were in those moments as we started exchanging vows. John gave his dad the rings just before the ceremony so he didn’t see the inscriptions with 07/17/07 in them. He still doesn’t know yet. His Dad had the rings but we had to nudge him ( he looked like he was ready to pass out) and he gave us the rings. Here, his dad was winded (he has one lung due to lung cancer) because he was setting up extra chairs with the other groomsmen for all our guests, he shouldn’t have but Dad F. is a determined soul! I found out after the wedding that he had done that.
We lit our unity candle http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2162.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2164.jpgand came back to the podium to be pronounced husband and wife- it went fast and was over in less than 15 minutes. It meant a lot to both of us to have it done in front of everyone we knew.
Just after we took our vows, the thunder clapped the loudest it had all day, and the rains poured freely from the heavens. It was like a monsoon outside.
Mmmmm and a sweet kiss!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2172-1.jpg
And now, Husband and wife!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2180-1.jpg

[Poloke]

Cocktail Hour!

We did a receiving line that took forever. Luckily a friend got me a soda, I was parched and hot and feeling woosey. Then we did the posed pictures while our guests mingled, drank and had passed hor’derves- a smash hit with everyone! The lights where we were standing for pictures were so hot, I had tissues to wipe my brow, it was just hoooo-doggie hot in there. The power and lights went out a few times during the cocktail hour because of that wicked storm outside. Hey its not a good party unless they try to shut it down, right? hehehee

Halfway thru posed pictures I had to tell some family members to back off because they were getting in the way of Anita doing her job. They moved and things went far smoother for us. Time to be bustled…whew:relieved:.

I was hungry, but hadn’t seen an hor derves all day come my way. Back in the bridal suite, I sat down with a drink for a little bit and there was an awesome staffer with a full plate of goodies coming in! I grabbed him and said have a seat you stay with us for a while, so the girls and I had some munchies… John came in to do my injection a few minutes later and well, I told the server he would have to leave b/c I had to take my shot, but thanked him for staying and feeding us. I only had like 2 bites off the tray but it was enough to tide me over til dinner. John came in, did my shot, and left while the girls, mom and nanna bustled me up. They (mom n nanna) missed a loop b/c they couldn’t find it and were bickering over it. I said let it go, just pin it up anywhere on that side and stop:talkhand: the shenanigans ‘cause nobody will know it doesn’t belong there but us. Yup it worked, and off we went to be introduced. :)


Some formal shots:

Part of the recieving line
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Back of my dress:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2231-2.jpg

My favorite shot of us!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2243-1.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2257-1.jpg

[Poloke]

Reception Time!!!

We lined up, and the DJ started the music. John and I heard a roar of chuckles and rolling laughter as guests heard the song we chose. Then the entire bridal party turned and gave us smirks and smiles, asking if we had picked this song, yup we sure did. The Muppets song “mahna mahna”…and it was a total hit!

Then Barry White’s “Can’t get enough of your love” started playing and we got introduced. That was awesome! I wanted John to dance a bit on his way in but he chickened out, so I did a dance of my own, hell we were so happy!

Next was the blessing, performed by our officiant. She was so great at all the things she did. Her and her mother stayed for dinner.

After that we cut the cake. I kind of didn’t want to cut it but well, it had to be done. John and I were being egged on by the crowd to smash the cake. I kept telling him to behave himself. He told me later he had full intentions of doing just that. We cut the cake and I cut the piece in half, handed his piece to him and well, we had a blast. He was feeding me the cake all nice and I was thinking “screw this boring shit, I’m smashing him with cake” and with one evil grin he knew it was coming! We both smashed cake on each other’s faces, but he got me way better than I got him. It was fun and I’d do that all over again. Tasty too.

Smashingly fun!:laugh3::lolroll:
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me telling John to behave :hehe:
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mid smash:
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sweet kissie kiss
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[Poloke]

We excused ourselves to the men’s bathroom nearby to clean up. Came back to have John’s father do a funny yet sweet toast and then a toast from Sheila that nearly brought me to tears.
FIL's toast:
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Sheila's Toast:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2364.jpg
Dig in time to eat!
The bar staff came over and took drink orders, I had an appletini, John had a beer. Most everyone but Liv had a drink at our table. The thunder kept coming and I pulled dad over and said to him “you know what that is don’t you” and he just looked at me and knew I meant it was Pop-Pop. He smiled approvingly. The centerpieces were given away=big hit, we hardly brought anything home like that, thankfully. People were truly having a fun time, the drink parasols we used as place cards were in a lot of people’s hair as decorations(see sheila's hair above)- including the bridal party!

The food was excellent, we got tons of compliments on that. We missed having cake at our own wedding though because right after dinner we got up and walked around to greet our guests at their tables and take pictures with them. It was just a great time.

Our toasting flutes:
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When we were through visiting with guests we went over to the memorial table, my first time seeing it all day. We had a few moments alone there...so i thought.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2442.jpg

I couldn't help the tears!
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After dinner and dessert it was time for the part of the evening I was waiting for the most- our first dance. The DJ got everyone to come over to the dance floor as our song “When I said I do” started to play. I could not help but sing the entire damn song to John, he did sing back a little but for that couple of minutes it felt like it was just us up there, nobody else. The world seemed to go away, it was wonderful. My cousin Joel & Jared videotaped it for us, and the dollar dance. I am so happy they thought to do that! In hindsight its something I wish we would have paid to have done, there really is a lot you miss as a bride.

First dance:
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[Poloke]

The father/daughter dance followed, and dad came out to “I loved her first” and we danced. We talked most of the time but then the emotions hit me and I started tearing up and just lost it. I clung to him and cried, I just could not help it. My dad, he means the world to me. :sappy:

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[Poloke]

John danced with his mom next to “it was your song” by Garth Brooks. It looked as though they were talking the whole time, but his mom started crying too. She looked so beautiful in her gown! My mom looked great in her gown too, our moms were hot that night!!
I couldn’t watch him dance all the way through because I was starting to cry again.

John and his mom:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2519.jpg

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:sappy::sappy::sappy:

I had a soda, then was being called up to do the dollar dance.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2543.jpg John had one line, and then there was my line…it was fun but I got so tired of going in circles with everyone and the line seemed to go on forever and ever. It lasted longer than everyone thought it would but it was cool. My cousin Mark spun me around, I felt like a princess swooshing the dress. Here’s a great shot of that moment.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2601.jpg

We forgot the checks for the photographer and DJ, so my aunt Marie ran back to get them for us at the hotel. :doh:

[Poloke]

The rest of the night was filled with dancing, pictures and drinking. John and I had a special dance picked out for both our parents that they didn’t know about. The DJ called us over, gave me the microphone…
I got both sets of parents on the dance floor and then started talking. They had no idea and were looking at us like “what the hell is going on” …priceless!

“This July, John’s parents celebrated 25yrs of marriage together, and later this month my parents will be married 30 yrs. We wanted to thank you all for showing us that love endures through good and bad and hopefully all those years of marriage are good luck to us. This song is for you all. Happy Anniversaries!!”

…and with that, Alan Jackson’s “Remember When” began to play. The DJ invited couples to go share the moment with them and I must say that it was the most popular dance of the entire evening!!! Smash hit baby! It left a few ppl with tears, even the photographer!

John's parents:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2780.jpg

My parents:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2779.jpg

[Poloke]

Later on, the garter toss was interesting, lets just say it bordered on obscene and pornographic:agree:. My uncle Joe caught the garter, and his gf (aunt delores) caught the bouquet. They catch them at every wedding and boy they really outdid themselves this time. The DJ had to stop them from going any further with the garter up her leg …or we’d of seen panties. Er, no thanks. *blarf*

Still, uncle Joe has style and fun!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2671.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2677.jpg

Somebody, catch that thang!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2686.jpg

Hey Ladies!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2699.jpg

Aunt Delores caught it, uncle Joe caugh the garter.
The beginning of the garter porn!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2703.jpg

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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2723.jpg

(psst KathyandJer, those hearts on my garter are the ones you send me with the beads!)

[Poloke]

The DJ played my favorite song for me and John. Angel by Aerosmith. I sang to him again, lol. I love that song and was so glad everyone left us alone for like, those 4 minutes.
Plenty of great music was played the whole night. I did a shot at the end with my cousins, something I wanted to do. Cousin Kristeen was a pain in my ass though, she was 3 sheets to the wind and hanging on me. She damn near pulled the veil out of my head, and believe me it was securely in place, it would have hurt.

A shot with my cousins:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2966.jpg


Dancing to "Angel" by Aerosmith
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[Poloke]

Everyone there at the end of the night danced the last song, “time of my life”, John’s mom had fun with this! At the part of the song where Baby jumps into Johnny’s arms, his mom jumped into uncle Huey’s arms- a dive off the dance floor to him!! I wish we had a picture of that but it happened so fast!! Then it was all over. It was a long day, but great! Sad to see it end but soooo damn happy to be getting out of my dress soon!
Last dance:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2885.jpg

My cousin and I stepped out onto the soppy-wet deck for the first time all night. It was muggy as hell, slippery in bare feet, was barefoot all night! Quickly, we went back to air conditioning.

It was time to leave, we had family help pack up all the décor left behind. I wanted to help but everyone told me to sit down. Nobody would have guessed I’d had surgery that week, so I was happy. On the way down the front steps, John’s father slipped and spilled down the steps, my mother broke his would-be fall. Thankfully, they both survived with little more than bruised egos. Gave us all a fright though!

Mom helped stuff me into our car -boy that was not easy! We had to stop down at my aunt Marie’s house b/c we’d left the wedding binder there, and it had the stuff we needed to check in on honeymoon! I stayed in the car while John ran in the house for it. Then back to the hotel we went, got out of our clothes and into jammies. Mom and dad came down to our room with the cards and gifts. We told them we didn’t get any cake so they went back to the room and got us some cake from the mass of leftover cake (more than a whole layer!) then left us to be. John and I sat across from each other at the desk, eating cake and opening cards and reading them to each other. It was beautiful and quiet and we felt truly blessed for the love we were surrounded by from all the guests there! Damn the cake was goooooooood!

John’s sister, Aeryn called our room. Its like 11:30pm! I answer the phone and she asked me what we were doing. Yeah, loaded question, right? Right! I was so damn tempted to tell her that I was humping her brother, ya know just to hear her blood curdling scream, but I behaved and just said we were opening gifts. Damn, there goes that chance to freak her out.
She was looking for my brother, they were all going to go bar hopping that night. I gave her his number and they did go out that night to have a good time.

John and I got through all the cards, then hopped on the bed and opened gifts. Everything was beautiful!
Then, we were so exhausted that we fell asleep in each other’s arms…it was so romantic!

Sunday we woke up, packed up, double & triple checked the room, packed up honeymoon stuff in the car while my brother decorated it. Music was so happy to see us that I felt like an ass leaving her for a week with my parents but hey baby, it was honeymoon time!

And that is our wedding day story!

[Poloke]

Miscelaneous shots:

Getting ready:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_1947.jpg

John pinning his mom:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_1969.jpg

John and his parents
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_1974.jpg

The most loved Pug of all!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_1975.jpg

The bling, baby!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2011.jpg

Cardbox :
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2038.jpg

[Poloke]

Memorial Table:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2045.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2046.jpg

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There were 2 trays like this: Placecards!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2050.jpg

here's a better view!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2062.jpg

Cake servers
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2065.jpg


asdf

[Poloke]

Photomat: we forgot a picture, people signed the entire thing, even where a picture goes.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2101-1.jpg

JR BM lookin cute as hell!
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Nanna, Granny & Frankie
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Fountain outside before it rained:
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My brother, Aron and I: Do we look related? lol.
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John and his sis, Aeryn:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2556.jpg

John and his other sis, Megan:
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My two favorite men in the world:
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Mom and Megan manning the drink station during the dollar dance. Dance with one of us, get a shot o' whiskey afterwards!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2658.jpg

Dancing machine!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2813.jpg

Aron and Aeryn party it up!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2875-1.jpg

John and all his sisters!
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asdk

[Poloke]

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[Poloke]

Head table, bouquets:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2977.jpg

John and his best friend from high school, Kelly:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day%20extras/IMG_2417.jpg

My best friend from high school, Janet:
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Nanna dancing it up!
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And a final one of us!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c386/miss_sparky1978/Our%20Wedding%20day/IMG_2397-1.jpg

[Poloke]

Thats all folks! Post away!!!

[Mimzy]

WOW! You are so Beautiful! The gown - the veil - total package. John was lookin' pretty sharp also. Thank you for all the details. Sounds like a very joyful, romantic day. I'm thrilled that you and John have each others love for a life time.
How darling is you JBM? The dress is perfect for her.
The cake - - Just like the idea pic you had. Everything is so wonderful. Have any centerpieces photos? hehe see I want even more PHOTOS! Thanks again :heart:

[Mimzy]

And I love your bouquet!

[septbride]

Wow Paula! Everything was so beautiful :sappy:

Gorgeous pictures, and you look stunning!

[AlmostMrs.Australia!]

I read this as you were doing it- one of my favorite WDSs yet. I love it! You were a killer bride!

[nikkiscott]

Paula, congrats on a great wedding. All that hard work paid off. I love that picture of your back of the dress. That was stunning. Can't wait to see more pictures. And your cake looked stunning. It was a great looking cake and the lady that did it is very talented.

[*Diane*]

I don't even know which picture I love most! Another great example of really good planning resulting in a beautiful wedding. :thumbsup: There are so many fun things in your wedding (your placecards), so many sweet things (tearful pictures, memorial table), so many loving things (the bride and groom as a perfect example- John always has that mischievous look about him), so many pretty things (your cake, your cake box, you).... just lovely, Paula, absolutely lovely. :love:

[Poloke]

:sappy::thanks:

[sarahm08]

Oh Paula, I absolutely LOVED your story. I wish I would have been there. It looked like it would have been one rocking party! Your pictures are fantastic and you looked so so beautiful!
Congrats!!!

[Rosebud]

Gorgeous, Gorgeous, Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Raychel]

:sappy:

Oh Paula, what a beautiful wedding you had! You looked gorgeous and glowing.

I :heart: your veil so much, your mom did a wonderful job finishing that up!

Your ceremony looked to be beautiful!

And you should be very pleased w/ how your cake turned out, it was gorgeous.

Hell, everything was gorgeous and you & John make such a wonderful couple. Congrats again!

[Jaime]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting promplty :giggle: And special super duper thanks for letting me be there in person :jump4joy: Your wedding was so much fun and I really enjoyed looking at the pictures :D