She Got Hitched Without A Hitch

My sister got married on Saturday and everything went so perfectly well. What a great day it was and I am so extremely happy for her. Me and my son David traveled up to Michigan on Friday, picked up my daughter Stephani that night and stayed at the motel that my sister Geri works at. The kids only stayed with me on Friday night since they plan to spend the summer with their Dad. Well, Stephani lives with him, but she decided she didn't want to spend the summer with me in Kentucky because "she hates Kentucky" (she has issues).

So, after an awesome Star Wars marathon on HBO Friday night, we got up Saturday morning to start the big day. First on the agenda was to get my son's hair cut. His hair was past his shoulders, now, well... it is still touching his shoulders. He didn't want to get it cut short. I felt like I wasted $18, but that is another story. Next, pick up some cheap $5 pizzas at Little Caesar's because it will be a while before we eat at the reception.

Then on to my sister Kim's house to help her get into her wedding gown. I was lucky to be chosen as the one to help out. And that is not sarcastic, I really felt special to have an important role like that. Me and Stephani helped Kim into her gown and she was just beautiful. After that was finished we had to go to the reception hall for photos.

It is now 3pm and we're getting Wedding party and family photos taken outdoors of the reception hall, and then more individual family photos indoors along with the wedding couple getting photos at their table and such. The reception hall was decorated just beautiful. Photos went real well, but our Mom who has Alzheimer's was a little hard to get into the shots. I believe the photographer was very professional though and did a great job. By the way, my Mom looked real good and my Dad was real handsome in his tux.

After photos it was time to move on to the wedding chapel. The wedding ceremony was scheduled for 5:30 and we got there by 5. Easy cheesy. The chapel was just the cutest thing ever. It was small, but only a few were invited to the wedding, the rest were invited to the reception. We had a few giggles before the ceremony began because Mom was cussin' like the dickens! My Aunt Penny was doing the cross-over the chest thing and she isn't Catholic. We just didn't want to get struck by lightning. Except for the littlest kids getting restless, the ceremony itself went very well. The couple was just beautiful and it was very sweet.

After the wedding some family decorated their truck and my Aunts followed them back to the reception hall honking all the way. They had quite a bit a fun with it.

A lot of family showed for the reception but some were noticeably missing. A few had to work and some had scheduled some vacations of their own. Since the wedding was somewhat short notice it is understandable. All the same, it was awesome seeing family I hadn't seen in years.

I was thrilled to see my Grandpa, of course. And then my Aunts who I just adore. They are the best Aunts a girl could ask for. Aunt Penny, Cindy and Bev, I love ya'. Aunt Penny helped Kim out so much that when Kim did the toast at the reception and thanked Aunt Penny we all started crying. See, Aunt Penny filled a void because of our Mom's illness. Saying she is great just doesn't do her justice. She's more than spectacular. Aunt Cindy held the bridal shower and Aunt Bev made all the flowers, bouquets and boutonnières. How cool is that?

All in all, the whole day was just perfect. It only rained for about 5 minutes while we were inside the hall doing photos. After that, perfect. When they came out of the chapel we blew bubbles and had tons of photo opportunities of our own. The sun was shining and all my photos came out so perfect. I love them! I'll be sure to post some of my faves.

So congrats to Kim and Mike, I love you both.