Wedding Chronicles...Part 3:The Guys and Gals

 This picture sums up exactly how our wedding day was. Full of great laughter and memories.

When you plan a wedding, the first thing you do is think about who you want surrounding you on that special day.  For us it was simple. Or not so simple. You see, if we had included J's brothers our count would have been 5 each...and I didn't have 5 super close friends...so when we talked to his brothers, who were 16 at the time-they didn't exactly want to be involved in all that goes with a wedding. So-these 6 people were our constants.

I knew that I wanted to be surrounded by girls who would keep me laughing, make sure I didn't turn into a Bridezilla and were constants in my life.

Dena (lf) my Maid of Honor, was my first friend in college. We were fast friends and kept getting mixed up by all of our teachers. Even when she moved to Florida, we remained close.
Rachel, is my oldest friend, we met in the 5th grade.  She and I like to share "juicy news". She definitely kept me laughing the whole day!
TJ(rt) is my cousin, and friend. She is my secret keeper...I always call her with my news, good or bad and she's never told any thing I've told her in confidence. She is hilarious and super witty.

J's guys are equally as great and funny. Since this is my blog, I won't talk as much about them, as I did my gals!
Daniel (lf) is married to TJ. They were our youth pastors at ECC and we've spent many a night on their couch until 3 in the morning talking about life.
David met J at church around the age of 16. One of my favorite stories is how J and David would sleep with the windows open because David's mom would keep the heat up so high!
Breck (rt) is J's oldest friend.  They met when they were little. Breck and I met in college when he joined the speech team with me. We were friends, who happened to be best friends with the same guy. Breck gave one of the sweetest and most touching Best Man speeches I've ever heard at our reception.

These little cuties are my nephew, JP and my niece, AnnaMae. They were super cute and fun to have at our wedding. I joked that AnnaMae would probably end up rolling in the grass before the wedding...she didn't do that, but one of my sweetest memories was her bringing me her sweater, because she was hot, only to see a little mud spot on the back of it! I'm still not sure where that came from!

JP, looked very serious at the wedding. I later learned it was because he thought the wedding was "Like a funeral". I didn't know until later that he felt that way because he wasn't too keen on me getting married! :-)

When the day was done and all the primping and dancing was done. I was so happy that we had all of these people with us to enjoy our big day.

Speaking of AnnaMae.... this might be my favorite picture of the whole day. Something so sweet about her looking over at the big white tent. Perhaps, she was imagining her wedding...  One day, in the distant future when she gets married I hope to have this framed for her. 

 ~Just a few more reasons, why I love these people~