Jessica and her groom, Cody were married on Sunday April 14th. We were there Friday to Monday.
It was a whirlwind trip. Merry and Owen flew in a couple of days before we got there.Josh's parents, Jamiie, Jeremiah, Sally, and our family caravanned up to Missouri in 2 days. We got there late Friday afternoon. We basically went to work right away. Picking up the wedding dress, running errands, and very late night craft projects. I think we went to bed between Friday and Saturday night. Sunday night was a little better but it was still about 1am because there was so much to clean up and pack.
We all had lots of projects to do. My main projects were #1 making Jessica a Chief's garter. I think I spent less than $10 on supplies. It had 2 little charms on it too ;)
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| Late night crafts and projects |
And #2 making a cake topper. They had a cheesecake and cookies for their "cake" instead of the traditional cake. Since it was a cheese cake the topper had to be supper light. Jessica had a garden/bird-ish theme to her wedding.
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Cake topper
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AmberDee and I made appointments for all the bridesmaids, mother of the bride, and AmberDee (the super helper) to get manicures per Jessica's request (although we didn't mind). AmberDee wasn't able to get a mani because she is in school for nursing. AmberDee and Jessica got Pedis. Getting appointments on Friday for Saturday was no easy task. It was homecoming weekend and we had to call over 10 places I think to find one that could take all of us. And even when we found a place, 2 girls had to go else where because we ran out of time. The rehearsal and dinner was that evening. I still think we were 30-45 minutes late. Ops! Well we were with the bride and nothing happens until she gets there anyways. Lol!
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| Mani and Pedi time!! |
Sunday was not different then every other day we were there. Super busy! A lovely bride/bridesmaid breakfast at a local breakfast place. Then Jessica was off with Jamiie to the hair dresser. We all headed back to the house we were staying at to get us ready. Hair products, bobby pins and make-up were flying everywhere!! It was quite the girly morning :)
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| Getting ready for the BIG DAY! |
The beautiful bride getting her dress, veil and shoes on. Jessica's veil was her mothers. Plus it has the same ribbon border as my veil. I love that we seem to love the same things :)
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| Bride getting ready |
It was a very, very windy cold day. It was a little wet at times too. But we all survived, the lake looked like an ocean (just Jessica was very happy about since it reminder her of home), and Jessica and Cody got Hitched!!! Despite the weather, the pictures turned out great. The photographer did a great job making our windy hair look good.
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| Waiting for it to be our turn to walk down the aisle |
Party time!! After lots of pictures with the bridal party, we headed over to the reception site. We eat, watch Jessica and Cody paint a unity cross picture and danced. During the reception the sister snuck off to decorate the honeymoon hotel suite with flowers and candles. It was a lot of fun :)
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| Reception Party Time! |
