The BIG UPDATE!
So this is going to be a long
update- I have not posted since before the wedding and quite frankly, I forgot
to!
We have so many thing going on
since the wedding festivities started when my family came in. My family drove
in on Wednesday bringing Mom, Dad, my dad’s mom (Gram), Melissa, Joseph, Brook
and my bestie Megan. Megan and I were able to do a night of catching up and it
was really good to spend some time with her that is not over the phone or
Skype!
Thursday of the wedding week, we
had a girl’s day at the nail place. Mom, Melissa, Brook and Gram got their
nails done while Megan and I got our toes done. Megan’s hubby, Trent, made it
in from Arizona and Shane’s brother and sister-in-law made it in from Guam.
Thursday night meant catfish night with Meme’s side of the family. It is a
family tradition to get together and eat at 155 when my family comes into town.
All you can eat catfish- heck yes! Although I will say, I miss the old
hushpuppies.
Friday brought a sense of
craziness as most of the Houston crowd started showing up and we lost a
groomsman 15 minutes before we were leaving for the rehearsal (he got sick). The
weather held up great for the rehearsal and I think we all did an amazing job
getting in and getting things run according to the plan! We all piled into our
cars and headed over to Luigi’s-the local Italian place to gorge ourselves on
pizza. It was freaking amazing! Pizza is one of our favorite meals and it just
seemed right to have it as our rehearsal dinner. Megan, Melissa and I had a
girls’ night at the hotel and just sitting around talking to my two “big”
sisters made me relax.
Saturday- the day! I keep
relieving it over and over again in my head. It literally is one of the best
days of my life. Everyone kept asking if I was okay. I was calm. When I would
think how I would act on my wedding, calm was never in my vocabulary. I was
always afraid I would be freaking out. The wedding day was a breeze to me. Hair
and makeup started at 7 am… which meant Melissa was up at 6:30 am eating breakfast. I
have been told there will be pay backs when she gets married. Mom, Melissa and
Megan all got their hair done by 9 am (Sydney was an amazing lady1). Taylor and
Jenn, our photographers, got to the room around 9 and we started my hair and
makeup then. Being able to laugh and cut up was a huge stress reliever! Molly
and Amanda came about 10 and I started getting into my dress around 11:15am. We
left the hotel and headed to the gardens. When Melissa pulled through the
gates, I could see Shane down the road. I got a little nervous then but he was
all cleaned up and in his dress blues…. Yummy! Taylor went and got Shane all hidden while I got
resituated and ready to meet him. I was worried that I would fall or trip over
something on the way to see him. The ground was muddy and the fog had finally
lifted! I walked down a set of stairs and I could see his back. At that point I
was doing fine but then I thought, “Oh crap, I can’t cry because I will ruin my
makeup and I don’t know where the extra is”.
Shane turned around and was
speechless for about 3 seconds. We both laughed and hugged each other… Best feeling in the
world! We did a bunch of pictures of just us. Spending that little bit of time
together was needed, I think, to just be there for each other. It is really
hard to explain! Next, I did a “first look” with my dad. VERY emotional! I
really never considered myself a big daddy’s girl because I just big on
spending time outdoors like my daddy is. I was wrong! Seeing my daddy made me
cry and cry and then cry some more! We then started the pictures of the wedding
party and then lastly did pictures of the families. I have picture frames
already set up in the hallway so I place some pictures!
The ceremony went off without a
hitch and I don’t remember much honestly. I cannot wait for pictures. We have a
video of the whole thing and I need to sit and watch it! I am so glad we got
chocolate for the reception- people LOVED it and we had a bunch left over. I
still have it in my fridge. I am almost to the point that I don’t like chocolate
anymore...but not quite yet.
We left the reception and headed
to Watson, Oklahoma to a quiet and peaceful cabin. I had never been up that way
and in doing so got a new state marked off my map! We fell in love with the
area up there and the scenic drives that there are. We got to go mountain
biking and if the weather was warmer, we would have used the canoes. The views
were gorgeous!
Back to the daily grind we went
on Tuesday the 12th. I had a test and then that Wednesday I had
another test. I started my new job at a new store on Friday. My old job let me
transfer but I could not move into the position I was in, so a new job in a new
store! I worked Friday, Saturday and
went to church Sunday morning with my grandparents. After working Sunday night,
I started to feel a little sick but didn’t think anything of it. Monday morning
rolled around and yep, I was sick! I spent the whole morning at the doctor’s
office to be told I had a double ear infection with a sinus infection. Gross! I
was not missing anymore of school, so I went to school on Tuesday, sick as
ever. I still have no clue what we did. Wednesday, I felt a little better and
managed school just fine. Thursday, I was great until lunch time and I ended up
just driving home.
Shane had drill this past weekend
and left Thursday night. Friday night I get a call and he starts telling me how
he rolled/sprained his ankle and it was starting to swell. Saturday morning, he
went to the ER on base and they put him in a boot. Yippee right? His parents
and I drove down to Houston on Sunday to pick him up seeing as he could not
drive back. Now that brings us to Monday and today of this Thanksgiving day
week. He is staying off of his ankle as much as possible while I get homework, cleaning
and organizing done! I need to go grocery shopping for Thanksgiving but it is icy
and COLD outside- time to snuggle under the blankets if you ask me!
I don’t have my pictures yet from
the photographer but I know that they will be epic!!!
