Wedding Stories...Part 3

The rest of the night was spent dancing and having fun!  The band was incredible and played until 11:00pm!  By the time we helped clean up and every last guest left, we didn't get home until 2:00am....I could hardly walk into the house!  lol....I took a shower and crawled into bed.  We awoke at 8:00am so that we could get ready to go to the hotel that Venti and Mocha were staying in because her parents were hosting a breakfast for all the family members!  I had to drag Grande and Tall because they were so tired and wanted to sleep but I told them that it meant alot to Venti for them to come.  After breakfast we said our tearful goodbyes to the Newlyweds because they were leaving Monday morning for Jamaica.  We decided to give them money for a Wedding gift as we knew that any newly married couple could surely use cash!

Sunday was spent putting all the tuxes back to together and returning them. I was so tired yet I couldn't believe that it was all over!   I woke up yesterday morning to a text from Venti at 6:10am saying that they just got through security and were ready to board the plane.  I haven't heard from them since but I'm sure they are sunning it up in Jamaica!

All the tears that I cried....all the stress I endured and it all turned out beautifully.  I loved the 2nd dress that I got and was so happy with it.  I received tons of compliments and everyone couldn't believe that I blinged it up the way that I did!

Some more pictures!!

The Party Bus!!

Pictures at the Orchard

This was their cake....cupcakes with a small cake on the top

 Once I get the professional images from the photographer, I will post them as well.

I just wanted to thank you all again for all the support and advice you gave me along the way.  I truly feel like you are my friends and I am so grateful to have met each an every one of you.  I really appreciate you being there for me and I wanted you to know that it did not go unnoticed.

So now I take a sigh of relief and I'm ready for the next adventure.....I wonder what it will be!  I have some plans for this blog and I'm excited to have you all here to share it with me!

Wedding Stories....Part 2

What I saw when I got home was Venti and all the groomsmen at our house!  I didn't think I would see him until we got to the church!!   They decided that they were all going to get dressed there.  I didn't know they were coming, which was fine but then they all started saying they were hungry!  I didn't want to be responsible for any groomsmen passing out in church so I hopped on the phone and called for 6 pizza's to be delivered!  An hour later I had 5 empty boxes and lots of full bellies!  I was worried that I didn't order enough but thankfully I did!

Everyone was dressed and ready to head to the church!  A couple of you asked what kind of church it is....it was a Catholic Church.  We got there at about 1:00pm.  The ceremony was to start at 2:00pm.  I pinned all the guys flowers on and then went in to see Mocha...she was just starting to get dressed.  My Mom and Dad came in to get their flowers pinned on and my Dad got teary eyed when he saw Mocha!

 1:55pm and the priest comes and tells us that its time to go!  I lined up first and everyone got in place.  I walked to the doorway of the church where Grande, Tall and Short were waiting for me.  Grande and Tall walked me down while Short walked behind me with Joe.  They all gave me a kiss and I sat down in the pew.  Everyone was down the isle and the music changed.  We all stood up and turned to watch Mocha come down the isle.  I looked over at Venti looking down at Mocha and I saw my son desperately trying to hold back tears....his mouth turned down and his eyes got all watery....that did it...I started to cry, Joe started to cry, Mocha's sisters started to cry, Mocha's Mom and Grandma started to cry, my Mom started cry....everyone I looked at was misty eyed.....Mocha and her Dad reached Venti....Mocha saw Venti with tears in his eyes and she started to cry.  Then Mocha's Dad started to cry!  Oh my!  I heard Mocha's Dad say to Venti that he just wanted him to take care of his baby....Venti said that he would.
The ceremony was beautiful....it all went so quickly!
No one fainted....just lots of tears!

After all the pictures, the wedding party and the parents boarded a 32 seated party bus!!  It was awesome!  We all had some champagne and headed to an orchard to take some outdoor photos.  2 hours later we arrived at the hall!!  Everyone was about 3 sheets to the wind by then!  We were all individually introduced and then walked to our seats.  Dinner was rolls, salad, Chicken Piccata and Beef, green beans and red potatoes.  It was really good but I had a hard time eating with all the excitement!

Grande speech was amazing!  People all night long were telling him how good it was!  Tall also said a speech and he did really well.  I knew then from the look on Venti's face that he didn't regret his decision to have his brothers as his best men!

The rest of the night......

To be continued.....

Wedding Stories...Part 1

I'm still trying to play catch up from the wedding, but I wanted to do a post to update you on some of the wedding details!  After all, you were along for the ride every step of the way so I wanted to make sure you got all the juicy details!!

I wake up Friday to find a lovely surprise.....my period!  Yep it decide to show up 10 days late and the day before the wedding...sigh....I guess I wasn't kidding when I said I'd have to squeeze tampons into my little clutch purse!  The rest of the day was spend doing last minutes things for the wedding and at 5:00pm we headed off to the church.  The rehearsal went as planned and we all headed to the restaurant.  Joe had called there and spoke to the event planner there and told her that we did not want to have alcohol....cash bar only...when we got there, she had a table set up with wine and beer!  Yikes!  I quickly took her aside and told her that Joe had called and said no alcohol!  She said, "oh...none?".....ummmm yes....no means none!!   So she quickly started tearing down the table and put it all away....next thing I knew people started asking for the wine list!  I had to go seek her out again and told her that people were ordering alcohol.....she said she would go tell the waitresses.   Next thing I knew, Venti comes up to me and asks why we weren't having alcohol....I told him that we decided not to.  He looked disappointed and I felt badly about that!  I find out later that someone picked up the tab for all the alcohol....we have no idea who that was.  The dinner was delicious and everyone enjoyed it....the bill was $893.00 and can't imagine how much more it would have been with the alcohol as we saw lots of people drinking!

I asked Venti where he was sleeping that night and he said at Mocha's house because he didn't have a bed at our house and they did at her house and Mocha was staying at the hotel with the bridesmaids.  I was sad that he was staying at our house...he could have slept on the couch but I guess he wanted a good nights sleep!

On Saturday I arrived to get my hair done at my appointment time of 9:30am....when I get there, they didn't have me in the book!  I was no where in their system and they couldn't figure out why!  I had the appointment card with the time and date and yet they didn't have me scheduled!  I just about had a panic attack!  They said that the girl that scheduled me was new and must not have saved it in the computer!  Ugh!  No worries they said....they started calling all the scheduled appointments and bumped everyone up an hour!  Another thing that I had to stress about!!   The girl took over an hour to do my hair and I was very happy with the way it turned out!  I headed home to finish getting ready....

When I got home I was very surprised at what I saw.......

To be continued......

Dress Shopping!!

I'm so excited its the weekend!  After a very long and tiring week at work, I am really looking forward to 2 days off!  My boss had her interview on Thursday for another job but they didn't want to pay her enough so she is staying....sigh...I'm not sure how much longer I can put up with her.  I do almost all of the work while she does nothing.  Its very frustrating.  Joe says that next week I shouldn't do the things that I've been doing and then she will realize how much I do, but it is hard for me to sit back and not do the things that need done!  Oh boy...guess I have a lot of thinking to do!

I'm heading out to go dress shopping with my Mom!  She hasn't gotten a dress yet for the wedding and asked me to go with her!  I'm excited to see her try on some dresses!  I'm taking my camera!!

Its hard to believe how quickly the days are going by and that 3 Saturday's from now it will be Wedding time!  We haven't gotten all the rsvp's back for the Rehearsal Dinner and so we aren't sure yet how many we will have.  Venti and Mocha are home for the weekend and we are going to do the seating charts for the reception later today!  That should be fun trying to figure out who is sitting with who!!

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!  I have an awesome giveaway coming up in Thursday's post!!

See you tomorrow for Meet Me On Monday!

I'll try and post the pictures from dress shopping later on today!