The Wedding!

Well, call me old fashion but before our first son was born I was intent on being married. I also wanted to do something special for my family. So 2 weeks before Robby was due Amanda and I hit the court house. We had our sister and her boyfriend join us as witnesses with my grandparents standing behind us and we were wed. This happen to be the same night our Lamaze class so it was all around an exciting day!

Well, court house weddings are great for getting your names the same and getting a piece of paper after you say "I do" but we did want a real wedding so that summer we did it all over again. We of course were on a budget so we enlisted the help of everyone. As well as utilized some of the great bargains you can find online like http://www.orientaltrading.com/ Her mom did a majority of the preparation from 3200 miles away and mailed everything to us. My Aunt and Uncle hosted the wedding and reception in their lawn which turned out amazing. My grandparents and them also helped cover some of the decorations, food and alcohol. My poor grandmother and great aunt at the very last minute ended up needing to prepare the wedding cake! (It turned out perfect)

We had a friend of ours fill in as DJ and the day of the wedding all the family showed up to get things going. If you look closely at our wedding picture you'll notice my redness, I wasn't blushing. We all worked out in the sun all morning setting up. In fact in wasn't until guests started arriving that I was even able to climb off the ladder and get in the shower. It made for a very long day.

Our ring bearer (Robby) had to be rolled down the isle but he did his part to make the day a success. My cousins also dressed up and participated in proceedings.

The wedding was fantastic everything went off without a hitch, some of her family were able to fly up from Texas and fill in as brides maids and my friends all jumped for the chance to be grooms men. One thing though a surprise guest arrived on her side which made the brides maids outnumber the groomsmen so at the last minute my sisters boyfriend ran out and got a tux and filled in!!

By the end of the night we were all so exhausted we could barely move. Amanda and I drove home to get some rest before coming back and cleaning up in the morning. Wouldn't you know it when we got back the next morning the entire family had gotten up early and taken care of everything. The only left to get rid of was the keg of beer. Well that meant several rough days by the pool, but wouldn't you know it we were able to finish it off lol.