The night before we had the rehearsal dinner at the weber grill with a Hawaiin theme. We had to help them practice their hawaiin spirit before the honeymoon!! It was a blast and I think everyone had a great time. Patrick presented his gift to them. He hand drew the picture that was taken of Paul proposing to Amanda on the pier in Key West...you had no idea he was so talented did you?! So proud of him.
The girls spent the morning getting our hair and Amanda make up done. We hung out and chit-chatted a little bit while doing so and then before we knew it, it was time for Amanda to put her dress on!! SO FREAKING GORGEOUS.
We then hung out at the church waiting for the ceremony to start...and then it was time! I got to walk down the aisle with my baby(GIANT baby) brother. I kind of looks like a midget but thats ok :) The ceremony seriously was beautiful. The church was so decorated already that they didn't even have to have any decorations put up. The ceremony lasted about 45 minutes and I have never seen my brother happier!
After the ceremony it was picture time. The photographer was great. She was fun, happy, kind and just all around great. We did pictures at the church first and she was very clear on "DO NOT leave until you are dismissed" haha. Made everything go faster. After church pictures we drove around in the limo to a couple different places. I cant wait to see the pictures, especially after the foot pain that was involved. The shoes we were wearing were fine, except for taking them on and off. Then our feet started to hurt from the shoes. And then when we took them off the ground burned them to crisps! Lets just say when we got to the reception I wasnt doing a lot of standing at first. My mom took them off for me(since I had major problems doing ANYTHING with the fake nail I had put on). And I had bright pink flip flops to match the shoes from before.
The reception was a lot of fun. I gave the blessing before the meal and told myself I wasn't going to cry. Well, that didn't quite go according to plan. I got up there, got about three words out and then had to stop and say "oh man, im gonna cry" pull myself back together and then continue. The speeches were great, and Ryan was too too too funny. "Before we get going on this best man speech thing, we need to take care of some housekeeping business. Can all of Paul's old lovers and girlfriends please return those housekeys you have?" A whole bunch of the female's in the room proceeded to get up and hand them to Paul(as Paul and Amanda are laughing so hard it looked like they were gonna pee their pants(or dress)) Even Amanda's grandma was in on it. Plenty of dancing occured. My cousin Ethan = DANCING MACHINE. If you were there you know what I mean. If not, it's sort of like "Woah, i just discovered that I can move in really crazy ways and people like to watch me!" Needless to say, he provided some great entertainment, and even gave the best man a run for his money(supposedly, dancing crazy was Ryan's thing).
The pic at the bottom is with Amanda and her grandma...
One of the greatest things about the reception I thought was the photo booth. They brought in one of those photo booths where you pose 4 times and then it prints out. Then they had a scrapbook next to it and each person was suppose to cut out one of the pictures and put it in the book for them to keep. Such a cool idea!
Pictures with my dad. He jokes that the 2nd picture is what he's gonna send me alongside the tuition bill that normally is addressed to my parents.
We ended up leaving at about 12:30AM after finding Pauls camera that he apparently gave to the bartender to hold on to. Who knows when he did that...unfortunately their new shock-proof, water-proof, dust-proof, freeze-proof camera is not also, "Paul forgot he gave it to the bartender proof" Hopefully this does not occur again soon.
The next morning all the family had breakfast before saying goodbye to Paul and Amanda and everyone else.
I hope they are having a BLAST in Hawaii!! Amanda's birthday is today too so I am sure they are celebrating!
Had a blast. SO Happy for my brother and new sister in law(I finally have a sister...yes I will continue to say that for probably another year).
Love,
Carolyn
CUTE!
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