We finally made it to the church at 5:25. but remember I told everyone 5:15 just so they wouldnt be late. We walk in, and we are almost the last ones there! Everyone gave me a really hard time about it, and I annoyed b/c I HATE being late, I am never late!
Uh! Late for my own rehearsal that I had harped on everyone being on time for. Oh well. To many things on my mind other than that to worry about! Everyone else trickled in and our two ceremony coordinators, Harriett and dale got everything started. We had a big bridal party, 8 bridesmaids, 8 groomsmen, 4 ushers, flower girl, ring bearer. And my friend was a reader and another friend a soloist. So there were a lot of people there, including spouses/boyfriends/girlfriends etc. and the grandparents.
the only pic with me in it of the rehersal haha. btw, I LOVED my dress! I was so proud!
bobby being goofy. the two guys on teh left are his half brothers, our preachers and on the right is bobbys dad.
my sis and Grace and my girls being so patient!
It was fun to be in the church and kind of hang out. We ran through everything, made sure the girls knew to hold the flowers low, not turn their backs to the audience or lock their knees, etc. the girls were easy. Boys are a different story. They are so difficult! Ok, so the church has a center aisle, but also splits halfway from front and back. So I wanted each bridesmaid to walk half way by themselves and then be met at the middle walkway by the groomsman they would walk with, and then walk the rest of the way down with them. I thought it was cute. Well, you would have think we asked them to build a rocket ship out of q-tips, b/c they just couldnt get it! The timing, how to walk properly, etc. BOYS! Ok. So we ran though I think 2 or three times and that was that. Oh, also, bobbys two half brothers are preachers and they were doing our ceremony, his real brother was a groomsman, his dad best man, and his half sis a bridesmaid, so his whole fam was in the wedding! Haha. We finally thought we had everything down, and we signed our real marriage liscense. We were going to sign a fake one up on stage at the wedding. We are sneaky! We had printed out directions to our rehearsal dinner so we handed them out, and said lets go! most people ended up following me and bobby and didnt use the directions anyway! Haha.
Up next: rehearsal dinner, sweet surprise, and crazy grandmothers
Oh and here are the pics of our suite we had Friday and sat. (even though I didnt get to stay in it again sat night, sad) we learned a lot from my sisters wedding. We live 30 min. outside New Orleans, and we didnt do hotel roms for her wedding and just drove home that night. We were SO tired it was miserable, so it was nive for my parents to just hop over to the hotel in the Quarter and sleep in and then head home. We had my next door neighbor bring my gifts home so my parents wouldnt have to deal with that.!
this was taken about midway down the hall, it was a long hall! to the right was the huge bedroom and bathroom which i got No pics of! and in the hallway is a half bath.
this is to the left down the hallway. i slept on that sofa pull out! what bride has to sleep on a sofa bed night b4 her wedding! haha
pretty
to the right was this nice step up and table.