Amanda's Wedding Weekend

We had a great weekend going to all the fun wedding events. Thursday night was the bachelorette party. We had it at an Italian restaruant called Moni's. It was icey here that night so a lot of people didn't want to get out in the elements but all Amanda's best friends (and of course sisters) were there.

On Friday we had the Bride's Maid lunch at La Madeline. We (Susan, Neil, Ali, Sarah, and I) went to get our nails done. Ali and Sarah are my 8 and 9 year old cousins. They are adorable and were so excited about everything at the wedding including getting there nails done. It was causal and nice. Then the rehearsal dinner was at Shady Oak barbeque. The whole family and a lot of college friends were there. It was really great to get to catch up with everyone. They did a little slide show of Amanda and Josh growing up. Justin was in a lot of the pictures and I admit was a very cute kid!

On Saturday we met up at the church around 1:00 and did hair and makeup. It was a mad scramble to the finish but everyone made it in time for pictures. The wedding was great! Beautiful flowers, a tear evoking walk down the isle, lovely music, and of course a wonderful bride and groom. After the wedding, we headed over to the Wyndham hotel for the reception. The reception was fun and I got a chance to catch up with some old friends we don't see enough as well as witness everyone in Justin's family dance!

Amanda and Josh are now on their honeymoon and will be moving to Connecticut as soon as they get back. We hope to get to visit them soon but we won't get to see them for Christmas. Josh is on duty until 12:00 am on Christmas morning.

One of the sweetest parts of the wedding was that Sarah (8) started crying during the ceremony. Then by the time she walked out she was crying pretty hard. When her mom asked her why, she said b/c Amanda was moving and she wouldn't ever get to see her. It is sad to see family move away. Maybe we can get Amanda to join the blogging community to keep in touch. Please enjoy the few pictures below. I will put the website up once the photographer (our Uncle Billy) has it up and running.



The beautiful bride and me in my fancy gloves.

My father-in-law. Enough said.

Sarah and Ali before the rehearsal.
Justin and me at the rehearsal.

6 comments:

Auntie Eisel said...

Wow! I like the pink! And all the pictures. I can totally understand the girl crying because they were moving away. I cried like crazy at Katie's wedding! Getting your nails and hair done and everything sounds like fun. I must say, I do like your gloves!

Brenda Walker said...

I wasn't sure if I was on the right blog for a minute, but the pictures with you in them clued me in! Fun wedding, I guess?????

Mimi and Poppy said...

Thanks for the wedding update. Everything looked beautiful.

Aaron, Kara, Walker, Sophie June, and Ford said...

Sounds like fun! The dress looks pretty with the red sash, and Amanda looked really pretty!

The Grandparents said...

Good blog, Linds! Sounds like you had a fun weekend, and that the wedding was lovely. The pics are great. Thanks for including them. We love you...

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Brenda Walker said...

I too must admit that I had to make sure that I was on the right blog. I do like the pink. We are seeing alot of that these days with that color being the primary color in the baby's room. Glad the wedding was great and you ahd fun.