The Saturday before the wedding Mrs. Skelton hosted the best bridal lucheon in the world for me! It was such a great time with the very best of friends!! It was simply the best way to kick off the WEDDING WEEK!! Everything was so very beautiful (compliments of the beautiful Rachel Skelton and Kathryn Mouchette).
The Loverly table accented by some DIY's made by the bestie!
The BEST friends and sisters that I could ever ask for!
After this Saturday of fun filled girl time it was back to school for my last final...ugh Anatomy...I have to admit with all of the wedding stuff I was not quite as prepared as I probably should have been, but all in all it went pretty well I guess. I was very proud of myself for making it throught the semester alive and not bald and dying of stomach ulcers ( you laugh but I really am a stress wad, it is something that I have to pray about quite often). Philippians 4:6 became my theme verse. It says "Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your request be made to God." There was a while there in about October that I know without a shadow of a doubt that when I woke up in the morning God nudged me and said ok you have to get up I have great plans for you today, and as it always does Gods plan worked out perfectly without a glitch. I finished the semester and married my best friend on Dececmber 17th 2010!!!
The day before the wedding was a complete whirlwind. I cant explain the feeling that you have when you know that it is your last day to be just you ever again. It truly was an amazing day! I spent a lot of time thinking of mine and Ricks relationship and how far we have come and how much we had grown in the Lord, and how the marriage we were about to enter into was so God honoring. I was soooooo excited. Rick and I ran errands all day and did little last minute things and I just caught myself looking at him and smiling. This was the only time in my life that I remember not knowing what to expect and being ok with it! For those of you that know me well know that my greatest fear is the unknown. I only knew for sure 2 things the day that I married Rick and those things were 1. That this was God's soverign plan for my life and he had worked this whole thing out for my good, and 2. I loved Rick with everything that I was then and ever would be!
The rehersal dinner was so much fun. I think that is when it really hit me that ALL of this was real. When my dad had to practice walking me down the isle I was overwhelmed with different feeling and it was so hard to see my daddy fighting back tears (he didnt last long). The night before the wedding all of my bridesmaids and I spent the night together....OH HOW MUCH FUN WE HAD! Pictures will share the story way better than I can!
Nora thought it would be fun to have a toast. All of us hated the taste of Champa
gne so instead of toasting we did this instead...
needless to say it was a huge mess and we spent a little while getting it out of the carpet and off the ceiling and out of our hair ha ha!! PRICELESS MEMORIES!!!
After all of the fun the night before the wedding we finally went to sleep around 2 am. (well everyone went to sleep and I layed awake so excited that I could have turned cartwheels down the hallway of the hotel).
THE BIG DAY!!!!
The day of the wedding was so much fun! All of the women in the wedding party all went and got our hair done together. It was the best wedding morning I could have ever asked for
my beautiful sister! man I miss her!
my sweet sweet freinds Rachel and Devon. I am so blessed that I got to share this day with such wonderful girls!
Oh that Nora she is so much fun! No worries her hair didnt stay that way for long!!
me and my sweet mommy!! I love her!
After this all the fun began. It was CRAZY!! From about 1:00 until the wedding started went by sooooo fast I cant even remember enough details to describe what I felt. I cant remember anything except pure EXCITEMENT!!
my mommy helping me get ready!
Rick waiting on me to come down the isle to see him the first time!
The first time we saw each other! I am the happiest girl in the whole world!
I am so in love with this man!
Rick and I with our sweet ring barer and flower girl
Josiah and Lucy! I cant wait to go to their wedding!!
Josiah and Lucy! I cant wait to go to their wedding!!
Rick was so excited to have his very best friends stand up there with him on our wedding day! We love these Godly men so much!
Everyone! We had the BEST wedding party ever!!! It was so much fun to celebrate our day with our best friends!
oh Morgie!! ha ha
I love her!!
I love her too!!
yeah so much fun!!
These 2 have shaped my life in ways that they cant even imagine! I have the best parents in the world. I love them so much!!
I am so much like my mommy!! I love her so much!!
I always know he is my biggest fan!
Rick with his sweet parents!
I love how old this picture looks!
This is what our marriage is founded on!!!
This is me crying and studdering through my vows and Rick laughing at me!!
and now i am his wife!!! oh how I waited for this moment!
Ricks cake!! so yummy!
Rick oh so neatly feeding me cake and.....
me not so neatly feeding him cake! ha ha this was really fun!
1st dance. Right before Rick started singing to me which i will never forget!
dancing with the 1st man God put in my life!
PARTAYYYY!!!
This was soooo much fun!
Adrian stole me away from Rick and we had a Bestie moment! ha ha
My thip caught my boquet! I was so excited!
Bryan caught the garter!
I was really afraid my vail or hair was going to catch on fire!
OFF TO MEXICO!!
This was the best day of my entire life other than the day that Jesus saved my soul! I am so excited to begin this journey with Rick! There are so many things that God has in store for our lives and I cant wait to get started!
I pray that our marriage shows the love and image of Christ daily and while I know that this will be a struggle at times I am so ready to be in it with my best friend!
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:1
I'm so glad you started a blog so we can keep up with what's going on in your lives! I enjoyed looking through the pictures and remembering your wedding and reception. Fun times! Love you both!
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