I woke up at 7am... late... was suppose to be at the church at 7am to set up. I finally arrived about 7:40am. Nici and I munched on donuts.. (YES! donuts on my wedding day!) while setting up chairs and tables. Amy, Matt, Erin and all the kids showed up to help. Shortly after, Shelley, Kevin, and Kelsey came to set up the wedding cake!! (Beautiful) We left Matt in charge of children and continuing to set up while us "girls" took off to the Salon. We met Mom and all got Pedicures & Manicures.. I even put on Fake nails! It was very fun. They all rushed back to the church to continue setting up. I left to take stuff to Aaron and grab a sandwich (Connie bought me some lunch) and then rushed off to the store to pick up the rest of the flowers.. I made all of the boutonnieres and corsage’s. (sp?) While we were decorating, Connie took Allana to her appointment at "Monkee Doo’s" to have the works.. the "flower girl" package. So adorable! She got her hair up do, nails done, lip gloss and glitter all over!! Mom made bow ties for the nephews and Abryn, my "ring bearer", mom made him a cumber bun as well! So sweet!!! Aaron was getting ready at the church having a little help w/his tie.. while I was on the other side getting ready! Amy did my hair ( I also had fake hair in... so much fun!! ) and helped get me ready while we both helped Allana get ready. We took pictures at 4:30pm... Layton Maglecic *our good friend* was our photographer. Finally, it was time to begin. I took Abryn and Allana in the back of the gym (behind the partition doors) waiting for our cue. Everyone was quiet... Thomas, Abryn, and Allana were all sitting w/me... they were having the hardest time being staying calm! The music started... "Canon in D..." and they opened the partition. Allana was the first to walk the isle.. she threw white rose petals down as she walked over to her Dad (Aaron) and so sweetly stood next to him. Abryn followed Allana down the isle and handed the ring box to Uncle Aaron.. he then went to sit with his family. Gary and I walked down the isle.. and I stood across from Aaron. Uncle Karl Christensen "welcomed everyone" then Nici and Amy sang "It’s Your Love" by Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill accompanied by Anna Young. Karl had a few words to say then Aaron and I said our vows. We were both very nervous... He Looked So Handsome! We both kept smiling... couldn't help it. We had a very small wedding. During the ceremony, the chairs were about 75% full of guests. Many people & family were unable to make it to the wedding... it was a very small crowd. The ceremony was beautiful.. decorations looked very nice. Right after the ceremony we had our reception. We opened the other partition to the back half of the gym where the food, tables, etc were set up. Everyone dug in! *Except for the Bride and Groom. Mom did such a wonderful job as always w/ food and decor. We served 3 different soups, breads, and dips. We had lemonade in a fountain.. and mom made purple popcorn balls in cute bags as favors. It was really nice. The cake was gorgeous! Shelley is so talented... very few people knew she had a full blown hysterectomy not even a full week before the wedding! The cake still turned out fantastic.. white w/silver ribbon around the bottom edge and a frosting flower pattern around the outer edge of the cake.. matched the pattern in my tiara! And on top, was white hydrangea... my topper was a porcelain groom and bride holding each other. It was beautiful. Mom had put lights and greenery all over. The centerpieces on the tables were tall plum candle glasses filled w/this iridescent tinsel and a light at the bottom glowing. The candle glasses were on top of a silver tray w/leafy green lettuce surrounding it and breads on top of the lettuce. My favorite dip for the bread was the jalapeno artichoke. Yum! I ate a little of the Mexican soup and a little bit of the Potato soup.. Once people were finishing eating, we cut the cake! We were both very nice to each other.. no smearing the cake all over. Then, it was time to dance... apparently, no one really realized that. Aaron and I danced to "Let’s Stay Together" by Al Green and the then Dad and I danced to "I Loved Her First" by Heartland. Then everyone kinda just stood and stared at each other. Aaron disappeared to visit w/his friends and I stood there on the gym floor all by myself! No one came and talked to me... the kids were having a great time dancing. By 8pm the whole thing was over. It was the shortest reception I’ve ever been to! Once everyone was done eating they all left. We stayed until everything was cleaned up... helping of coarse, and then went back to Aaron’s apt. Allana and I were together in the car and the rest the family had already left. We got hungry, and she wanted ice cream ( I thought it sounded good, too ) We stopped in Albertsons and she got to pick out the ice cream and then we went thru a drive thru at McDonald’s *not my favorite but it was close by) and then we headed home to Aaron’s apt. We opened our gifts. The cards, gifts, etc had mixed up so... we’re not exactly sure which gifts were given by whom. Oh well. We had ice cream and opened the gifts and it was time for bed!! It was so nice to spend time with Allana, Connie, and Art.
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