so life got super over the top busy the past few days and i really have had either no energy or no time to really update! my best friend of over 20 years got married and i was the matron of honor. she was absolutely stunning and the day was perfect. couldn't have asked for a better time! i was so blessed to be apart of such an occasion and to have such a role. hooray for my kate! she is no longer kate neall... she is now officially kate morrow! hooray!
so friday was the rehearsal dinner. it was held at the mccormick & schmicks in baltimore on the harbor. it was a lovely night and the time together was fun. we got to have a relaxed meal, talk and get to know one another (families and friends from both sides) and really just kind of veg before all the craziness! (oh let me also say this: i got fake nails put on! for the wedding of course. they turned out nice and were a nice touch but now it sucks... seeing as they are officially a week old!) anyway - i forgot that i can enjoy baltimore... if i'm in the right place. i'd like to visit baltimore again... the harbor. do something fun. hmm...
saturday was so immensely busy but such a blur of fun. i woke up 20 minutes late! i had set my church alarm, not my saturday alarm. ugh. anyway - i got up, took a shower, put some mouse in my hair (as per the instructions of the salon people who were going to be doing my hair) and ran out the door. no not to the salon. to kmart. i needed an outfit to wear. 1) because all our clothes were dirty and 2) because i thought i was going to be changing after the wedding for the after party at cancun cantina. didn't happen. anyway - went to kmart, got what i needed, headed home and made sure my make-up from the night before was completely removed. i had washed it off, but some of it didn't come off. i had to actually use make-up remover for my eyes! weird. anyway - got my stuff together and went off to the salon with lindsay. it was nice because we stopped at her mom's house to pick up our dresses and i got to see david (their brother) and his little boy and meet his dog and say hi to his wife and other people of the family. its lovely to spend time with the neall family again. they have and are always loads of fun.
so we got the dresses and went to david alexander's salon. it was lovely. they fed us fruit, muffins, and orange juice. it was fun. the lady who did my hair, jamie, was very nice and had a lot of fun things to talk about. she and i got along well and were laughing and joking around! i think she did an amazing job on my hair and i don't think i got a really good picture of it. fail. the lady who did my make-up was awesome too. she didn't make me flinch but once! i felt completely safe, even with her jabbing sticks and such in my eyes. haha. after the salon we headed over to the venue where kate was to get married. i was so nervous because i started having headaches. i was so afraid that was going to ruin the day. thankfully with the help of ibuprofen, the headache went away and didn't come back. the venue was beautiful! and even though it was raining, the way the choppy water looked out the window, made for an amazing view for the ceremony.
speaking of the ceremony, it went off amazingly! i cried like a baby but i think i held it together well enough. considering kate is basically my sister~! i did a bit of lip quivering and tears streaming, but i didn't sob too loudly. and christian did well too. =D
lets see... after pictures and such, we had appetizers and drinks and then the reception happened. i had to deliver a speech and i was first to go! oh man. i was so nervous. mostly because i didn't want to cry in front of all those people and i wasn't sure if anyone would get what i was going to talk about. but who cares... it was for kate and mike anyway. =D everyone seemed to like it and that was good. after that, i was pretty much done with my role, except for making sure things got dealt with for kate and behind the scenes kind of stuff. afterwards, we went over to cancun cantina and had a blast having drinks and spending time together with friends. it was awesome. the entire wedding and get together was like a high school reunion. a reunion with people i actually cared about seeing and catching up with. fun times! kate and i showed up in our wedding attire, as did mike. they had a slow dance on the dance floor and everyone cleared the floor for them, as it was their wedding day! it was awesome. i snagged a few awesome pictures. this is my favorite.
so friday was the rehearsal dinner. it was held at the mccormick & schmicks in baltimore on the harbor. it was a lovely night and the time together was fun. we got to have a relaxed meal, talk and get to know one another (families and friends from both sides) and really just kind of veg before all the craziness! (oh let me also say this: i got fake nails put on! for the wedding of course. they turned out nice and were a nice touch but now it sucks... seeing as they are officially a week old!) anyway - i forgot that i can enjoy baltimore... if i'm in the right place. i'd like to visit baltimore again... the harbor. do something fun. hmm...
saturday was so immensely busy but such a blur of fun. i woke up 20 minutes late! i had set my church alarm, not my saturday alarm. ugh. anyway - i got up, took a shower, put some mouse in my hair (as per the instructions of the salon people who were going to be doing my hair) and ran out the door. no not to the salon. to kmart. i needed an outfit to wear. 1) because all our clothes were dirty and 2) because i thought i was going to be changing after the wedding for the after party at cancun cantina. didn't happen. anyway - went to kmart, got what i needed, headed home and made sure my make-up from the night before was completely removed. i had washed it off, but some of it didn't come off. i had to actually use make-up remover for my eyes! weird. anyway - got my stuff together and went off to the salon with lindsay. it was nice because we stopped at her mom's house to pick up our dresses and i got to see david (their brother) and his little boy and meet his dog and say hi to his wife and other people of the family. its lovely to spend time with the neall family again. they have and are always loads of fun.
so we got the dresses and went to david alexander's salon. it was lovely. they fed us fruit, muffins, and orange juice. it was fun. the lady who did my hair, jamie, was very nice and had a lot of fun things to talk about. she and i got along well and were laughing and joking around! i think she did an amazing job on my hair and i don't think i got a really good picture of it. fail. the lady who did my make-up was awesome too. she didn't make me flinch but once! i felt completely safe, even with her jabbing sticks and such in my eyes. haha. after the salon we headed over to the venue where kate was to get married. i was so nervous because i started having headaches. i was so afraid that was going to ruin the day. thankfully with the help of ibuprofen, the headache went away and didn't come back. the venue was beautiful! and even though it was raining, the way the choppy water looked out the window, made for an amazing view for the ceremony.
speaking of the ceremony, it went off amazingly! i cried like a baby but i think i held it together well enough. considering kate is basically my sister~! i did a bit of lip quivering and tears streaming, but i didn't sob too loudly. and christian did well too. =D
lets see... after pictures and such, we had appetizers and drinks and then the reception happened. i had to deliver a speech and i was first to go! oh man. i was so nervous. mostly because i didn't want to cry in front of all those people and i wasn't sure if anyone would get what i was going to talk about. but who cares... it was for kate and mike anyway. =D everyone seemed to like it and that was good. after that, i was pretty much done with my role, except for making sure things got dealt with for kate and behind the scenes kind of stuff. afterwards, we went over to cancun cantina and had a blast having drinks and spending time together with friends. it was awesome. the entire wedding and get together was like a high school reunion. a reunion with people i actually cared about seeing and catching up with. fun times! kate and i showed up in our wedding attire, as did mike. they had a slow dance on the dance floor and everyone cleared the floor for them, as it was their wedding day! it was awesome. i snagged a few awesome pictures. this is my favorite.
all in all it was lovely. kate and mike - may you dance together happily for the rest of your lives! love you both so much!
sunday - i recuperated. well... i tried. it really took me a couple days to fully recover. i watched the cosby show all day! well i went shopping for some food and then watched the cosby show the rest of the day.
monday - i did heaps of homework!
tuesday - went to a movie. arthur was a good movie. go see it! and now i'm here... updating on all the awesomeness that ensued this weekend. that is all. no tasty tuesday treat this week. sorry. love to you all.
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