Wedding stuff

Well, the wedding came and went without a hitch! LOL, except for the 2 that actually got hitched! The weather held out and was actually very nice, I did get a little stressed while setting up and decorating, I sort of got emotional while decorating Derek's grooms table,

I wanted it to be special for him (and it was) and things were not going exactly how I had envisioned and I started squalling, but Suzanne said just do what you can with it and I'll finish it up. So that's what I did, she had to make me leave so I could get back home and clean up and get the cakes and then get back out to the park in time so it's a good thing I had her there keeping me in line. I left there knowing the decorating was in good hands. It was 3 minutes until 6:00 though when I got back with the cakes and wouldn't you know the top layer on the wedding cake had slid and it got a little messed up, but I just sent it to the table and some little angels swooped down and repaired it as much as possible and it was fine. Once I realized that I didn't arrive with all the guests already seated and staring at me as I drove up, my stress level went down and I relaxed. I actually sat down and enjoyed the ceremony and did not stress at all once things start moving. Jessica was beautiful and Derek was dashing :) AND I'll tell you one more thing I did not do, I did not shed one tear! Believe it or not! Most of you know that I'm a real squall bag, I'm not sure what happened, I even had my "Mother of the Groom" hankie in hand and ready. I think I probably held it together because I had read, written and printed the ceremony and vows over and over so many times that it wasn't that emotional to me. I did cry when I read them the first time LOL. Oh and I've cried several times since then talking about it to others. My husband cried LOL, he performed the ceremony and got all choked up a couple of times while doing the ceremony, then he told me later what caused it, the first time was because he looked up at Derek's face and saw that little boy (okay now I'm crying again) that played in the yard with the unruly Dalmatian, and the same little boy that he spent the day with, hitting pears down into the woods using baseball bats. Then he got himself composed and in a minute or two, he looked over at Derek's dad and he was just a boo hooing, that did him in... So ANYWAY, sniff sniff... It was beautiful, we got some gorgeous pictures, (Thanks Suzanne and Mike) we had wonderful food, (Thanks Donna) The decorations were beautiful, it was all just great! Derek behaved himself too, I was afraid he'd play some sort of jokes or something LOL, and he didn't complain about taking too many pictures (he really hates posing) and I he didn't get cake on Jessica's face LOL. I was so proud of him, he looked so handsome, it's hard to believe he's grown and married already... Well enough chit chat, now for a few pictures!

Okay, this picture needs a little explaining I know, there are a whole series of these and they are just priceless but this one sort of sums it all up. Derek had this big huge pair of panties tucked inside his coat sleeve and when he went to take the garter off her leg, he whipped out these big panties, the crowd roared and Jessica was shocked! LOL Good times...