It is so hard to believe that Steve and Lisa are Married now!! What happened to my little boy?
It was a beautiful wedding. I hope everyone had as much fun as I did! I didn't get many pictures so for good ones we will have to wait for Todd's pictures to come in. I will put some of the ones that Paul and I took so you can see how beautiful everything was!
It was a busy, busy weekend. Jim was in all week and we got to spend some time together while I was taking him over to the dentist for a root canal. Just what everyone wants to do on his vacation! Darcy and family came in in the early hours of Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon we had a birthday party for Jessy. We had about 15 people over for cake and ice cream along with chips and dip etc. I had a great time and hope everyone else did also.
Sunday morning Lisa and Janet and her mom came over to have the hairdresser do their makeup and hair. I didn't get any pictures of that but Steve did so he can post some of the funnier ones if he dares!! Then it was a mad rush for everyone to get showers and get dressed in time. We had the truck all packed with things to take when all of a sudden we remembered that we had to take Lisa's wedding dress!! That would have been embarrassing to arrive at the ceremony without the dress! I don't think Lisa would have thought it was that funny though. Paul had to take everything out of the truck and put it in the van! We had put the dress next door at Pat & Scottie's so it wouldn't end up with little boy fingerprints all over it! There wasn't an empty room in the house to put it.
We all took off around 3:45 to get to wedding site for pictures. That has got to be the hardest part of the wedding, getting all the different pictures that everyone wants. Steve and Lisa had a good list of all the different groups and even with that it was a pain. You need about 4 hours to get everything done! As it was we didn't have four hours and you could tell that Lisa was getting a little stressed when they were still taking pictures and the guests were already arriving! As always everything worked out and Lisa got back into the bride's room and out of sight while Steve wandered around trying to look busy!
The setting was beautiful with lots of little lights on the trees, the waterfall and all the flowers everywhere. It would be hard to find a prettier setting.
Then after all those months of waiting it was time! Darcy walked in with her Grandpa looking so handsome in his tux! Mom would have been so proud of him!
Talk about handsome and beautiful, that is the happy couple! I watched Lisa walk in and thought again how lucky we are that Steve met and fell in love with her! Steve looked so happy waiting there for her. They should have a wonderful life together.
The rest of the ceremony is a blur to me! I started crying and hardly stopped thoughout the whole ceremony. It was beautiful. They gave each of the mom's a rose, three roses for the three moms and then Lisa's mom and I lit the candles for them to light the unity candle with. It was very, very moving for me! The minister told about them meeting and starting to date and then things they loved about each other and what each other meant to the other. Just well done and very touching!
Afterwards it was party time. There was lots of great food and lots of talking and even some dancing. I was surprised to find out I had a dance with Steve while Lisa was dancing with her dad. It wasn't fair, Lisa and her dad practiced before! It was fun anyway. It was so good to share a little alone time with Steve and tell him how happy I was.
All in all a great wedding. Thank you Lisa & Steve for all your planning that made for a wonderful evening for all! I know how much work goes into these things and you did a great job!
Good Luck and Lots of love for many, many years!!
Family pictures: Darcy & Jessy; Steve & I; Jim & Grandpa; Ron & Cory
