This was the long awaited weekend of Matt and Jessica's wedding!
Bad news: It rained. A lot. And it got cold.
Good news: The weather could've been worse. The wedding was absolutely beautiful. It didn't phase Matt and Jessica one bit.
Other bad news? Dustin missed the wedding! I'll explain that one in a bit.
Dustin and I at the rehearsal dinner at the Porter House in downtown Hot Springs.
Friends of the bride.
Jessica and I at Hawgs after the rehearsal
We got our hair did! Isn't her hair beautiful!? She wore a bird cage veil with this feathery flower that was so sassy.
3 of the 5 Bridesmaids: Beth, me, Laura
First Dance.
The reception was at the Ozark Bathhouse, which has been turned into an art gallery.
The vintage bride and myself.
Her pearl necklace and earrings were her late godmother's.
The second grade HCE teachers!
Leslie, Julie, Jessica, and Dawn
All the single ladies
This is before Matt grabbed the garter with his mouth. Matt is a child stuck in an adult's body. He is so goofy, talkative, and just the friendliest guy you've ever met.
So about Dustin missing the wedding....that was my fault. This WHOLE time I've thought the wedding was at seven. The night of the rehearsal, I learned differently, but I wasn't the only one who thought it was at seven! Anywho....did I ever think to tell Dustin, "Hey honey, the wedding is at 6, not 7." Nooo. But in my defense, I did have a lot on my mind. I drove most everywhere we went, with company in my car, which didn't leave me free time to think. I was in charge of the slideshow at the rehearsal dinner and was having major technical and logistical difficulties, and we pretty much went to bed right when we got home Friday night. Saturday we woke up and went straight to breakfast, straight to hair, yada, yada, yada...didn't have one break.
The night of the wedding I texted him at 5:30 and said, "Are you here yet?" He promptly called me, freaking out a bit, because he was at his parent's trailer at the lake...and the wedding was at Garvin Gardens in Hot Springs. This sent me into complete "breaking out in hives mode", which for those of you who know me well, know happens to me when I feel the anxious or nervous, among many other emotions!
I felt so bad that he missed the wedding and that he wasn't there to see Matt and Jessica. I know what it is like to want everyone there, so I just felt awful. I also felt a bit stoo-pid because I know Jessica was thinking, "That's why I spent hundreds of dollars on freaking invitations that spell out what time the wedding starts!"
Ah well....I think I'm over it.
Matt and Jessica, congrats again! You guys had an awesome wedding and I, for one, had a BLAST! Yea for you!
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