I promised a couple posts back that the next post would be happy but I broke the promise with the post before this. So here is the promised happy post. Blogger is barely pulling these pictures up and it is taking forever. So I can't post as many pictures as I would like to. It will take hours.
Amber and Ryan finally had their big day. Well they were super happy. I was bit of a basket case at times. Amber, Kelsea and I went to Twin Falls Thursday night and had a nice time together. Lee Joe had to wait for Kylee and Autumn to get home from girls camp and he came Friday along with everyone else. I enjoyed my two oldest girls hanging out together. We laughed at Kelsea's goofiness. And they were the silly sisters they have always been together. Amber put her dress on and we tried to figure out how they bustled her dress. I think the gal forgot to finish it or something. We watched youtube videos on how to bustle a dress but Amber's dress only had stuff on one side. So it wasn't going to work. Kelsea did Amber's hair and make-up the next morning and then we all went to the Twin Falls temple. You know, our family always makes for great drama. Lee Joe's recommend had expired. He didn't realize that until he was headed home. So as soon as he got back he had to chase people down to get his stuff taken care of. He almost had to drive in the mountains up to girls camp but lucked out because one of the people we needed came home from camp early. So that bit of stress was set aside. But at the temple we were waiting for Lee Joe's mom and dad and uncle to show up. They finally got there and we found out his mom and dad ran out of gas on the way there. But they had past their exit by 20 miles and were headed back when it happened. Lee Joe's uncle had gas on his truck and was coming the direction they were headed so they were lucky. The Other uncle we were waiting for didn't make it. His wife brought him the wrong pants since he had been working so he didn't come in. We were all there for the temple ceremony finally. I didn't have family but I had my great friend Mindy who came to be my person and support. I can tell you, I may not have expressed it well enough but her presence meant so much and helped me cope. What was wonderful was how happy both Amber and Ryan were the whole time. I don't think I have ever seen my daughter so happy.
I love these people. I have gained a son. He has called me mom a few times and it sure makes me smile.
Our friends are starting a new flower business together. This was beautiful. When I saw it, they had pretty beads and things on the flowers and it just added to the fantastic look of her bouquet. The flowers had been sent to wrong place and they got the flowers later than they had hoped. But you couldn't tell with how it turned out that they had been rushed.
So I had hoped to have all these great reception pictures. I failed, my sister in law succeeded a bit more than I did. A great friend from our ward was a huge help. They kept reassuring me all was well and calmed me down. There was tulle hanging from a circle at the center of the gym ceiling with icicle lights. There were lamposts and park benches and tulle hanging from the walls. There were lemons in some of the flower arrangements and in other decor. We stood in front of a beautiful arbor that had lights around it. I reused our gazebo corners. I spray painted them black and hung tulle in the back of them and had some pictures hanging from the front of them. The biggest job was getting the creases out of 64 chair covers and the thing that went wrong was that the AC stopped working in the gym. We had to open the overflow doors to get cool air from the chapel to circulate in the gym. I had three wonderful friends show up and manage the food and lemonade bar. I suppose with how hard it was for me and my poor little brain to cope, it all went well. The gym looked as I had imagined it would. I loved that the most. There was high praise for the reception. Before we had it close to being set up, I was given compliments. One lady asked if a wedding planner was setting it up and I said no. She said her son took pictures for a bridal magazine and she thought it looked wonderful. I had another lady say she had hired a wedding planner for her daughters wedding and she liked what we did. Another friend said later that she had been to many receptions and ours was by far the best she had been to. One of the friends that was helping with the food said when she saw it that it almost brought tears to her eyes and gave her chills. She thought it was beautiful. Ryan's grandma use to plan receptions and she gave the reception high praise. She may have been part of the reason I was in overdrive over it all. I am so glad it was well recieved. I am so glad it's over. I hope I don't have to do another one anytime soon. No, I don't want to be a wedding planner. I have just said that I wish I was a happy party planner. I would be nice if I could enjoy it more. But really, a week later, I just need more sleep. I am still trying to put 280 yards of tulle away and half of the 64 chair covers are waiting to get through the wash. Now where I am going to store all this stuff? I have 4 more daughters to marry off. But I am counting on a nice long stretch between weddings.
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