December 2007 Weddings
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7) What was your favorite part of your wedding day?
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big day - part 2
1) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests?
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you?
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower?
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception?
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party?
6) How was the weather on your wedding day?
Re: big day - part 2
1) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests? groomsmen wore their Air Force mess dress, bridesmaids wore floorlength navy blue dresses with a silver sash
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you? my sister / DH's senior year roommate
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower? yes - we were living in Florida at the time so one weekend in November we went home to Texas and my bridesmaids thru me a "girly" shower and then about 10 couples thru us a couples shower that weekend
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception? dh's parents brought us from the ceremony to the reception in their car - we left the reception in dh's toyota matrix! his college buddies decorated it for us
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? my florida girl friends surprised me with a bachelorette party - we went to a local country bar and had fun. everyone got trashed - except me. haha. then a couple days before our big day, my bridesmaids and i have a "low key" bachelorette party - just had mani/pedis and then a lingerie shower later on that evening at my inlaws house (they left for the evening!!
6) How was the weather on your wedding day? just perfect!! It was a typical Texas December day... crisp, cool, sunny.... i felt perfect the entire day - my adrenaline kept me warm
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you? My MOH was my BF from college and Best Man was DH older brother
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower? Yes. Work through me one
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception? DH's truck
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? I didn't have one. Us girls rented a nice hotel room the night before the wedding and played games. I am not big into going out to bars and stuff so this was perfect for me
6) How was the weather on your wedding day? A little raining that morning but it was pretty nice for December
7) What was your favorite part of your wedding day? Getting married and walking back down the aisle married
1) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests? dresses were a dark red, guys wore black pinstriped suits with black shirts and dark red vests and ties
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you? MOH was my sister, BM was DH's bff
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower? yes, Thanksgiving weekend at my house
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception? The bridal party left church in a party bus to go take pictures, stop by our house, then go to the reception. John and I left the reception in a sedan with a driver. It was part of the party bus package
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? Bachelorette...downtown St. Louis to a piano bar and my favorite bar/club; bachelor...strip club
6) How was the weather on your wedding day? perfect! It was dry, sunny, and warm (about 45 degrees). 2 weeks earlier we had over 6 inches of snow, so lucky it didn't snow!
7) What was your favorite part of your wedding day? walking down the aisle, the several mistaken words during the ceremony, and dancing our butts off with our friendsBaby #2 - D&E - 10/1/10 @ 19w2d - thanatophoric dysplasia confirmed.
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1) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests? Red
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you? Matron of Honor...bff Lis; Best Man...DH's brother Chris
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower? yes
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception? For both, we were driven by DH's best friend and his wife (who were both in the bridal party) in their Grand Cherokee
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? A restaurant in Denver
6) How was the weather on your wedding day? Snowy!! About 8 inches that afternoon/evening
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"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
1) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests? Bridesmaids black with pink sashes and groomsmen silver
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you? MOH Bff and BM was FIL
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower?
I had several. One with friends, one with mom's friends, and an advice high tea
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception? DH's pickup truck
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? Mexican and my apt
6) How was the weather on your wedding day? Surprisingly warm for our area!
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1) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests? groomsmen wore black vests with black ties; bridesmaids wore long black dresses with red sash
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you? my best friend from high school/ dh's dad
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower? yes; quite a few; work, couples, lingerie, two family showers and a church shower; it's typical around here to have a lot of smaller showers
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception? I rode in our photographer's car to the church. the church was only a couple of blocks from our hotel, but they didn't want me walking in my dress
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? ours was very low key. the girls just went to lunch and then played laser tag. haha...the guys did paint ball
6) How was the weather on your wedding day? ours was perfect! high 50s low 60s. It never felt super cold, which was great b/c we took a ton of pictures outside. the temp is a MAJOR reason we had a Dec wedding. I didn't want to be all melty in the usual boiling hot alabama weather.
1) What color were the bridesmaid dresses & groomsmen vests? Cranberry
2) Who was your Maid Of Honor/Best Man? What was their relation to you? My maids of honor were my sister and best friend. DH's best men were two of his good friends.
3) Did you have a Bridal Shower? Yes
4) What did you drive off in from the ceremony and/or reception? From the ceremony we drove off in a double decker red bus! From the reception we drove off in a limo.
5) Where did you go for your Bachelorette/Bachelor Party? To a progressive dinner in downtown Sac. DH went to play paintball and to a bar.
6) How was the weather on your wedding day? Really nice! Probably high 50s and sunny.