To Have and to Hold

Yesterday, I was able to witness the marriage ceremony for one of my best friends from college, Jenna. She married the man she has been dating for 9 years, Jeremy! Yes, 9 years!

Liv and I were personal attendants, so we arrived Friday evening just in time for some groom's dinner deliciousness. We walked in when everyone was doing introductions, so everyone froze, looked at us, and made us go first. Liv introduced herself, I did, and then Tony says, "I'm Tony, Tricia's wife". It was a great start to the weekend :)

We shared a hotel room with Liv and Kelly (Kelly was a bridesmaid). When we got to our room on Friday, Liv emptied out the contents for our personal attendant kits. We were prepared for just about anything!

We got a good night's rest, and headed to St. Francis of Xavier Catholic Church in Sartell, MN to begin the festivities bright and early Saturday morning. Tony had the day to relax and geocache around St. Cloud.

We got Jenna all prepped and ready to go. Liv and I pinned flowers on all the important wedding people. I helped Jeremy get all buttoned up in his snazzy tux, and the wedding was off. It was also my duty to be sure the flower girl got sent off when she was supposed to. Let me tell you, that girl was ADORABLE!

Here she is getting Cheez-its before the wedding. Her mom was scared she would stain her dress, so she fed her. It was precious to watch. Her mom was Steph, the maid of honor.

Jeremy dropped the rings, so that caused quite the laughter throughout the ceremony. It was such a beautiful ceremony. Liv and I sat in the back, so we couldn't see much, but Tony took some good pictures. That's Jenna's little sister Nicole smiling so sweetly at them.

The wedding party had a party bus to get to the reception. It was a blast! We drove around and stopped at a park for some fun pictures. 

Becky got a part time weekend job, so she couldn't make it to the ceremony, but she came to the reception! Spencer was taking this picture for us. It was so great to see them both!

These were the UWRF Crabtree Hall girls that made it to the wedding. We all lived on the same floor our freshman year and have been inseparable ever since. 

UWRF Photo booth time! Love the mullet Kelly!

There was LOTS of dancing. Baby K had it's first experience with it's momma jumping all over the place. I felt great, but I may have overdone it a little bit... I am struggling with walking right now. My leg muscles were so not ready for that activity. Can you guess what song we're dancing to??? (Call me Maybe, we're clearly at the maybe part of the song)

It was a beautiful day, and I'm so happy Jenna asked me to be a part of it! We're home and recovering now...