Friday, October 8, 2010

Wedding Wackiness - The Big Day

To recap so far, Vegas has been an adventure. We survived the scary marriage license office, my Dad ended up in the ER during the rehearsal, unexpected friends showed up to surprise us and my niece was flippin' hysterical as usual.

Wedding morning, it was off to find some chocolattes at Starbuck's (as KellieLynn calls them) before heading back to the crazy beauty salon to get our hair done at the crack of dawn. As my hair was being teased about as high as Elvis's pompadour phase, KL comes over and declares "Auntie, you have to do something about that poof!" Hysterics ensued and it was off to the country club.

At the country club, the wind was still whipping like we were in the midst of a tropical storm, the decision was made to move the wedding ceremony inside. As Fay, MJ, Helen, Kiki, KL and Mom ran around like chickens with their heads cut off to make sure everything was done, I chilled in the dressing room with some snacks and champagne. KL was so chic drinking her Sprite from a champagne flute.

The wedding went off perfectly in a blur that seemed to last about 3 minutes, when it actually lasted 20 minutes! We had a birthday cake for Mom, Dad was heard mumbling obscenities along the lines of "I am paying for this and all I can eat is applesauce and not drink". Wendy and KL kept throwing rose petals and then collecting them and throwing them again so it was a rose storm through out the entire reception! KL danced with Bryan with a 'Y', helped Scottie secure his vest clips and after a mini-meltdown that led to a plate of chicken fingers to appear, was the life of the party.

After some spilled wine, a very happy best man (who is not used to drinking a lot of red wine) and a lot of fun, Tom and I were off to cruise the Strip in a limo. It was fun - people were trying to look in and see if we were famous! Of course, it would not have been my wedding if I did not hit a Starbuck's replete in my wedding dress! We were too big to go through the drive-in in the limo, but we did get free drinks.

Then, it was back to the hotel for showers and to get ready for the after-glow with about 30 friends!

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