Roberts Wedding

Last weekend was Abby and Gabe's wedding.  If you know Abby, you'll know what I mean when I say:  planning a wedding isn't exactly Abby's cup of tea.  But, it turned out to be a beautiful day and wedding.  Don't get me wrong, there were a few mishaps along the way but bridezilla didn't freak out too much.  It started raining about half an hour before the wedding and I thought we were going to have a meltdown, but she held it together pretty good and it stopped just in time for the ushers to wipe down the chairs and the guests to be seated. 

The beautiful bride!

Mr. and Mrs. Roberts

Abby looked absolutely beautiful.  She looked so pretty that I don't think J.D. recognized her at first!  It was either that he didn't recognize her, or he was too interested in riding the golf carts.  It's a tough call!  J.D. looked so handsome in his little tux.  It's too bad that he was busy, busy, busy and wouldn't stay still long enough to get good pictures of him. 


(Photo courtesy of SBR Photography. Check her out on Facebook!)

Here's one with J.D. standing still!!!

Here's one with J.D. running like a wild child!

Ainsley was the flower girl, and Clint pulled her down the aisle in a wagon.  I wish we would have got a picture of J.D. and Ainsley together all dressed up, but like I mentioned earlier, that was impossible with J.D. running around like a wild man!  I have to say that Ainsley made the cutest little flower girl that I've ever seen.  By the way, I'm not the least bit partial or anything.

Cutest flowergirl in the world! 
(Photo courtesy of SBR Photography.  Check her out on Facebook!)

The wedding was short and to the point (just the way I like them), but wasn't quick enough.  Near the end of the wedding, J.D. was standing in between me and Abby, in front of the guests, and started digging for gold.  The look on Jim's face (the grandpa) was priceless.  It was like it happened in slow motion....J.D.'s little pointer finger heading toward his nose, Jim seeing him and starting to "yell" in a hushed tone for him not to do it, J.D. not listening and instead digging deeper and deeper until......he finds the mother-load and strikes rich!  Warning:  if you have a weak stomach do not read any further.  (Jeremy-I mean you).  Jim's face at this point started turning red and it was seriously one of the biggest, green boogers I've ever seen.  I didn't see it for long, because before anyone could say anything, it was in J.D.'s mouth and into his stomach.  I absolutely lost it.  In between Jim's face at that point, J.D. getting full off of one giant booger, and a few other people seeing it, I started laughing.   Yep, laughing so hard I started crying standing in front of the guests as the maid of honor beside the bride.  I couldn't stop laughing.  I did everything I could...told myself I had to stop because my makeup would run, pinched my skin in between my thumb and pointer finger, looked the other way, but nothing helped.  By this point, J.D. had run off and Aunt Peg was chasing him and the guests all thought I was crying because of the beautiful ceremony!  Thank goodness the wedding was about over.  I'm glad Abby didn't turn into bridezilla on me and tell me how ridiculous it was that I was laughing hysterically during her wedding.  That's why I love her!

After the wedding, the wedding party went to sit at a few holes (we were at a golf course) while we waited for the reception to start.  Abby had to pee, and there isn't exactly a bathroom in the middle of a golf course, so we helped her squat.   Two of the other bridesmaids had already ran into the woods to squat while me and another one helped hold Abby's dress.  As we're holding her wedding dress up, in the middle of the golf course, one of the bridesmaids (that had ran into the woods) starts to come out and immediately starts hysterically laughing.  I see her and know exactly what she's laughing about and lose it (alcohol was definately a factor with my uncontrollable laughing at this point).  All she can see as she's coming out of the timber is Abby's white butt in the air peeing.  I fall over from laughing so hard and Abby yells at me because she thinks I'm laying in the pee and it just gets worse from that point.  Once we get Abby standing again and I get up, I decided that I needed to go to the bathroom.  Into the timber I went, and that was the biggest regret of the entire day.  Why didn't I just go in the middle of the golf course like Abby?  If I would have done that, I wouldn't have ended up with poison ivy the next day.  That's right...I had a reaction to the poison ivy the next day at Drake's birthday party.  My wrists started itching and Joel kept telling me that I probably had bug bites from the night before (the reception was outside).  The inside of my wrists kept getting redder and redder and Joel finally looked at them and said I had poison ivy.  It was also on my back at this point.  So, I made a trip to prompt care to make sure I didn't need a shot or anything.  Luckily, I didn't and he gave me ointment to put on it and it was cleared up by the next morning.  I've learned my lesson:  I will never squat in the timber again.  Ever.

J.D. seeing Abby for the first time on Saturday.  He wanted back outside!

Aunt Sudi helping Abby get ready

Grandpa Bill and Daddy keeping Ainsley dry and warm before the wedding.

We all rode golf carts to the ceremony site.  Abby had to hold onto her veil so it didn't fly off!

That would be my husband, who was thrilled pulling around the wagon!

There's her tongue!



Thomas and Tanner....it looks like Tanner has passed up his "big" brother and is now taller.

 

Jamie and Thomas

I'm sure the reception got wild and crazy, but this girl was home and in bed by 10:30.  I was completely exhausted from the long week I had and slept like a baby that night.  I'm so happy for Abby, Gabe, and J.D. and wish them lots of luck in the future.