Emily Got Married!

On Friday, Jessica and Emily came up and spent the night at our house and we did all of the last minute things that needed to be done before Em's wedding. Ari had to work that night, so we didn't have to worry about driving him crazy with all of our silly girl stuff! We made all of the bouquets for the bride and bride's maids, a.k.a., the three of us, and we made about 15 boutenieres for the groom and his men and the two families. We used red and white roses and just a touch of baby's breath, everything turned out so beautifully, especially Emily's bouquet...it was 36 white roses tied up with a ribbon, so simple and so elegant!

Emily and her new husband Jed are so happy! We are really happy for them and for their new family. Jed has a six year old son named Daniel from a previous marriage, and of course, Emily has Olivia who just turned three. I know that they will love and support each other for the rest of their lives...this is such a great end to singlehood, and a wonderful beginning to marriage and family for the four of them. Many, many blessings for the newlyweds!

I have been really sick with the meningitis for the past few weeks, so I was pretty worn out going into all of this. It was, of course, worth it all, but by the time the wedding was over, I had been awake for more than 36 hours and I had started the day with a temp of 103! Ari had to take me home early from the reception dinner. By then I could hardly keep my eyes open and I had nearly fainted a few times during the ceremony...Thank God that no one noticed! I kept thinking about Chris W. cousin nearly fainting during their wedding, and I was praying that it wouldn't happen to me. : )
Sweet Ari brought me home and ushered me around the house getting me ready for bed...I was completely out of it. I fell asleep around 8 p.m. on Saturday and I woke up around 6 p.m. Sunday night!!! And I still feel completely exhausted, ugh! When I got up today, I still felt like I could go on sleeping for ever. (Perhaps I need my Prince to come and kiss me to wake me from this wicked spell!) It wasn't that I had a ton of responsibilities for their wedding. I was in charge of doing Emily's hair, and Jessica's and my own. We had the flowers to do and the decorating of the church, which was minimal...lots of candles and little white lights. And of course there were some little things to help with, but it really wasn't much, especially considering the fact that this was a wedding!!! I think that I was just so sick going into it all that all of the extra activity really did me in. So it's back to bed for me! I think that will pretty much be my week! : )

~Much Love