The Girls getting our nails done! This was the greatest place for a mani/pedi because they also did a hot stone massage on your legs and shoulders, and it wasn't very expensive! $50 total!
The happy couple before the rehearsal!
Tina with her bow bouquet
The bridesmaids with the bride on wedding rehearsal night
Hair before
Hair getting set
Hair after!!
Getting the dress on!
View of the back!
How beautiful is my little sister!
Full view of the back...that dress looked gorgeous on her!
Veil is on and we're ready to go! That veil was 9 feet long, although you can't tell in this picture. A windy day and a 9 foot veil?....I'm pretty sure the photographer got some hilarious pics of all of us wrapped up in it!
I went along with my sister, Jeremy, and the photographers to get some pics around the city before the wedding and was able to capture a few pics of my own.
Just chillin in the middle of Broad Street
Yup, just another paparazzi day. Tina and J were like celebrities down there! People were talking about it to each other, on the phone....some even took pics of their own!
Had to get one of these in the car. How pretty are my sister's earrings by the way? It's a little blurry and I'm sure she is cringing at the horrible quality of the pic, but we were in a moving car and I was using a "point and shoot" (as she calls the little digital cameras).
The girls before the wedding. Don't ask why I'm standing with my legs like that when everyone else looks so ladylike.
Newlyweds!!!
I love this picture (although the horrible quality came back to haunt me again...damn those point and shoots!)
But, honestly, how happy do they look? I LOVE it!!!
At this point my camera battery died. Don't you love how that always happens at the wrong times? But Tina will have more than her fair share of pictures. Her photographer brought not one, but 2 second shooters. And my wedding photographer was there as a guest with her husband (who is her second shooter sometimes), so they were taking all kinds of pics too. During their first dance Tina and J literally had five professional photographers taking pictures of them!
The whole weekend was such a blast, and the wedding and reception were gorgeous and went off without a hitch. Everyone had so much fun and I am so happy for my sister. There is nothing better than sharing the best day of your life with all of your favorite people in the world. Everyone together in one place....nothing can ever compare.
I have to give a lot of credit to my amazing husband this past weekend too. He went above and beyond to make sure that everything went smoothly for Tina and J.
From transporting alcohol,
to folding napkins,
to buying a gift basket,
to buying and delivering the bridesmaids lunch on wedding day,
to driving Tina and J around for their photos before the wedding,
to doing a reading at the wedding,
to secretly transporting the gift basket to the bridal suite after the wedding,
to making 2 trips into and out of the city the day after the wedding to transport wedding paraphernalia and friends,... which came dangerously close to Steelers kickoff time,
and finally to driving the newlyweds to the airport at 4:30 AM on Monday morning.
Mike did all of that.....and he never complained. And that means the world to me. It's things like that that remind me of what wonderful guy I'm married to. I love you Mike.
Tina and J are currently having the time of their lives on their honeymoon in Hawaii! They are now in Kauai, then to Maui, then to the Big Island. They are loving every minute of it I'm sure. It's the most beautiful place in the world and it revolves around happiness and love. I haven't met two harder working people than my sister and J, so a relaxing 2 weeks in paradise....they both deserve every minute of it!!
Next blog post will be all about my baby registry experience, which took all day today! Talk about overwhelming! Until then...
Wow, I knew mike did a lot for us that weekend, but until you listed it out I didn't realize how much it really was! What a great brother in law, thank him again for me:) I want to hear all about the registering!!
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