The wedding preparations kept me really busy, and there wasn't much to update except to say "I'm still working on everything". But now the big day is past and it has been a month already. I think I am finally getting over the disappointments, you know, you have it all pictured how it will be and then it turns out differently. Of course for most of it no one notices but yourself because you knew what you expected but no one else knew any different. There were a few small things that I didn't get finished, mostly because I didn't do them sooner, but also because I was still struggling with what was going wrong with Heathers dress. I was having trouble getting it to fit right and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. So finally I did what I had been hoping I wouldn't have to do and took it apart. Then I was able to figure out what I was doing wrong and fixed it. But then it was three days before the wedding and I still had a few things that I had left to the end. So I was busy til the last moment working on her dress and didn't get those few small things done, and I was so hoping I would have some relaxing time before the big moment. And as if that wasn't enough frustration, when I went to do the cake it became a disaster and I couldn't fix it in time. So we ended up with cake from the store and no tiered wedding cake. I was devistated because I could not move back time to start it again and couldn't fix it. Of course the store cake tasted great, it just didn't look the same.
However on a positive note, Heather was beautiful, they were happy and it was a special time. And that is what is most important.
We have lots of pictures to sort through and will soon be getting prints and cd's made so everyone can have some. I am attaching a few for you to see.
The day after the wedding we went to the coast and spent the night at a friends house (she rents it out). Jenn, Brett and Brody, my Mom and James and Kim and I went. We had a good time, we went down to the beach once but it was so windy and cold that we couldn't stay for very long. Then later in the week we went to Paulina Lake and stayed at a cabin for two days. It was nice to get away. The following week my Mom and James and Kim went home and it was time to get back to normal. Normal???
So what's next?? Well I have been trying to not do too much and just relax for the last month. We had planned to go camping but it never worked out, we had to have a repair done on the truck, I watched Abby for a few days while Mark and Hope were out of town and now the weather has decided to get cold. So we have decided that camping will have to wait until next year. I have a lot of scrapbooking stuff that I want to work on and I have signed up for three craft fairs each weekend of November so I need to get busy and craft...
And we are planning a trip down to CA to visit Jenn for a few days. Of course it will probably still feel like summer down there. But we are planning a trip to Apple Hill and that will be fun and do some planning for Brody's upcoming birthday. It will be fun.
Talk to you soon (really, I will try to be better),
