Edit: My mom says I sounded fussy in this post. Sorry, didn't mean to come across that way. This post was so long that I didn't actually read over it and edit. :P I'll probably work on that later.
Sorry I haven't updated in FOREVER! Like a month.) There's been illness, a new baby, a wedding in which I was bridesmaid, Daddy's been traveling some, and he also had a birthday and I feel like I've hardly been home lately, and well, there's just been TONS of craziness! There's too much to tell, really, so I'll just write about the biggest thing. The wedding!
I don't like using real names on my blog however, so I'll use initials. My cousin who got married is C.F.H., her new hubby id P.H., the maid of honor, C.F.H.'s best friend is A.W. and N.H. is the other bridesmaid. She is P. H.'s sister.
I hope that made sense...
Things started to get interesting Saturday (Apirl 2nd) evening when I got picked up in N.H.'s car and headed to a hotel with her, C.F.H. and A.W.. At the hotel, we snacked on junk, went searching for forks, watched movies and at one point we went out and hung out around the "hot" tub. We talked about boyfriends (I don't have one...) and I fell into the hot tub at one point, after I'd confidently stated that I wouldn't fall. Hehe. We all of course laughed. :D
Because there were only two beds, I slept with N.H., which wasn't too bad. I mean, if you're gonna sleep in the same bed as someone you hardly know, she wasn't bad at all. A very nice girl and she didn't move too much. I didn't fall asleep until like 3:00 AM. Blame it on Alice in Wonderland and me having my usual hard time sleeping in a strange place. Oddly I was the first up that morning. We had the hotel breakfast. I had fried potato chunks, fruit and a carton of milk because it all looked like stuff I wouldn't be allergic to. Those potato chunks were really good... Anyway, after breakfast an Angel came to do our hair. N.H. and I opted to go ahead and have our hair done there at the hotel, but C.F.H. and A.W. decided to wait until we got to the inn that C.F.H. and P.H. were getting married in.
We got our hair done and then headed over to the inn, where we were given the library as a dressing room. We had lots of people just coming in and out of or dressing room, usually without knocking. kinda weird... Especially since one of the people who kept coming in was a photographer! (Did I remember to mention that the photographer was a guy?) I opted to change into my dress in a bathroom. :P
Photographer guy was pretty nice though. I found out that he hates really huge, ridiculous wedding dresses, he liked that C.F.H. had picked a simple, pretty one. I thought it was nice to know that there are other people who prefer simple dresses!
While getting ready Photographer Due took a picture of me putting on lipstick. That was weird... Said is was one of his more unusual putting on make-p-pictures because I'd just stuck a random mirror on the couch. Libraries don't make good dressing rooms. :P
One completely ready, make up on, dress on, hair up, I didn't recognize myself! I looked like someone else entirely! I usually let my hair stay down, don't wear make up, and do the whole rocker/punk style with clothes, to be all fancy like that was weird! And the dress wasn't as modest as I would've liked... :-/ Oh well, it wasn't too bad...
Anyway, I'll get to the actual wedding part. We lined up, then us bridesmaids realized that we forgot our bouquets, and the maid of honor was missing... We quickly found A.W. and our bouquets though, long before it was our turn to go down the aisle. When my turn came, N.H. and I went with the same guy, as there weren't as many groomsmen as bridesmaids. The guy who was supposed to be best man is a marine, and he got sent to Japan, couldn't return to be in his friend's wedding. :P
I remembered to smile the whole way through, even though the groomsman (A rather nerdy guy) seemed a tad intimidated by N.H, and I, and I wasn't terribly fond of him... When it comes time for the ceremony, being a bridesmaid is simple, just stand there and smile. Your cheeks get sore, but it's still pretty easy, even if the sun is beating down on your bare shoulders. o_O
Anyhow, C.F.H. and P.H. both seemed really excited (although P.H., being a rather shy man also seemed really nervous.) and happy. :) The wedding went beautifully, the only slip up being when the exit music played late, so C.F.H. and P.H. were stuck just kind of staring at the crowd, waiting for the music to play so that they could leave. lol.
It was like 1:00 PM at that point, and none of us had eaten since breakfast at the hotel, so we were all starving when it came time for the after-ceremony pictures. Photography Dude made it as fast and fun as possible. N.H. and I left as soon as possible to go get some food, only to find that we needed a refill on the appetizer! AH! And then just as we were about to be able to get food, we got called inside so that we could be there for the Bride and Groom's grand entrance. Then we were finally allowed to eat! Haha.
Photography Dude ate with my parents and I and the other family at our table because the seat wasn't taken and it was a good vantage point for a photographer. The steak was, um, rare... (In other words it was raw and gross!) And the salmon tasted like salmon, which is to say, not very good... I guess I'm just not into fancy foods... And the fact that I went home and had an allergic reaction did not help my view on these things!
Shortly after the meal, there were speeches, and cake! Momma smuggled in some candy so that we'd be able to have something sweet while everyone else had cake. A.W. wrote up a really sweet speech. The best man just kind of said a few words that could hardly be called a speech though. Ha.
We sent the bride and groom off with bubbles being blown all around, shouted and the clicking sound cameras make.
I wish C.F.H. and P.H. only the VERY best with their new life together! I hope that God works wonderfully with their marriage. :)
I went home exhausted, having fallen asleep at like 3:30 AM and awakened at like 7:30 AM. However, I wasn't sleepy enough to miss out on having a moment of rebellion against girliness. I changed out of that fancy dress into my Kutless T-shirt and my rocker jeans. Ah, much better! I also took my hair down, all those pins were getting painful. Ha, there were enough curls and enough hairspray had been used that I looked like I had poofy 80's hair! I found that really amusing.
Anyway, I'm glad to have been in my cousin's wedding! I'm so glad that she and her new hubby are happy. :)
On a completely different note, I've been searching desperately for new music, as I'm feeling a little bored lately. I want something new, something worth getting excited about! I've actually been having an interesting time with my search for awesome new music, and I have found some pretty good stuff, which only makes me want to find more. Haha, so if y'all know of any good rock bands out there, lemme know! I'll look 'em up! (Don't show me screamo or metalcore bands.)
There's a lot more to say, but anything else must wait for future posts.
God bless!
~Katie K.
(I'll be surprised if anyone can guess the meaning of my post title. lol)
