John and Nessa's wedding

When's the last time you stayed up all night to see someone you love walk in the door at 1:30 am?? Last Friday?  Hey! Me too!!!

So, Steve got 11 hours of sleep between last Wednesday, and Monday morning....that's dedication....or something :)

Anyway, he got to NC safely.

We were really happy to see each other, a month and a half is a long time!

Awwww :) He brought a Willow Tree figurine for me :)

~Promise~

Liz is NOT drunk! Uh, maybe just a little :) But she was willing to stay up with us til 3:30 and drive us to the Joyners.  There we switched to their car, and drove to the airport.

 

Rebecca was John and Nessa's photographer for the wedding and our chaperone for the trip

 

Waiting at the airport

 

Now we're tired of waiting :(

 

In Portland, Maine!! Yay! Now just 4 hours driving to Sedgwick :)

 

We found the cemetery of Rebecca's Civil War hero, Joshua L Chamberlain, near Brunswick.  There was snow and it wasn't even cold!!

 

The McFarland house

 

It is 150 years old, and very comfortable :)

 

Thru the dining room to the stairs

 

Up the stairs to the room I shared with Steve's sister, Becky

 

Comfy

Just a few minutes after we drove up, everyone met at the McFarland's for the rehearsal dinner, then we went to the church and practiced marrying John and Nessa off for a few hours...

Get a good night's sleep everyone!!!

 

All ready for the big day!

 

It was very windy

 

The church, where Nessa's dad is the pastor

 

Mom

 

Dad (proud grandpa with 8-month Ethan)

 

I got to have Ethan for most of the ceremony...hence a few fuzzy pictures

 

Here she comes!  Yes, she was beautiful, yes, John had the greatest smile, no, I didn't capture it :)

 

Left to right

Nessa had her sisters (Charity, Rachel, Beka, and Pam) as bridesmaids, John's brothers (James, Nate, and Steve) and her brother (Matt) as groomsmen, and her cousins (Sissy and Micah) as flower girl and ring bearer.

Matt sang "Yours Forever" with Steve accompanying him during the Unity Candle ceremony

 

Pastor Woody: AMEN!! :)

 

Mr. and Mrs. John Charles Bryan

 

I had fun with these two

 

 

Over to the reception!  Nessa's theme was Sea...

K. Every five seconds someone would come up that knew Steve, and they'd inevitably say, "Well, you two are next! Excited?"

Ha.  Like we had to be reminded

 

A lady in the church made the cake

 

A Willow Tree topper :) That's the same Promise figurine like Steve gave me

 

They were sweet and didn't make a mess

 

Then they were stuck like this the rest of the time we saw them

 

While John and Nessa were busy Steve and I helped decorate the car

 

Blockading the wheels was Steve's idea, seconded by Pastor Woody

...a beautiful wedding, a fun trip, a great travel partner, and three tests this week at school...

 

Seriously, when's our turn?

Jk, 116 days! :)

Finally, one I can't kill!!

I killed my Motorola Rapture cellphone several months ago.  Since then I've used my sister, Liz's, old phone.  Hers didn't work much of the time, and dropped calls left and right.

Frustrating!!

So about a week ago Dad ordered a new phone for me.

This is Susie's phone.  I really like it, see how pretty it is!

 

And soooo sweet for texting quickly

Dad ordered me one just like hers (I know, copycat) on eBay.

 

It came today! Yaaaay! I have communication again!!

Wait half a minute...

 

This is NOT a LG COSMOS...its a MOTOROLA BARRAGE!

So the dealer sent me the wrong phone :(

I want my LG COSMOS!!!

 

Hmmmmm.  But wait, this phone is easy to hold, I like the display, it has a silent keypad...hmmm

 

Oh Wow :)

It's totally waterproof!!!!

 

Oh Sweet :)

You can run over it with a semi, or throw it into a cement wall and nothing happens to it.

This is the phone I've needed all my klutzy life!  (No, I did not run over the phone...it was just a photo op)

Dad contacted the dealer to tell him that we'd like to keep this phone, even though it wasn't the one we ordered.  When Dad looked at the price difference, the BARRAGE was about $600 including the required plan.  The COSMOS was only $129, and we weren't required to get the $200 plan either.

Boo.  So if I wanted to keep my indestructible phone, it'd be about $400 dollars more! Not worth it to me.

Buuuuuuuut...

the dealer is no longer available on eBay!  So we get to keep the phone! Praise the Lord!  How else could I have gotten (by accident) a military-grade, indestructible, waterproof cellphone for less than $150?

 

Plus, this really cute wallpaper can be downloaded to the phone ;)

My sweet Dad and some sweet centerpieces

When was the last time I did any kind of work on a car?

It had to have been August 2010...I watched Steve and Dad Bryan fix Steve's car in Florida...and missed a sunset on the beach over it...ahhhh memories :) :) :)

So, at Ambassador about a month ago, my adopted brother, Ryan, pointed out that I'd lost a hubcap.

My amazing Dad got me replacements Saturday, and tonight I helped him put them on.

See how ugly tires are! No wonder they make caps to go over that :)

 

The old...

 

Thrown to the wind...

 

And the new!!

K. My Dad's the best ever!!!! Period

Oh yeah!

You know how I'm making almost all the ceremony and reception decor myself?  Well, here's the reception table centerpieces.

They are just $1.34 apiece to make. Wow.

 

A bowl from Dollar Tree ($1), some candles (29c), and River Pebbles from Lowes (5c)

 

4 candles floated

And the other 4 were scattered around the bowl with the pebbles

Awwwwww :)

(Yes, I have a trash bag on the kitchen table...you never know what antics some rocks and a bowl of water might pull)

In closing...

A pic of the dashing groom :) :) :)

I love you, Steve!!