--Weddings

[Guest guest]

--Nikki's wedding absolutely sounds like a " fairy tale

wedding! " My son's wedding is going to be at 6:00 pm. My future

daughter-in-law's mother passed away last year, so it's just me.

Her father will walk her down the isle. The only thing she

mentioned was I probably should not wear the same color as the

bridal party (burgandy), and I'm fine with that. I was thinking

either deep emerald green or sapphire blue. We'll see what I can

find. Even champagne will be okay. I'm definitely going this

weekend to look for something. All the men will be in tuxes. Just

reading your wonderful description of Nikki's ceremony brought tears

to my eyes! I bet it was just FABULOUS! Thanks so much for the

advice.

Suzy

[Guest guest]

Suzy,

Nikki and 's wedding ceremony was truly like a fairy tale wedding. This

was the first wedding that one of our friend's 5 year old daughter had ever been

to. Her aunt told me that when the little girl saw first saw Nikki and her

father enter the sanctuary, the little girl actually gasped and then said, " She

looks just like a princess! " She did look like a princess, though I'm sure I'm

a bit biased. Our minister was so excited to be doing Nikki's wedding. He is

very into the arts. He performs regularly in local theater groups and such.

Nikki was very into drama in high school and originally planned to major in

theatre, but later changed to English, and is now getting a master's in

education. Anyway, the minister said that most people don't understand that a

wedding is actually a very elaborate and special drama production. He said, " I

know Nikki understands that and with her love of drama and the arts, I am sure

her wedding will be spectacular. " The words he chose to use for the ceremony

were so wonderful. I feel very strongly about the fact that it takes much more

than love to keep a family together. I have tried to teach both our girls that

it is a sense of committment to God and family that will keep your marriage

together even at times when you may think you don't even like your spouse. The

minister told Nikki and that they were making a promise to God, each

other, their parents, grandparents, and all the friends that were there to help

them celebrate their wedding. I must say that their wedding ceremony was the

most awesome wedding I have ever seen. What we didn't know was that their

wedding was the first wedding our minister had ever done! He was originally our

music director and assistant pastor and became our pastor about two years ago.

It just ended up that Nikki and 's wedding was the first he was asked to

perform. I can assure you, you would never have guessed that he had not married

hundreds of couples! He and the organist and pianist spent many hours

practicing to make sure the music and the ceremony would be outstanding.

I'm sure your son's wedding will also be spectacular. The colors you have

chosen sound lovely. There are many beautiful colors that will complement

burgundy so you shouldn't have any trouble finding a lovely mother of the groom

dress. Good luck and happy dress hunting!

As awesome as Nikki's wedding was and as much as she and I enjoyed all the

planning, we were incredibly relieved when it was over! You cannot imagine the

time and effort that went into planning it and pulling it all together. It is a

time in my life and in my daughter's that I will treasure forever. I don't mean

to leave my son-in-law out because he was almost as excited about the beautiful

wedding and reception as Nikki was. It was very important to both of them to

have a large and beautiful wedding. We are so lucky to have in our

lives. I couldn't love him any more if he had been born my son. We cannot wait

for them to finish college and be able to move closer to us. Right now they are

only 130 miles away, so it's not bad, but they are both itching to get moved to

this area. I'm thankful for that since is not from here. He's

actually from a small town about 30 miles further south than where they are at

in college. However, I think loves all of us as much as we love him.

Nikki has said that he talks all the time about how he cannot wait to get moved

to this area. He talks about playing raquetball with my brother-in-law, cooking

out on the grill for all of my family, doing guy stuff with my husband, stepdad,

Nikki's dad, and so on. We have an incredibly close knit family and we spend a

lot of time together. While 's got a great mother and brother, they

just don't seem to spend as much time together as we do in my family. I am

thankful that thinks spending time with all of Nikki's family is a good

thing. There are a lot of guys who might not like to be so close to his wife's

family. So, we feel incredibly blessed to have such a great relationship with

our new son-in-law.

W

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