In response to the idiot comments...

I have turned on comment moderation. This means you can still leave a comment if you aren't a blogger member but I choose if I want the comment online or not.

I'm pretty sure this will stop no-balls from leaving any uninformed comments.

And thanks everyone for being a friend. I appreciate it more than anything.

As I was finishing my blog about the wedding day...

I received 2 comments. In case people don't read the comments after they post, let me share them here:

At 9:10 AM, Anonymous said…
The whole wedding sounds like it was not planned out very well and as usual, "its everyone else's fault". There were about 2 years to plan this wedding and no excuses for all these problems accept lack of effort and dependency on others money as usual. Its almost like reading a bad comedy.

(the above comment was in response to my blog about the week leading up to the wedding)

At 9:25 AM, Anonymous said…
It's always someone else's fault and never Jaz's fault. Many people are responsible and pay thier bills and debts, she has in the past many many times shown that she doesn't. She just expects it like a spoiled child. She doesn't ever keep her end of the bargain, sorry to say but its true. If you read the blogs you can see she just bitches about EVERYONE, blogging it will only make enemies, one shouldn't blog the way she does. She must have done something for Annette to behave the way she did, Annette is not like that, she is VERY responsible. Ricky although I really dont care for him is VERY responsible. So, I ask why would two very responsible people leave her in the lurch? She had to have done something or she used them and didn't return the same friendship. Reading this blog is very upsetting for many I am sure of that. It's shocking and demeans Jazzy, her family, husband, friends, etc.

(the above post was in response to my post about Ricky and the cake situation)

Originally I was just going to delete them. And make my blog so that no anonymous people could comment on it. Then I was gonna spend my whole time explaining how this person is wrong. But this person doesn't deserve such a long explanation. And no matter what I say he's going to twist it and make me out to be whatever he wants.

All I'm going to say is this: They OFFERED to help. I didn't ask them to help. I never expected anyone to do anything. And as it turns out I was right. The only people I was able to rely on were my family. My mom, dad, stepmom, sister, brother, chicken and Jayson. And Kevin.

And You weren't at the wedding. You have no idea what went on. I haven't even blogged about the whole day yet.

So get off your high horse. You're just bitter.

OMg it's gonna be a long one!

I didn't realize how much I had to say about the wedding day (complete with pics) until I started blogging. I have been sitting here for almost 2 hours working on things (occasionally getting distracted) and my shoulder is starting to hurt so I need to take a break. Plus the pistons game is on and I'm missing it. It could be the last game of the season.

I'd show you a pic as a sneek peek but blogger is having issues right now.

Wedding Day Recap

(this post was started May 19th, 2006 So when I reference Tuesday I mean May something or other...)

I know it's been way overdue to tell about the wedding day but I just didn't have it in me to relive it yet. But yesterday (or was it Tuesday) I got a phone call from Renee apologizing so I'm learning to suck it up and accept it....That's an issue I'll get to later tho.

So Chicken and I woke up around 9 or 9:30am...I had to jump in the shower (didn't want to be stinky for the big day) Luckily most of the stuff we needed we had packed in the van the night before. We got on the road around 10:15, stopped @ a partyUSA to pick up last minute items (streamers and champagne glasses) & made it to the salon right on time. They did all 3 of us (me, my sister Velisia and Heather) and did a fabulous job! I loved how they did the hair! BEAUTIFUL!!! I had some crystal hair jewels I had bought online for each of us so they stuck those in too and I left some with them to put in Jen's hair when she showed up @ 1pm

It took a little longer to get our hair done than anticipated. We ran over to the scrapbook store to get stickers and cardstock and markers for the "guestbook" (turns out I could have waited to get those cuz no one used them to decorate their pics since Julie didn't understand the vision lol...It's all good tho...It gives me freedom to decorate the pages as I want) Then we ran over to Olive Garden for a quick bowl of soup....Yea....Not so quick. We walked in, me complete with my veil...They even remarked "oh! Look! a bride!" but apparently that wasn't enough for them to alert our server that he had a table. It wasn't until Chicken went and lit a fire under their asses about 5 minutes later that we even got water. And then he tried to upsell us...ummmmm NO! We just want soup! That's it!

In spite of the wait it was yummy!!! And I was so glad we did that cuz otherwise we wouldn't have eaten until the reception and that would have been bad.

We got to my mom's around 2pm and that's when I realized I forgot my corset at home. So my mom raced back to Redford to get it (1/2 hour drive at least) and Velisia went to get her dress from the cleaners and chicken went to get some last minute hall stuff done. Before chicken left, I decided to try and calm down by finishing up the toasting glasses I got me and Kevin. I got these HUGE novelty champagne glasses from Michael's that are supposed to be used as vases but I was gonna use them for our toasting glasses. So I go in the back room @ my mom's to grab them...And we hear "clink clink clink" I start bawling. One of the glasses is broken.

So we grab 2 of the plastic glasses we just bought and chicken leaves to get the hall stuff done and wash her van while I pretty up the plastic glasses and then start on my makeup and get my underthings on (petticoat and nylons). We have a mad dash to get everyone ready, my mom makes it back @ 3pm so we rush me into my dress & chicken laces me up. We're out the door by around 3:30pm.










We get to the site late (obviously) and the photographer is there to take pics. He gets some nice ones. You can check them out here (pass is JAZMYN ... All in caps)

Renee and Jennifer aren't there yet. (Jen is my bridesmaid, Renee is her sister and the mother of the flowergirls Zoe and Wyn. ) so we get out and walk partway down the path to the bridge to get ready to walk over. It's around 4pm at this time. People are getting antsy on the other side of the bridge. We wait WAY too long for Jen and Renee to show up. Finally we make the executive decision @ 4:30pm to start....Velisia is almost to the top of the bridge when Bob (my brother...Jen's husband) comes running over that they're here and someone better go by the road or they'll miss us. So Velisia runs in her heels all the way to the road and then almost to the park entrance...Doesn't see them....Comes back to the path and waits...It's another 5-8 minutes before they show up and they calmly park the car and come walking slowly up the path. Like they have all the time in the world.

And that, my friends, is when I lost it. I started swearing like a sailor "WHAT THE FUCK!?! YOU'RE FUCKING AN HOUR AND FUCKING 10 MINUTES LATE TO MY FUCKING WEDDING!!" (or something to that effect....Exact words got lost on me) I'm surprised the people on the other side of the bridge didn't hear me. Luckily they were playing music and fending off the tent/chair people who had shown up @ 4:30pm to retrieve everything (we should have been done) So Velisia comes over to me and hugs me as Jen and Renee pass by and I say Okay...Let's get moving...And Renee has the NERVE to say "ALREADY? I wanted to be on the other side of the bridge when they came over"

ALREADY?!?!? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?! ALREADY! I almost lose it again, but we get the show on the road and get across the bridge and it looks beautiful and the guys look fabulous.

The flowergirls stop dead right in front of me about 10 feet from where Kevin is standing so everyone is urging them forward. I can't remember if it was Velisia or Chicken that told me they were scared I was going to kill them cuz they stopped. They just wanted to get them out of my way.

And we finally get the ceremony started.

Jayson did a fabulous job! I was crying almost the whole time and he almost started crying a couple times. I warned him not to:p~

OH! Here's a nice pic of all the bridesmaid shawls. I handmade them all. I wasn't all that impressed with them when I made them, but when they put them on they all looked so good! I only had 2 complaints (mine) that I would have made Velisia's a little smaller and Jen's a little bigger.

So...The ceremony got underway and we went thru all the traditions with Jayson explaining them all. Which later Kevin told me his uncles and aunts especially liked cuz they've seen a ceremony with the traditions done but didn't understand what they exactly meant. Jayson's gonna give me a copy of the ceremony he used so I can better explain them (cuz I did tons of research online to find out what they meant and where they went in the ceremony) so forgive me the short definitions for now.

Kevin's Aunt Sue with the wedding shawl (symbolizes unity):

Kevin's dad (representing both his parents) with the Bible:

My cousin Jose presenting us with the lasso (symbolizes togetherness in love and faith...Put on before the vows and worn during):

The presentation of the rings:

Funny story. My sister was in charge of Kevin's ring. She had put it on her thumb so she wouldn't lose it. My sister is one of the most responsible people I know, so I didn't give it a second thought. Well, when it was time to present each other with the rings I reach over to my sister to get Kevin's and she says "the ring is in the car." and hands me her Marine ring...Which isn't even big enough to fit on Kevin's pinky. So I turn to Kevin and say "it's in the car...Just pretend" and slip it on his pinky and he holds it there like it's the real thing...And somehow slips it off a bit later. Apparently no one could tell except Jayson and Joey (and Velisia and Chicken knew of course).

After the ceremony when we're across the bridge we find out that when Velisia went to get Jen's bouquet from the van, she grabbed my throwaway bouquet by mistake. She flung it down and grabbed Jen's, but in doing so she lost the ring in the back of the van. However, she didn't notice it wasn't on her thumb until when she was at the top of the bridge and the ceremony was about to start (she was the first girl over the bridge) That's when she started to panic. She said she almost ran back to the van at this time. Kevin said he saw her stop at the top of the bridge. Chicken noticed and I guess Velisia communicated to her that she didn't have the ring (at this time she didn't know it was forsure in the van...Hell she didn't even know for sure when she told me...She was just praying it was and that she hadn't lost it on the path somewhere and a squirrel had a nice golden lunch) So Chicken was looking down for it along the path and on the bridge. Kevin said he just thought she was being funny walking across the bridge...Like maybe it was her sexy walk or something. Nope. It was the "OMG please let me find the ring" walk.

So the whole ceremony all Velisia could do was panic and pray that I wouldn't be upset about it. And come up with the plan to use her Marine ring (since Kevin's a marine too). And I wasn't upset. Well, mostly cuz she told me she knew where it was. If I had known that she might have dropped it on the path I might not have been so calm lol. But in the end she found it and we all had a good laugh.

This was when I was reading my vows. I wrote them as I was getting my hair did that morning at the salon and finished them at Olive Garden while we were waiting for the waiter. Kevin had me in a panic cuz he had been working on his for months. But I knew that I would be able to find the right words when it came time. I didn't want to overthink myself. (at least that's the story I'm sticking to. It had nothing to do with me usually being a horrid procrastinator) When I read them I changed the wording a bit but I can't remember where (now...It's been over a month lol) so this is from my written copy.

My vows:

Kevin~

When I met you it changed my life forever. When I found you I found the missing part of my soul. The man I want to spend the rest of my life with. You complete me.

We've been through so much together. Lots of good as well as bad. And today we're even stronger in our love and commitment to each other than ever. Becoming your wife today is the ultimate happiness. I love you.

Today I vow to love and honor you. To share my life with you completely. To be there when you need me.
To lift you up when you are down. To hold you when you falter. To be your best friend. Til death do us part.

Kevin's vows:

Jazmyn~

When we met I was an empty shell. Void of love, void of happiness, incomplete. You took me in and filled the voids with all the love and understanding you had to give. Because of you I'm the man I was meant to be. This is the man I offer to you now. Full of love, full of confidence, and full of admiration for you. Til death and beyond I will always be yours.

After this Chicken sang her beautiful song.

"When God Made You"
by Newsong

Its always been a mystery to me
How two hearts can come together
And love can last forever
But now that I have found you, I believe
That a miracle has come
When God sends the perfect one
Now gone are all my questions about why
And Ive never been so sure of anything in my life

I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must have been thinking about me

I promise that wherever you may go
Wherever life may lead you
With all my heart Ill be there too
From this moment I want you to know
Ill let nothing come between us
And I will love the ones you love
Now gone are all my question about why
And Ive never been so sure of anything in my life

I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must have been thinking about me

He made the sun He made the moon
To harmonize in perfect tune
One cant move without the other
They just have to be together
And that is why I know its true
Youre for me and Im for you
Cause my world just cant be right
Without you in my life

I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must have been thinking about me

He mustve heard every prayer Ive been praying
Yes He knew everything I would need
When God made you
When dreams come true
When God made you
He mustve been thinking about me

(go here to hear the song and pay no attention to the video)

She sang beautifully. There's a pic of me, kevin and Jayson looking at her and me and Jay are smiling...cuz she's our Chicken!!! But I don't really like that pic cuz I look preggers cuz of the angle of the way it was taken. (i need to photoshop out my belly lol)

After that Jay wrapped up the ceremony and ended with a native american blessing and then we had our first kiss as husband and wife

I think after this kiss was the first time I finally started to relax. In order to make a dramatic exit we went back across the bridge

We spent a little time on the other side of the bridge hugging and talking. We were gonna have some adult beverages over there but Kevin forgot them (which prolly ended up okay cuz technically you aren't supposed to have any in the park anyway). It was during this time we heard the ring story and i believe my sister raced to the van to make sure the ring was there and gave it to Kevin and took her own ring back.

After a few minutes we went back over the bridge and people threw wedding rice and released the gorgeous butterflies my sister and hur hubby got for us:

This is a pic afterwards on the ledge of the gazebo...aren't they gorgeous?

This is a pic of them in th air with my cousin Josh and Jayson's mom in the bg...the butterfly is the orange spot.

We chatted and had a nice time for a few...then got right to a bunch of picture taking. While we were taking pics some peeps (i think Velisia Angie andChicken) went back to decorate the van.

Here are a few of my faves:
(to be added when blogger decides to be nice to me)

And that's it (for now) I'm moving onto part 2....The Reception.

Holy Friends Batman!

I had a friend Ricky. He was wonderful. He helped me bunches when we first moved here to Redford. He drove me a couple times to Indian Lanes to host karaoke. He gave me $$ to fix his computer once. His brother gave me a guitar to start learning on. Absolutely wonderful guy! I loved him dearly!

But he offered to buy me a wedding cake. I blogged about this before. Originally he was gonna help with the cak and the dress and his friend Annette was gonna help with the flowers. He even wanted me to go to a real baker to get it done instead of going with my friend Hazel. I refused. I stuck with Hazel (and she did a fabulous job btw) which turned out to be a blessing bcause in March when I talked to him about the cake he asked me how much it was going to be for the cake and I told him about $150 (it would have been around $300-$400 with a real bakery) and he told me he would only be able to give me $50 or $75 towards the cake. Fine. I was upset but whatever. My mom gave us some $$ towards the cake too...so it covered it if he would havegiven me the $$. I tried for about 2 weeks to get with Ricky to get the $$ for the cake and he wouldn't answer his phone or return my calls or return my IMs. Which is when my mom gave me the $$ for the cake and we pretty much wrote him off.

Around this same time Annette tells my mom she won't be able to help with the flowers like she had told me she would for about a year. Again no biggie. It worked out and I did my own for the reception and again my mom helped with the ceremony flowers (bouquets, boutineers, coursages) with the help of a contact she has.

Then about 6 weeks ago Ricky tells my mom he won't be here for the wedding anyway cuz he's planning on moving to Phoenix. So I don't send him an invitation. I mean it's not like I've spoken to him since early March. He wasn't returning any emails or IMs or phone calls. And I haven't seen him since, I don't know, around January I think. I went to his house to fix his puter and his brother gave me his old guitar and he gave me a floor lamp & some paint for the house.

Then about a month ago he's all "i didn't get my invitation" so I get his address and I send one and he RSVPs for 4 ...him, Annette, Celia and Esther. Still no $$ for the cake and no way to get in touch with him.

So the day of the wedding (i guess...I didn't get the IM until a couple days later....a little busy) he IMs me that they won't be there cuz he had a root canal. Here's exactly how the IMs go:

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(friday may 5th)
RICKY (2:59:18 PM): Hi Jazz, I just wanted to let u know that Anette and I wont be able to make it today. I had to have a route canal doneon my tooth. I am in pain, I hope you understand. We do have a gift for you and Kevin and she will bring it buy.

RICKY (3:00:01 PM): I hope you have a wonderful Day and your wedding is success. I love you take care God Bless

(Monday may 8th)
magikjaz (2:06:28 PM): everything was wonderful. Sorry you missed it. Hope you're feeling better.

RICKY(6:58:32 PM): Hi Mrs. Benick how are u?

magikjaz (6:59:19 PM): hey
RICKY (7:29:40 PM): how wwas the wedding

magikjaz (10:35:04 PM): it was fabulous. i ended up having to pay hazel for the cake out of the $$ we made from our dollar dance since we never got together for you to give me the money you promised to help with the cake. I understand things come up...you should have just told me you changed your mind or that you couldn't. I was counting on that help from you. Oh well. Hope you're feeling better. I'll try and show you pics when we get them

(Wednesday May 10th)
RICKY (5:37:53 PM): Hello Jazz I am sorry you feel that way about me and the money for your cake. I did have to give to you at the wedding. If this is how you feel about me and the money. I went to alot of links to help you out as a friend I did things for you and you never called me about the gas money the night I took you to Indiana lanes.

RICKY (5:40:08 PM): I never judged you or excepted anything from our friendship. That was not my responabiltiy bring you the money you could have called and come by and got it. This how i feel our friendship is over because shows me how u feel about our realtionships and what you need from me. I wish you a good life and do not bother me again. Thanks and God Bless bye

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So now I'm the bad guy for saying something. And not paying him the $10 for gas money when he drove me to indian Lanes. Yes he went above and beyond at times being a friend and yes I owe him. But I didn't ask him to be my wedding cake sponsor. He offered. He flat out told me "i'll buy you your wedding cake." just like Larry flat out said "I'll buy you your wedding dress" And when Larry and I had a fight last year Ricky told me "I'll help you with your wedding dress cuz Larry won't" and "i'm still going to help you with your wedding cake"

So I'm going to send him a check for $25...that sshould cover gas money as well as cigarettes he bought me those couple times he took me to indian lanes. And I'm going to send it in a Thank you note. I'm going to explain how I feel.. And frankly I'm done with it. I am sorry he feels this way but what can I do. I thought I handled it well.

wedding day continued

Sorry took so long...things been crazy here.

So thursday all we did was run around pretty much. we packed chicken's car to the limits with all the reception and wedding stuff we could. Stopped off briefly at my friends Chuck and Church's house to drop off the laptop and show him how to use it (my DJ) and i lost a nail while I was there. No biggie cuz I happened to have some press on french manicure nails at hime I glued on later...almost couldn't tell. Church had twins almost a year ago and it was the first time I saw them. I picked up Nathan and he just put his little arms around me and lay his head in the crook of myneck and didn't want to let go. He was so cute! It was some much needed calm and love in the midst of all my craziness. I think he sensed that. What a good little kid!

We made it to the park for rehersal by 5pm. I told everyone between 5 and 5:30pm so people were just starting to arrive. That was good. Joel and Aunt Sue and my dad and Denise and then here comes this crazy hippie person with long curly hair walking towards me....it's JAYSON!!!! I totally didn't recognize him until he got closer! What's funny is Velisia didn't recognize him until he started to speak during the run thru of the ceremony. And she was standing about 2 feel away from him. lol

We had to wait to people to show up for the rehersal. Should have been a clue to what was going to happen on the day but I was being optomistic.We finally got a run thru around 6pm with music and the ceremony and the traditions and everyutthing and it was great. We didn't have time for another run thru due to dinner reservations at Los galanes courtesy of my brother so we all hopped into our cars, me with chicken and everyone following us, and headed to mexicantown. yummy yummy food! Great conversations. start of being frantic trying to talk to people.

After dinner we went to the reception hall to decorate. At first it was just me chicken and Jayson waiting until the karate people were done. Once done we brought everything in from chicken's car and moved tables around.People started showing up closer to 10pm. We moved tables around and set up chairs. got tablecloths on the tables. put together champagne glasses (which angie and chicken were brilliant and superglued them all together) got all the little knick knacks on the tables (maracas, shotglasses, almonds, mints in the shotglasses, champagne glasses) and the centerpieces and candles. I actually came up with more candles than I needed, which was a good thing. Strung lights up. Put all the bar stuff @ the bar for the bartender to do with as she would. We were done by 12:30am almost exactly. It was beautiful! I loved it!

So we race home and finish last minute stuff. The wedding rice in bags (chicken did) I still working on Jayson's scarf and the hour long fight with our computers to get the wedding programs done. My computer doesn't have word or works or anything on it, so we took chicken's computer and tried plugging in the printer but they wouldn't talk to each other, so she finally ended up making the template and converting to adobe and sending it to me to print...it was beautiful!!!! Around 4:30am the rice was done, the programs were done and the scarf was done...so we went to sleep for about 4 hours.

To be continued...theyr'e here to deliver my washing machine *YAY*

My wedding Day

There's so much more to blog aboutbesides the wedding day. I had a whirlwind week.

Saturday I had to work the Elk's club in Livonia. Because of scheduling etc i had to go to kevin's work early and hang out until time for me to go to work. I was working on Jayson's scarf and stressing aobut the DJ situation. Kyle came over and volunteered to DJ if he could get Friday off. That was cool...but I was a little stressed cuz Kyle isn't the most reliable of guys. I've know him for years. So Theresa is there working Saturday and I tell her what's going on with the wedding DJ and she reminds me taht Chuck, whom is already coming to the wedding, is a DJ/KJ and prolly could use the money and would like it better than just being there anyway. So I call him and he says SURE! YAY!!! DJ problem solved!

Sunday we met our photographer at Elizabeth Park to take some "engagement" photos. He was wonderful. I found him on craigslist. His name was Jim. He was great! I loved him. Kevin loved him. And our pics...in spite of dealing with two hungover people that looked like crap...looked beautiful! I'll get some of those up as soon as I can.

Monday Kevin got the marriage license from downtown Detroit. He told me he started shaking when they handed it to him. I laughed at him...until he handed it to me and I got a tight feeling in my chest and found it hard to breathe. Not good. We also went down to pay for the hall and sort out the final details there. And tried to clean up for chicken's coming into town. We also got the last of the things we needed for the wedding...champagne for the toast and mixers for the liquor.

Tuesday Heather got here around 7pm. Before she got in I took Kevin to work and I went to get my hair done where Karyn works (she paid for it...wedding gift) They did a great job! She gave me pretty red highlights and gave me a trim. Then I went and got a Mystic tan. That was interesting. You slather parts of yourself with lotion like around your finger and toe nails and a tiny bit on your elbows and knees. Then you get into a big blue box nekkid except for your undies. Push a big green button and these 3 nozzels start spraying you from head to toe to head again. Small stop where you turn around and they spray the back of you. You have to be careful not to spray the palms of your hands. I accidentally did but was able to wash that off with a brillo pad (no kidding) later that night. Unfortunately my feet were half tanned because i put my shoes on immediately after the tane and so part of the spray got pushed off. That is important for later on in the week. Then I took our laundry to the landromat down the street from our house cuz our washer broke. not cool. Altho it was nice to wash all the clothes at once and have everything done in an hour instead of the same amount of laundry taking all day here at home.

So Chicken got here around 7pm. We got her inside the house and then headed to Kevin's restaurant for dinner where Kyle waited on us. Kyle was the worst waiter ever. And to top it all off, he was hitting on Heather. Yeah...that's just what she needed. We waited so long for him to come over and wait on us I ended up calling Kevin on my phone and giving him our order lol. Kyle was like "oh so that's how it is. You just call the chef directly for your order?" Ummm...when we wait 15 minutes for you? yea! He was absolutely useless. Kevin even brought the food out to us. I love him!

They also had karaoke there Tuesday so I sang a couple songs. I entered the contest for a prize of a Shanahan's gift certificate (like I need one lol) but we left before they announced the winner. Met Kevin @ The Box for a couple drinks and came home watched TV and chatted until around 3am (way too late)

Wednesday began the whirlwind final countdown. We went to the place my gf normally goes for her mani/pedi but they only had 2 people working and there were 4 people in front of us. So we drove down to Angie's and figured we'd find something on the way. We did. We got in and immediately got me in a chair for my nails and Heather in a chair for the pedicure. They did a great job on her! And they did a great job on my nails...but my pedicure was another story. She was trying to even out the tan on my feet and she just kept scrubbing really hard. I didn't realize a pedi didn't hurt and just gritted my teeth. Turns out I should have said something. When she stopped scrubbing we discovered she had scrubbed skin right off my feet. Looked like two big giant rig burns on my tops of my feet. The rest of my foot was beautiful! She apologized. I didn't feel like complaining and paid the full amount (i know I"m stupid). We went to walmart to get some last minute stuff to make tissue paper flowers and stood in line for like 20 minutes for the express lane. Then over to Angie's to make flowers where we recruited everyone that was there. It was so much fun! Pizza, beer and friends. What more do you need? Altho I didn't have any beer....just water. afterwards we went up to Kevin's restaurant to talk to Theresa who wanted to help us do stuff...so i gave her the cake topper to deliver to Hazel on Thursday. 1 beer there before we head home and work on fringing the bridesmaids shawls (i am such a procratinator) until we couldn't see straight and then it was time for sleep.

To Be Continued. My shoulder is starting to hurt and I have to work on the boxes of wedding crap taking over my house. *hugs*

First pics of the wedding

This pic was taken by our photographer shortly after the wedding ceremony @ Elizabeth Park. It's so pretty! I love him so much!




This one was after we fed each other cake. Carol & Al sent it to me last night.



I'm gonna get all my pics up and onthe web somehow...anyone have any suggestions? Eventually I'm gonna make a website with everything...right now I'm just regrouping myself fromthe chaos that was the wedding. That comes in my next post!

Today is the Day

Well, All the planning and stuff is coming to a fruition. this is the day! Can you believe it? I sure can't. It's 4am here and I'm still not asleep. Printing out the last of the wedding programs as Chicken is answering work emails. I still have to finish Jayson's scarf thingy (it's only about 30 minutes away from done) and write my vows (i know...nothing like waiting until the last minute...I couldn't think of anything until recently)

We went tonight to the rehersal @ Elizabeth Park. I told everyone 5pm - 5:30 show up. We didn't get everyone there until around 6:15pm. A little frustrating. okay...alot frustrating. But we did a quick run thru and it worked well. Chicken's singing a song...Jayson has a great ceremony prepared...we worked out the mexican traditions...the music is gonna be great...and the weather should cooperate.

We had rehersal dinner @ Los Galanes courtesy of my brother and his wife. It was delicious. Especially so since chicken and I didn't eat all day cuz we had running around to do beforehand. No big. I'm really bad at time management I decided.

AFTER dinner we went to the hall to decorate. Took us all of 2 hours...almost 3...but we got it set up perfectly and it looks beautiful! I took pics of it tonight. I'm sure I'll get a bunch tomorrow from everyone. I'm so excited! It was everything I thought it would be. The colours of the centerpieces and the shot glasses and the maracas really popped against the plain white tablecloths we had.

So now I'm going to finish Jaqy's scarf thingy and try and get some sleep. Wish me luck!

Jazmyn Kemper (the last blog as a Kemper :()