Chris and Krystle's Wedding...Part Two

Saturday was a very busy day!! I got up very early to decorate the wedding cake. Then my dear, sweet sister came and drove the cake (and me) to the country club for setup. We met Krystle and her mom and I put the cake together. It took awhile to get all of the flowers arranged the way I wanted them. Krystle's mom was very sweet and ran out to get some baby's breath to add the final touches. We got a picture just in case we couldn't get one later. We looked rough...

When the cake was all finished, I went back home, ate a quick lunch, and got ready to go to the church. I did hair and makeup and everything at the church. It seemed like the thing to so, since it was rather windy outside! I had fun getting ready with the girls. Krystle was very calm. Here are a few pictures from the getting-ready process...

When we were all ready, we went up for pictures and then just stayed upstairs waiting for the wedding to begin.

They called me out to go play for the grandparents to be seated at 4:45. I waited, and waited, and waited, and waited for the signal to begin. Some of Chris's family were late and we were waiting for them. Mom was running out of music, so I was trying to find stuff for her. I felt kinda dumb standing up there not doing anything. Eventually I saw the grandmothers come out and line up to walk down the aisle, so mom and I started to play. But the grandmothers didn't walk. So we ended up playing Ave Maria twice. Oh well.

The ceremony was lovely. Krystle, who had been so calm all day, cried. I had to choke it back so I didn't cry too. The unity sand ceremony was neat. I had never seen that before. The ceremony was short and sweet. After the ceremony, we took the big group pictures, and then it was off to the country club for the reception to celebrate with Mr. and Mrs. Mizwa! :)