Wednesday, November 2, 2011

HAIR, HAIR AND MORE STUFF.

Continuing.

Wedding prep for the Bridal party can tend to be quite extensive.
Some makeup application on Rachel, sister of the bride.
She was home from Virginia (correct me if I'm wrong) missing classes for her sister's wedding.

Cabela's.
Love it.
Sorry, I had to stick that in.
Like I said earlier, these ladies have a lot of hair.
Check out Rachel's!

You don't want to know how long it took to get all those curls in!


Jill came a bit later on with the little guy.
He is a happy kid!
He was content for the most part being entertained and passed around from person to person.
A few of the munchies..
homemade cinnamon rolls
Bah dum dum dum...Here comes the bride!!
Lil was second to last..well, technically third as you'll see..to get prepped.


After trying hairstyle after hairstyle on different nights, she finally decided on a simple, elegant look.


Happy Caleb!
He even had a bit of a cold and it didn't seem to phase him.


Almost there!

The rings..
Super sparkly!!
Not that you can appreciate that from the picture.


Pretty.

This is one wedding where we can say we were right on schedule.
Even with the amount of people to get ready..it was nice to have some "down time" instead of rush, rushing to get everyone prepared.  FYI, if you didn't already know..I am not the one creating these hairstyles.  I did help curl and did makeup, not to mention take all the pictures (hey, I never claimed to be a professional!) but the bulk of the work was done by my sister. 
Talented, no?

VISIT.

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to get together with a friend of mine.  We go waaaaaaaaay back ;). She has twin boys that are just a few months younger than Rian. 


Six kids=lots of toys all over the place.
It is nice that a few of us have remained friends since middle school and most of us have kids around the same ages to make getting together all the more fun!
I thought I had more pictures, but I guess that is all for now.
Nice to see you all!!

ARE YOU READY???

Because we're going to the chapel...
Post 1 of many.
Just too many pictures for one shot.

So, October 21st, Joel and Lil tied the knot.
Here are the wedding prep pictures.
It was a long day...
My alarm clock went off at 2am
(yes, 2 AM!!!) to be out of the house and to my sisters for a little after 4am..then the trek down to the bride's abode.  Or, rather, the home of the bride's parents! 

Though a bit blurry, the clock read 5:18am.
This was after we set up all our goodies.
It was early.



 Annie was bright and cheery for being up so early!
And to her credit, she remained so for the day.
The first of the girls to get her hair done.


 A groomsman's ensemble.

 Finishing touches.
 NEEEEXT!!  
Maid of Honor, Rachel.



 Sister of the bride, Sara. 
Home for a short leave from China!!
(You can check out her blog at www.sarakatrina.wordpress.com for some awesome views of China)




 Jen was next, she and Emily arrived around 7:30 am.



 Emily.  This girl has a lot of hair!!
Actually the majority of these girls have nice, Long, Thick hair!
Makes prep time a wee bit longer.

 Pay came along on request to help do makeup.
 Curls, curls, and more curls!
 Annie was the "bobby pin" girl for awhile.
 Back is up..time to pretty up the front!
On to our next grouping!