Memories of loved ones past...

Luca and I have been through some extremely hard times. Several of which include the passing of loved ones. We want to remember Sabrina, Joey, Troyce and Grandma Ola. They would have been at our wedding without a doubt and would have been in it in a major way. Each of them played a major role in our lives. We miss them deeply.

The days before the wedding...

The final days before the wedding...

Eight of us went to Disneyland for my Bachelorette PArty. It was a great and fabulous last hurrah with my girlfriends. We got tons of attention in matching attire and loved evry second of it! Heather had bought me the Mouse ears with veil on an earlier trip to D~land during the year and we bought matching sparkly shirts too! It was grand! the aura of the whole weekend was FUNFUNFUN! Getting that many girls together might cause problems for some people but with my girls drama is to be avoided at all costs. Sure there were some rants but nothing that coudl have ruined my day! (even though it came close)...

After a super fun - albeit exhausting - weekend we headed back to Oakdale to prepare for the final week! My sister came home from LA with us which was a lifesaver! She helped me get everything done and I know that without her in the last few days there would have been a lot of things that just got forgotten about. she made lists and checked them twice! Isnt' that nice?

Tuesday before the wedding we had rehearsal. It was supposed to be at 5:30 but apprently I todl the paster 6 so he was there at 6. It was a little embarrasing for me I felt soooooooooooo bad! but he was there and we got started. Luca got a little frustrated at this point because he says there was a lot of unorganized people all wanting to be the wedding coordinator. We had 2 ladies from the church, our planner, and a family friend, not to mention all my girls! Whew! How we made it through that night I will never know! LOL. Anyhow after rehearsal we went to Heather and Mike's hosue. Maria made spaghetti and sausgae and we had salad and bread. It was DELICIOUS! I had been over to her house earlier in the day and we set out everything I bought for the dinner. I supplied all the paper products and Luca's momma and Luca brought all the food and drinks. We had a housefull but we all fit! It was wonderful. The guys played games and then we did our speech thanking everyone and handed out our thank you gifts. I gave the girls matching necklaces and earrings to wear in the wedding and we gave the guys golf bag pen holders with golf club pens! They are so cute!! We gave the little kids fun gifts of toys and things. The gift we gave to our little girl was a swarvoski bead necklace in hot pink and black! It is so adorable! I love it so much!!! She loves it too. She says "you went to Edwards?" like the Jared commercial. Its so funny.

On the Friday before the wedding my dad had asked me to go to coffee with some friends of his. I am NOT a morning person so this was a difficult task to agree to but when I tried to bomb out on him he sounded disappointed so the "daddy's little girl" in me sucked it up got up early and headed off to the Queen Bean with dad. Kenzie woke up too and wanted to come! It was crazy! We left the house at 6:30am. Joey Jones, Bill Jones and a few others were there. We ordered coffee and sat around talking to them for a while. It was so fun. There is something about planning a wedding and being able to say "I am getting married tomorrow" that is just too fun! They wanted to hear the details and when people talk about a wedding mostly you get smiles and congratulations! This group was just perfect to start my morning off. Next we went to eat breakfast at The Meditteranean which is like a Greek restaurant or soemthing but the food was traditional breakfast and was so wonderful! My momma ended up meeting us there after some coaxing but I am so glad she came. I think she is too!!