Kristen's Wedding Part I

Its 5:30 in the morning and I can't sleep. I've put this off long enough and now it a perfect opportunity to share with all of you the story of my best friends wedding.
The weekend of August 7th I went down to Conway to be in Kristen and Moe's wedding. For all of you that don't know Kristen and I have been friends since the 9th grade, we lived together for 4 years, and have been through so much together!

THE BRIDESMAID LUNCHEON

When I got into town I went straight to bridesmaids luncheon. This was a time for all the girls to get together have lunch and share advice with Kristen about married life. We ate a beautiful lunch, chatted, and Kristen gave all of her bridesmaids beautiful gifts. We got a key necklace to wear in the wedding, flip flops to wear at the reception, and a jewelry travel bag with our initial monogrammed on the front.

The set up

The Food!!!

all of the bridesmaids

our wonderful bridesmaids gifts!

THE REHEARSAL

On Friday evening we all gathered together at the church for the rehearsal. We had a blast but we defiantly needed some practice to make sure the ceremony went really smoothly. After we practiced a couple of times it was off to dinner at Michael Angelo, a restaurant in downtown Conway. The food was fabulous. We had salad, pasta, lasagna, and cookies for dessert!

Kristen's mom Renee and Me

Laura and Me

Moe gave all of his grooms men machete knives! What an awesome gift. I was a little jealous, although I don't know what I would do with one of those.

Our private area at the restaurant

Groomsmen and ushers

Bridesmaids

Kristin and Me

Laura and Tucker

Me with the beautiful bride!

PREPARATION

The day of the wedding family, friends, and the wedding party meet at the Old Gin in Conway to start setting up. The boys worked hard on the sound system and hanging the lanterns while the girls did flower arrangements and table set up.

before

The awesome cake table
Thanks Justin Fabulous

working hard on the centerpieces

The dance floor

All the girls putting together flower arrangements for the center pieces

Kristen had 3 different centerpieces on the tables

center piece #1

center piece #2
we can not take credit for this beautiful arrangement of flowers. This too was done by Justin Fabulous one of the events people who helped Kristen plan the reception.

center piece #3

After!!!