the bridal party!
Just for reference purposes, here's a list of very important people in my wedding. =) We'll have 5 attendants on each side, so a bridal party of 12 including us. I actually thought 4 on each side would be better, but I didn't want to leave anyone out and cause hurt feelings or anything. In retrospect, 4 may have worked because I really don't think my cousin expected me to ask her, but she is really excited and I'm glad, because I've always wanted her in my wedding. My side feels complete the way it is and I'm really happy with it.
Bride: me!
Groom: James. We started dating on 4/15/2002, got engaged on paper in August 2007, and he gave me my ring on 11/15/2008. Then I immediately changed both of our Facebook status and sent very happy text messages.
Maid of honor: Marisa, marisa81985. She's been my best friend since our first day of kindergarten. She's my sister. Her family is my family.
Bridesmaid: Ashley, ashez728. We met at Camp Louise in 2002, when we were CITs (counselors in training) together that summer and the summer after. Then for the next two summers, we worked there together. She was at Misericordia for two years with me, too, and I stayed at her apartment in Dallas a lot and now her apartment in Bloomsburg quite a bit. She's my other best friend.
Bridesmaid: Sadie, daisee. My wife! We started talking online in early 2005 because of Hanson stuff. She's from Nebraska and flew out here for a long weekend in March 2007 to visit me and see a Hanson show. I flew out to Nebraska to stay with her for a week in August of 2007 and again in August of 2008. I can't wait until she comes back to PA!
Bridesmaid: Courtney. James's 18-year-old sister, a freshman at Misericordia. I like Courtney more than James does. Besides, I always wanted a little sister.
Bridesmaid: Caitlin, my 20-year-old cousin. She's my closest cousin and the closest thing I had to a little sister growing up. We had sleepovers constantly.
Flower girl (hopefully): Natalynn, Ashley's baby niece. She'll have just turned 3 by the time our wedding comes around, so I'm hoping with all my heart that she'll be able to handle it, because I really want a flower girl and I love Natalynn. She loves me, too, and even says so! [It sounds like "I-da-doo", lol.] Haha I babysit her sometimes, and Ashley and I have taken her and her little sister Kiera overnight a few times to give Ashley's sister, also a Courtney, a break.
James hasn't picked his groomsmen yet and wants to wait quite a while. He's concerned I picked mine too early, actually. If we had gotten married right out of high school [which really, is when we started talking about marriage--that would have been ridiculous though, getting married before we were even old enough to drink!], for example, his best man would have been our friend Ryan, who he doesn't even really talk to anymore.
My intended MOH has always been Marisa, though, and only untimely death could ever change that. The rest of my intended BP has changed a little since then, as friendships change, but I think the girls I have now are the ones who will stick with me. Courtney and I got closer as she got older, and she'll be my sister-in-law. Ashley is really a forever friend and so is Sadie. Ashley and I got so much closer the summer of 2003 at camp and then in college, and Sadie and I fly halfway across the country to see each other. Besides, anyone who welcomes me into their home and lets me share their bed is a keeper. ♥♥♥
Bride: me!
Groom: James. We started dating on 4/15/2002, got engaged on paper in August 2007, and he gave me my ring on 11/15/2008. Then I immediately changed both of our Facebook status and sent very happy text messages.
Maid of honor: Marisa, marisa81985. She's been my best friend since our first day of kindergarten. She's my sister. Her family is my family.
Bridesmaid: Ashley, ashez728. We met at Camp Louise in 2002, when we were CITs (counselors in training) together that summer and the summer after. Then for the next two summers, we worked there together. She was at Misericordia for two years with me, too, and I stayed at her apartment in Dallas a lot and now her apartment in Bloomsburg quite a bit. She's my other best friend.
Bridesmaid: Sadie, daisee. My wife! We started talking online in early 2005 because of Hanson stuff. She's from Nebraska and flew out here for a long weekend in March 2007 to visit me and see a Hanson show. I flew out to Nebraska to stay with her for a week in August of 2007 and again in August of 2008. I can't wait until she comes back to PA!
Bridesmaid: Courtney. James's 18-year-old sister, a freshman at Misericordia. I like Courtney more than James does. Besides, I always wanted a little sister.
Bridesmaid: Caitlin, my 20-year-old cousin. She's my closest cousin and the closest thing I had to a little sister growing up. We had sleepovers constantly.
Flower girl (hopefully): Natalynn, Ashley's baby niece. She'll have just turned 3 by the time our wedding comes around, so I'm hoping with all my heart that she'll be able to handle it, because I really want a flower girl and I love Natalynn. She loves me, too, and even says so! [It sounds like "I-da-doo", lol.] Haha I babysit her sometimes, and Ashley and I have taken her and her little sister Kiera overnight a few times to give Ashley's sister, also a Courtney, a break.
James hasn't picked his groomsmen yet and wants to wait quite a while. He's concerned I picked mine too early, actually. If we had gotten married right out of high school [which really, is when we started talking about marriage--that would have been ridiculous though, getting married before we were even old enough to drink!], for example, his best man would have been our friend Ryan, who he doesn't even really talk to anymore.
My intended MOH has always been Marisa, though, and only untimely death could ever change that. The rest of my intended BP has changed a little since then, as friendships change, but I think the girls I have now are the ones who will stick with me. Courtney and I got closer as she got older, and she'll be my sister-in-law. Ashley is really a forever friend and so is Sadie. Ashley and I got so much closer the summer of 2003 at camp and then in college, and Sadie and I fly halfway across the country to see each other. Besides, anyone who welcomes me into their home and lets me share their bed is a keeper. ♥♥♥