The exciting wedding day finally arrived for Corina and Jeff! The clouds were dark and thick, but many prayers accented for good weather for the wedding to take place at 2:00PM. After a long night for mom baking wedding cakes and making frosting, mom and I loaded the car and took of for Spokane. Both mom and I had such a hard time staying awake it was scary! A few stops and some soda kept us going.
The hustle and bustle of wedding preparations and company where in full swing upon arrival. Mom and I quickly worked in the kitchen to assemble the layers of cake with filling and frosting. The bride arrived in her cute white sweats with her veil, hair, and make-up all intact. I teased her about about being all ready for the ceremony since she was all dressed up and in her white dress already. Along came her maid of honor, her sister Chelsea got all of us bridesmaids together to the bottom section of the house. There it was closed off just for us girls and getting ready. As the maid of honor and mother of the bride assisted the bride to get dress...all of us bridesmaids busied ourselves with make-up, hair, and slipping into our very pink matching dresses. I have never dressed quite like I did today...It felt strange. All the girls looked great in pink and we all had a big dress up party just like little girls. Everything was hurry...hurry because we were having pictures taken before the wedding...yes, that meant the groom saw his bride before the ceremony. I was lucky to catch the bride peering out the door window all nervous right before the first look. The bride and groom had a private moment with their photographer....we all missed out! Then all of us bridesmaids with the bride had fun with picture taking out front while the groomsman out back with the groom. My favorite picture is still what the maid of honor called "The James Bond Pose" with the bride. After pictures...all wedding party was bound to inside the house until the wedding at 2:00PM and the wedding march began. The clouds parted and sunlight streamed down as the wedding ceremony started. It was perfect and a bit windy. Everything went well and the ceremony beautiful! The preacher's notes did blow away, but the best man was able to retrieve them. The bride and groom kiss and so the life of Mr. and Mrs. Cook begins!
The wedding reception followed with a beautifully vegetarian catered dinner, I was the first one to call Corina Mrs. Cook which made her laugh, the cake cutting (Mom did an amazing job as always...it was beautiful and very tasty), the bride bouquet toss...which Sarah (one of the bridesmaids) caught, the garter toss, the first dance, sending the married couple off to their hotel, and sighing with relief of another wonderful wedding come to an end. Now for the trip back home. It was beautiful, fun, some tears shed, and making new friends. Such a special day! May God richly bless your new lives together Mr. and Mrs. Cook.
