However, Bennett had other plans and he went down for a nap at 10 am! So.... I went down to some of the other's girls rooms to bum a ride so Adam could stay and let him sleep (Adam had to wake him up so that they could check out of the hotel... I guess he needed some extra sleep)
So, we (Steph, Melissa, Heidi and myself) made it to Katrina's parents house about 10:30. Katrina and two of the other girls had already had their hair done professionally so after a bit of socializing the rest of had to get started on each other. (Which ended up being mostly just Heidi and Melissa helping all the rest of us out!)
At 12:30 we left for the church to all get officially ready
A funny thing happened while buttoning all 500 of Katrina's buttons ... we realized that we both were still wearing the rings I bought in Russia (they say, "Lord, save and protect" in Russian) so in our silly excitement, we had to snap a picture!
Who knows what time the florist had arrived at the church but man on man, she was amazing!
Katrina and Louie decided to take pictures together before the ceremony
sneaking a peak from the back as they met
Around 4 o'clock we all went into hiding in the back room again, let the boys enjoy the hard wood floors (Bennett loved hearing his boots on it), and made sure that Katrina ate something before the ceremony!
At 4:30 (when the wedding started) Adam was out front meeting Michael and Becky to hand off Bennett. Only thing was, Bennett had fallen asleep so they drove off with a sleeping toddler... very brave that Becky and Michael are!
(We later found out that he woke up a little confused, but never cried!)
I love when people who really love the Lord and want to serve Him together get married! The ceremony was so full of beauty and love and honor!
(and Katrina was super cute with her vows! I've never heard anyone say them so passionately and with such vigor!)
The reception started soon after and we all had a great time!
(Adam wasn't at the head table, so I went and visited him)
(three kinds of cupcakes... the chocolate cinnamon were amazing!)
We had to take an APU picture ... mostly since there were all these crazy kids from Whitworth there and we were all standing around talking about how old we were and how much energy they all had ... but none the less, we got a cute picture!
Funny, we really do look older...
So, Katrina and Louie took off after changing into there converse and it was perfect timing because with in minutes of them leaving it started to rain super, super hard!
Adam and I took some extra cupcakes for Becky and Michael and made a quick exit (with permission from the maid of honor of course) to go get Bennett and free the babysitters! Little did we know, Bennett had been fabulous and was having a great time playing twister with the fam!
Becky's brother lived about 10 minutes from where the wedding was so Becky and Michael watched Bennett over there (they also took the opportunity to use the TWO laundry rooms her brother has... amazing house!) We hung out for a while (waiting for the last of the clothes to dry) and it was again so nice to just relax in the company of good friends ... and to explore Becky's brother's rad house!
Bennett absolutely LOVED playing with Becky and Michael!
Once we were all packed up, we made the drive back up to (just south of) Portland to Becky and Micheal's cute, cute apartment for a good nights sleep!
Our trip is almost over.... :(
