Leading up to Alaina's wedding was a lot of denial on my part, you see my best friend was going to marry her best friend and start their lives together. But by starting their lives together that meant that Alaina would be moving from Edwardsville and to Champaign. Bittersweet is probably the best adjective.
However, the wedding day was far from sad or bittersweet. It was such a fun, special day and the only thing that I would have changed was that I had a 102℉ temperature and had felt like death warmed up that weekend (starting Thursday before the Saturday wedding). I persevered and thankfully ibuprofen and Tylenol did their jobs, so I felt relatively well, all things considered.
We started the day at Alaina's sister, Jenna's house with hair and make-up. Then we went to the church to get our dresses on and start the picture process. All the while, Alex was home gearing up for his role of making the flower girl look like a rockstar. He did an awesome job and not only fed and dressed her, but he also did her hair and was ready for pictures early! We tried some pictures with Alaina but it was a little too close to nap time, so we ended up doing Margo and Alaina's pictures after the ceremony.
After all the bridesmaids and groomsmen walked down the aisle, it came time for Margo and the ring bearer to walk down the aisle. They both did great but Margo was awesome and all of her hard work after church on Sunday's had paid off (I'm totally biased, sorry). She threw her petals, smiled at everyone, gave a little squeal and then finished by running the rest of the way down the aisle to Alex. The ceremony itself was beautifully done and it was very clear that Garrett and Alaina have centered their relationship around Christ.
The rest of the day is a bit of a blur (probably because of the fever), but we had a great time at the reception and danced the night away. After we saw Garrett and Alaina off on their honeymoon, we helped clean up and crashed as soon as we got home.
I feel really honored that Margo and I got to be a part of their wedding and even more that we still get to do life together, 159 miles apart.
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