Wedding weekend was soooo much fun, I want the Sommers family to host another wedding soon! Jackie?? :)
it started out Friday morning... I went to the farm to help with the rehearsal dinner food prep. My parents, kev and Keylee and my uncle Jon were cutting up fruit and I was put on husking corn detail! LOL!
after we got done with that it was time to decorate the reception venue, which I came to find out that my dad and my aunts went roller skating there growing up on Tuesday nights! LOL!
decorating went really well and we got it done quickly, even though dad and I were there "helping" which was more like us attempting to decorate and then my mom's friend "redecorating" what my dad and I attempted to do.
After that my two aunts, my cousin and my dad and sister and I went out for lunch. My aunts asked where we could go for lunch and my dad was like "there is only a Triple R in town!" LOL! gotta love small towns.
after lunch my sister and I went back to the farm and just hung out with my mom and her friend before rehearsal and grooms dinner at 6:00. Then Kev came and hung out while Keylee and her bridesmaids got there nails done and he was more crabby than usual over a STINKIN background at the venue. it was pretty funny! That boy though, he's usually disgruntled anyway but times that by a 1,000 and it was out of control. I usually just ignore him, but our sister usually likes to ignite the flame. Watch out!
I was SOOOO nervous for rehearsal since I was reading scripture. Of course I thought of all the things that could go wrong, like tripping over my words or my feet. Which my dad did trip over his words.. he was filling in for Keylee's dad at rehearsal and when Adam asked "Who gives this woman to this man" my dad was like "My wife and I.. oh wait.. she does" and pointed to Keylee's mom, it was so funny.
Then it was time for the grooms dinner.. it was so fun with Kevin's friends that we all grew up with and good food too. And my mom's friends did the serving for the dinner, which was so nice of them.
I met all of Keylee's siblings and it was there that her youngest sister Tripp (who was the flower girl) was like "Hi I'm Tripp... its spelled T-R-I-P-P" and then her brother goes "I'm Rigg... and that's spelled R-I.... G.G". He's 4 or 5, it was so cute. So then everyone started spelling there names.
I went home to sleep and slept for a little bit last night, but it just seemed like no more how hard I tried to sleep, it wasn't gonna happen. Oh well. I got through the day with diet mt dew (my dad knows me so well!)
I got home and mom started on my hair and then family started to arrive and kev stopped by after golfing by himself in the rain and finally my stylist arrived (aka my sister!) late though, so it was a very stress filled hurry up and wait kind of day, but it was a BEAUTIFUL day! and I can't believe my baby brudder is a married man.
so we got to the church... late (of course) and then we got pictures done (which didn't take long because its Kevin and he hates pictures) and then we had lunch and I just got all kinds of nervous for my scripture reading.
Finally the wedding started and Keylee looked so beautiful in her dress. My reading went well, I kind of tripped over my words at the end, but then my sister kind of tripped over her words and then Kevin kinda tripped over his words in his vows, so I guess I started the Sommers word vomiting yesterday! LOL! I'm so embarrassed though because I came to discovered that I ripped my jumpsuit right by my knee. how embarrassing. I was so relieved that I got through my reading that I zoned out during my sister's poem and had to ask her about it later. A friend of Kevin and Keylee's sang and she did such a great job and then it was time for the vows, which were so great and Keylee got a bit teary eyed toward the end and then when they prayed together with there heads together, it was beautiful. Adam (Kevin's best man and officiant) was AMAZING and was definitely a highlight of the night! such great references to Kev and came to find out during Adam's best man speech was that because Kevin did a sermon during his youth group days and Adam was so inspired by that sermon that he went to seminary and does what he does now. Talk about a special moment.
And then Adam said they could kiss and Kevin goes "you betcha!" LOL! so minnesotan!
after the ceremony Jackie and I went home to try to fix my jumpsuit, but of course we couldn't find anything, so I changed into a dress and then we headed to the reception with the lighted backdrop (yah for Keylee winning!) and then we got to eat, but of course we ran into everyone we knew on the way to the food, so I didn't really eat. but it was so fun to see our childhood friend Josh and a group of girls we grew up with (Bria, Adrienne, and April) and to see our family that came into town. So much fun and then finally it was time to dance. It was so fun dancing with my whole family, Keylee included. Jack Miller sliding all over the dance floor and then my dad dancing aka marching around the dance floor. So much fun! my brother is such a great dancer and it was fun to dance with the Magnuson crew!
Even thought the bride ended up not feeling well at the end of the night, but in SICKNESS and in health right? such a fun weekend! so happy for Kevin and Keylee. Follow #KSsquared for pictures on social media!
and now I have a major headache. Probably from the loud music and heat, but so much fun. Let's do it again next weekend! LOL!
