Friday, November 7, 2008

A Beautiful Wedding

We left for Chicago on October 24th driving. Everything went fine I thought. We first drove to Wisc. and spent Sunday and Monday with Jen and Dan. They have a really nice apartment. My left ankle hurt and was a little swollen. We left to go to my brothers on Tuesday morning. It was 25 degrees out when we left and we had had snow flurries, nothing stuck. When we got to my brothers on Tuesday my ankle had gotten more swollen. My sister and brother put me on house arrest and had me ice my ankle and elevate it. My sister had an extra compression stocking with her and had me put it on. That helped alot. In driving up the only time we stopped was for gas and potty breaks. I didn't realize that I should be stopping every couple hours and just walk around. I learned my lesson. On the return trip I made sure that I stopped and walked. My ankle did fine.
Now to the good stuff. I weighed myself at my brothers and the scale said I lost a total of 6 lbs while there. After the wedding I was sure that I should loose with the dancing that I did. It was a lot of fun. When I got up this morning before going to Curves I weighed myself and it said that I had lost another 3 lbs. That makes a total of 9 lbs while on vacation.
Now the wedding was beautiful. I had to exchange the top I had bought in September while I was at my brothers. I was about to go down one size. Jennifer was a gorgeous bride and Dan was a handsome groom. Here are a few pics that I took.
This is Jen and Dan, Porsche and Aislinn, the maid and matron of honor, and the two best men, Dan's brother Mark and Dan's best friend Kevin.
This is Ava the flower girl. She is the daughter of one of the other bridesmaids.
This is me with my best friend (from grade school/high school)Patti Hajek, it was so good to see her.
It was such a fun wedding. The kids did a great job on planning it. Everyone said that they had a great time. We even saw them the next morning before they left for the airport. They went to Disneyland and then to Las Vegas. I am glad we are home now and everything went well. Now it is time to recuperate.

1 comment:

Tim and Steph Lovell said...

She looks absolutely beautiful and everyone looks happy!! I cant wait to see more pictures!!!