May 16...... Josh and Kristie's wedding.....
Or as we refer to it, Josh, Kristie and Kylie's wedding. Just beautiful and perfect, the service solemn and touching, the reception a joyous celebration. This was my favorite picture of all. Not only is it beautiful shot but Cori perfectly captured this little family's circle of love. I held it together pretty well until the minister pronounced them man and wife, they kissed and immediately, both turned and held their arms out to Kylie. Of course I have the other three offspring to keep things in perspective. Don't think any occasion is to important for them not to inject humor. It just seems to be guaranteed, if all the kids are together, they're laughing and picking on each other and in honor of it being Josh's wedding, they all ganged up and picked on him. 
Jim and I having all our babies together always makes me happy but add to the mix the rest of the family and that just puts it over the top. Aunt Sis and Fult, Joe and Brenda and then our chosen family, Lenny&Yvonne, Jeammy and my precious Cori. Having no mother or sisters can be really rough if you don't have a Cori! While Jim ran crazy running "shuttle" to Slidell and seeing to Josh and the groomsmen (covering the hotel, checking tuxedos, taking them out for a late lunch), Cori and Samantha tag-teamed the proper care and keeping of "the mommy". Mamp covered the am shift (handling nerves and make up appts), then headed out to Slidell and handed my ass off to Cori. LMAO, only with Cori could I have squeezed in some scraptime before my child's wedding but putting the finishing touches on the guestbook was the perfect way to balance the nerves. And just to insure that I love her forever, she stepped into my search for a photographer (I firmly believe that the groom's family should have their own) and volunteered to cover that base as well. I can't even begin to say what an amazing job she did, only someone that knows us and loves us anyway could have captured these moments. On the flipside, only a trusted and loved member of our family could have caught us so relaxed and ourselves. I still have no clue how she pulled it off, especially with those killer shoes and dancing right along beside me but here's the proof . Guess I oughta add a sidenote to explain MY shoes, the day before the wedding, Yvonne had spent the evening doing my hair and when I walked she and Lenny out the door, one of the boards on the porch slipped away from the frame (still more K damage) and through the hole my leg went, adding insult to injury, the other end of the board flipped up and cracked me in the head, think the comedy routine with some fool stepping on the end of a rake and you've got the picture. LOL, the best part was the look on Lenny's face, scared the hell outta him! But no way in hell was I going to Puddleduck's wedding with bandages or a cast besides the fact that I shopped for weeks and covered Canal St to Kenner looking for the perfect shoes. I stuffed my swollen sausage foot in those damn heels and hung in there through the ceremony and formal pictures but the minute I hit our table, those suckers came off and on went the beaded flats that Mamp had bought me forever ago in SoBe. And just for the record, Jack Daniels works a helluva lot better than oxy. And-a yep, might have had a wee bit much to drink but kinda think it was damn fitting that Joshua Alan was totally sober but mom and dad had to be driven home. Maybe I shouldn't look at Josh and Kristie's wedding in such a lighthearted vein but they've been together for the past 5 years, share God's gift of Kylie, weathered storms (literally and figuratively) and seem to have helped each other grow up, the wedding seemed to almost be a recommitment. My hopes and prayers are for them to live a long and joyfilled life, building a strong harbor together, for each other and for Kylie. With that thought, I'll end for today, leave everything else for another day.
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What a beautiful tribute to me and to Josh. Had fun and it was all done out of love :)
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