So last weekend Amber Winn got married...yay! I went with Jenni and a few others to the Charleston Chapel on Friday at around 10:30am to help set up for the reception. It was soooo much fun! Everyone was tired and stressed out, but we were all excited and at the end, all overjoyed at how beautiful the room looked. During the set up, Jenni, her (cousin?) Courtney, and I were setting up the two arches for the family line to stand in front of, and we were getting kinda tired, so Amber cranked out the ipod and played some disney tunes, and we were pumped again and having a blast singing along while working. I've decided that Jenni is one of my favoritist people ever!After the setting up was done at around 6:30ish, Jenni and I went to Chipotles to meet up with Amber and the rest of the girls for her "bachelorette" type thing, and we had some fun with them til around 9:30pm. I was soooo tired by the time I got home, but couldn't help being way excited for the day ahead.
Saturday morning Amber was to be sealed at 9:00am, but my mom and I headed over to the temple at around 8:30 and I sat with Jenni and some children she was taking care of in the foyer while my mom went in to the sealing. We were out there for a little while, and seriously did a count down to when Amber Winn would officially be Amber Turner...so fun! After we went outside to wait for the traditional walk-out by the bride and groom, and we waited, and waited because the sealing ceremony had begun a little late, and the bride's bouquet was at the chapel across the street along with the other flowers so a groomsman had to go and get them. When the time finally came for them to come out, we kept having false alarms with others coming out of the same doors, such as some of the grandparents and friends...so after all the hustle, I decided to record them coming out so it'd be remembered!!!
Afterwards there were tons of pix taken, though the heat nearly killed us all! Amber was absolutely radiant, the most beautiful bride ever! We all went to a luncheon put on by Mike's side of the family, and it was much needed after being out in the heat. My mom and I took Jenni home and then took Tiff, Ash, and Benjamin to 7/11 to get free slurpies (couldn't forget that!) and then we went off to the chapel at 3pm to start working on the food and the last minute set up stuff. We met Jenni and her dad there, along with other sisters who were to help with the food, and we (thankfully) got everything done, and when Sister Winn brought the cake (which she made herself) everything looked beautiful and fell into place.
The reception was a hit! It started at 6:30 and went until 9:00. It was one of the most beautiful weddings, it was so much fun to be a part of. One of the best weekends ever!
