The Bailey Bunch

I finally have a sister!!!  Travis (J's brother) and Mandy tied the knot at St. Simons Island in GA over the weekend.  It was absolutely beautiful and boy was it.....HOT!!!!  It was definitely worth sweating through the ceremony (J and I were both in the wedding) to see two of our favorite people pledge their love & commitment in front of all of their loved ones. 

The "weekend" (and I say weekend loosely because we flew down to Valdosta on Wednesday night and flew home on Sunday) went by quicker than any other weekend!  J had an interview with a hospital in Valdosta thursday morning, which went great!!  After the interview, we all ran errands to get prepared for the wedding festivities and finally arrived in St. Simons around 5:30.  We went to supper at Bennie's Red Barn with a huge crowd of family! It was great except the "barn" was literally 83492837 degrees inside. 

Here's the good ol' barn....
On Friday morning, the ladies had the bridal luncheon at the King & Prince Hotel which was AHH-MA-ZING.  It was beautiful, the food was delish, and it was nice to spend time with all the bridesmaids, Moms, aunts, cousins, etc!  We ate lunch, opened gifts from Mandy and made our way back to the Hotel to change and get ready for the Rehearsal and Rehearsal dinner.  While at the rehearsal, Brooke & Kirby, who are teachers I might add, told the two little flower girls that if they didn't get rid of all of their flowers walking down the aisle, to DUMP the rest of their flowers out at the end of the aisle.  Well guess what two little girls have WONDERFUL memories?!? It was the funniest thing I've seen in awhile, both girls came over and stood with us bridesmaids, took one look up at us- and KURPLUNK! All of the flowers were on the ground- It gave the crowd a good laugh...that's what their there for right?? We ended the night with a fabulous rehearsal dinner at Bonefish and tried to get to sleep at a decent hour...

Guess what time this girl was ready on Saturday morning??  And by ready, I mean-hair, makeup, dressed, lipstick on and ready to go- Just take a guess......Okay you're never going to guess- 7:45AM on Saturday morning.  Yes, you read that correct.  The wedding started at 11:30 so we had pictures starting at 9:30.  It was all worth it though to see Mandy's dream wedding come true!

The ceremony & reception were absolutely beautiful and couldn't have been more perfect!  I hope to steal borrow pictures from people who took pictures (sorry, I have an old-ish camara) Maybe my Hubby will buy me the new one that I've been wanting for awhile??  That would definitely help in my ever evolving blogging skills! 

Here's a picture of two of the cutest ring bearers you'll ever find!

Aren't they adorable?? They did a great job and are actually going to make some cash out of it- two ring bearers for $100/hour to anyone that needs them!  It's going towards their elementary education fund.  (I kid, I kid!)

I'll leave you with a picture of the beautiful Bride & Groom- more pictures to come!