Wedding Bells

Yesterday was my best friend Alison's wedding. The entire weekend felt like a whirlwind, and I'm sure it was even more so for her, but here are a few pics I snapped.

Friday, before the rehearsal, I went with Alison, her mom, and one of our other best friends, Aimee, to get our nails done. It was a fun and relaxing experience. I think that besides the mall the nail place may be my happy place.

Alison and Aimee getting their pedis!

Alison, Aimee, and me outside the nail salon!

Soon after, we had the rehearsal. Since I was busy trying to pay attention to what I was supposed to do, there is no pic. However, I did manage to snag one of my best friends at the dinner. We've been friends since high school. I think we look just as good, if not better now!

Alison, Erin, Aimee, and me at the rehearsal dinner.  Friends since freshman year- 18 years!

Erin, the fourth in our A Team, stayed with me Friday night and we headed to the salon early Sunday morning! I'll spare you the getting ready pics except one of the bride getting glammed up. The stylists and makeup duo that got us all ready were top notch! We had a great time getting ready.

Doesn't Alison look glam?

Here are close ups of my hair and make up. I had a pic of a hairstyle but it didn't quite turn out like I planned. Still cute though!

I LOVED my make up! I wanted my eyes to pop in pictures and, boy, did they! The false eyelashes made me feel so glam!

After being in the sweltering heat several times-doesn't do the make up justice!

Here's a couple of full length pics so you can see my dress. I absolutely adore this JCrew dress! My only problem was it needed to be taken in slightly at the top (first time that's ever happened!) so I had to be careful that it didn't expose my bra. Other than that it was super comfy!

Once we got to the church, we inhaled some sandwiches and got ready. Some quick pics of the bride, bridesmaids, and brides family and we were back inside. It was extremely hot and humid so we cooled down before the ceremony. No pics of that, I was busy being a bridesmaid!

After the wedding we took more pics at the church and then headed out on the trolley. So fun-except no air conditioning! :( We managed to not melt while making a couple more stops for pics and then it was party time!

Here's the besties all dolled up. I love these gals!

I got to hold on to Aimee's little guy Max while Aimee and her hubs finished eating. I love our self portrait!

Auntie Anna and Max love hanging out!

Here are a couple snaps of the happy couple! My favorite is the last. We were cleaning up around Alison and Chris and here they were-oblivious and obviously so happy and in love! 

Congrats to the happy couple!