Flashback Friday: It's wedding season

My first wedding of the season is this weekend, and then it's full throttle through the summer and into the fall. I like weddings, so for me it's fun. I started out with no weddings this year and was a little sad, and then bada boom bada bing. 5 weddings. Whoo hoo!



It's funny now to look back at the different stages of wedding growth in my life. That's right, there are stages. The first was flower girl, which I never was. This is probably why I seem to be stuck in limbo in stage 4. I'm like a child who wasn't breast fed long enough providing the nutrients I need develop. What's stage 4? We'll get to it.

The second stage was bridesmaid. This was where I started to think about my own wedding. I planned it all. It would be Great Gatsby style, on a long stretch of green grass with a live band and lots of martinis and champagne.

The third stage was my engagement. I dreamed, I planned and then I learned my future Husband didn't want to wear a tux. Bye bye Gatsby, hello Mexico.

And the fourth stage, in which I am stuck, is the wedding itself. I love weddings. I loved mine, I love yours, they make me happy. I love the coordination and the details and the meaning behind it all. Sure it's expensive and a waste to some, but not to me. There are ways around everything. Even county zoning when I start my own venue ;)

Sometimes, I start to move on to the fifth stage of weddings. Where I start to notice the cute little children dressed up for the wedding, and how those little girls stare in awe of the beautiful bride . And I think to myself, "aww I can't wait until I have cute little flower girls ." But then I flashback to THIS FRIDAY, and decide to stick to stage four.

So there you have it. The reason behind my inability to move beyond weddings. I missed stage one and never fully developed.

Oh well, I think my sister and I made pretty cute wedding guests...maybe even showed up a few flower girls with our dance moves....

I actually don't think this was taken at a wedding.

We know the rules, only the bride wears white!