Hello Monday ~ June 15, 2026/Wedding Weekend

 Happy Monday friends! How was your weekend?  Mine was a busy and fun one!

After work on Friday, I packed up and drove a little over an hour for my destination for the weekend.  One of my best friend's daughter got married!  I was able to spend the weekend there to be her right hand man and a help to the bridesmaids.  Speaking of the bridesmaids, my daughter was maid of honor!  She and the bride met in 1st grade at church and have been best friends.  She had gone down there earlier in the morning for a luncheon. I arrived to my cabin and had this lovely basket of snacks and drinks.

I went to the rehearsal and then headed over to the rehearsal dinner.

There were delicious appetizers at the rehearsal dinner!  I laughed when I saw the bacon wrapped shrimp because it reminded me of the episode of Parks & Rec when Ron Swanson mentions that is his 3rd favorite food wrapped in his 1st favorite food!  I don't disagree.

The wedding day was beautiful weather, thankfully. It was sandwiched in between a lot of rain. This is the chapel where the wedding was.

It is in a cute little Seaside type town, minus the beach!

It was a full morning of getting ready and doing so many little things.

We were in Mississippi, my home state!

My oldest daughter came into town for the wedding as well, so it was fun to be together again for less than 24 hours!

My crew...love these people

The stunning mother of the bride and one of my dearest friends!

And her lovely daughter, the bride!

So the band was amazing!  The female lead singer was a contestant on American Idol, season 8 and was top 11.  The male lead singer is Kortland Whalum.  Per google, he is a singer, songwriter, and Off-Broadway actor, & carries on the legacy of one of Memphis' most iconic musical families. We were well acquainted with his family as they are very popular and known in Memphis as musicians.  His uncle is Kirk Whalum (Grammy-winning saxophonist) and one of his brothers is Kameron Whalum (trombonist for Bruno Mars and tours with Bruno).  We moved our way up to the front of the dance floor!

Isabella brought one of her friends with her to the wedding and we all had fun dancing.  I don't think we left the dance floor for more than a minute to get a drink.  Even when the band went on a break, they had great music playing so the dance floor stayed full.

At some point during the night, I gave Kortland my boa and we may have been his back up singers from the dance floor, ha!

After the band finished, we loved getting this picture with Kortland.  It was a fun way to end the reception.

Sunday morning, we slept in and then we all grabbed a coffee before going our separate ways.  We also helped mom of the bride do a little packing up as well.  After unpacking when I got home, I basically rested while watching tv and doing a little laundry because this momma's legs were so tired.  But goodness, was my heart full!

Wedding ceremonies are still hard honestly, but I am so thankful we can laugh and have fun and I was able to re-connect with some people I haven't seen in a while.   

Hope you have a good start to your week!