A Colorado Wedding

On Friday of our Colorado trip we all got up and decided to go up Pike's Peak. I mean we had all been staring at it so we decided to take a trip up. Mema and Papa left to go to Red River and we sat around and talked for a minute then I decided I needed to get ready to go. I was minding my own business trying to get ready and was blow drying my hair when there was a knock on the door. It was my mom. Our conversation went a little something like this:

Mom: We've had a change of plans for today.
Me: What?
Mom: Tim and Alyssa are getting married.
Me: Huh?
Mom: Tim and Alyssa are getting married.
Me: What?
Mom: Tim and Alyssa are getting married.
Me: (Trying to put my mouth back in the closed position)
Me: Really? (I was VERY confused!)

Alyssa comes in the room:

Me: Are ya'll really getting married? (Still trying to put my mouth back in the closed position and still VERY confused, I mean what about Pike's Peak?!)
Alyssa: (Grinning bigger than I've ever seen her grin) YES!!
Me: How did this happen? When is this happening? Where is this happening? What are you going to wear? What about your family? Does Tim know?
Alyssa: (I'm sure she answered all of these questions but the only answer I heard was that she was going to wear JEANS------ NO WAY!)
Me: We have to go get a new dress! We need flowers and a cake! What is your favorite color? I have got to finish getting ready. We have lots to do!

Enter Tim:

Tim: Now we are not going to be making a big deal out of this.
Me: (Doing what I do best and totally ignoring THAT statement!)

So Tim and Alyssa went to get their marriage license. There is no waiting period in Colorado and you just have to have your driver's license and tell the lady that you aren't related. After they got all licensed up we met them and went to get rings and then we dropped off Tim because he didn't want to go shopping for a dress. We dropped him off and went to order Alyssa and Courtney bouquets. I had to make a conscious effort to not make all the decisions. I'm not sure I did a very good job especially when the florist suggested carnations for the bouquet. That was a big fat NO! Gerber daisies in assorted colors it was! I love Gerber daisies (I hope Alyssa does too!). So then we trekked into Colorado Springs and found a cute sundress and were headed back to the house to get ready.

Funny side story: Alyssa picked out a chocolate cake at Wal-Mart and we asked them to put a few pink flowers but no writing and we would be back later to pick it up. We asked my dad and Uncle Jerry to go by and pick it up. When they got there they had not decorated it yet so they decided to make the decorating decisions. Apparently they asked for more flowers and thought that Alyssa and Tim's names should be on the cake. I don't know why but I thought it was hilarious that they made the cake decorating decisions.

And now onto pictures!

Uncle Jerry married them on the deck!

Dad read scripture. It's a good thing they have an app for the Bible on his phone!

You may kiss your bride!

This picture cracks me up! She was VERY excited to be signing that marriage certificate!

Cutting the beautiful cake!

It was a very sweet wedding and we were honored to be a part of it. They were both so very happy and smiley! Welcome to the family Alyssa. I hope we don't drive you too crazy!!