Melanie's Blog: Hannah's Wedding Rehearsal!

Hannah got married on Saturday, June 8th, but on Friday we all got together and got ready for the big day.

Here are some of the girls getting the candles out and set up for the center pieces around the tables.

Here are the actual wedding reception tables.

Natalie hanging up the lanterns. She ended up staying long after we left to make sure that everything got set up correctly. She did a great job!

Here is Jen working on the "Just Married" sign that went on the back of the limo.

Here is Hannah's mom and her aunt Lynn. They were joking about how much they sound alike. Steph recorded them arguing earlier in the day, and when Steph played it back they said it sounded like the same person arguing with herself. It's funny, because Hannah and her mom sound a lot alike too. When I call over there sometimes I can't tell if its Hannah or her mom answering.

Here are the Stephs getting the vases ready to go onto the tables.

Here is Hannah helping getting the tables ready.

You can see Sam opening up one of the lanterns that went above the tables. Sam and I went around and opened all of the lanterns that were on the tables and helped set out the name tags onto all of the plates too.

Here is Sam and Hannah. I can't believe how tan Hannah was!!!

Here are the three girls!

Here are all of the brides maids helping set up.

Looks like Jen was the tannest of us all! I love this sign that she made!

After setting up the reception hall we all left to get manicures and pedicures. Here are Hannah and I getting a pedicure. It was amazing there!! They gave such good massages, and then they placed hot towels on us at the end. It was amazing, and it was a good price too. For $55 we got our manis and pedis which compared to where I used to go in Westlake ($50 for just the pedi) that was a great price! We went to a place on Lorain Rd in North Olmsted in a shopping plaza by CVS.

Here are some of the other girls getting their pedicures.

Steph got a full set of nails that took a while to do.

I can't believe it! Hannah actually got fake nails for the first time in her life! The nails looked great... I just hope that she likes them. I know when I had my fake nails, I wasn't a huge fan of them. They just felt so fake, it was hard to get used to. But I guess if you are ever going to get them... get them for your wedding and honeymoon. The rest of the girls just got gel filled nails done. The woman cut my nails really short, and Cody has been crying because I can't "properly" scratch his back anymore. I told him that the nails are going to last two weeks, and he told me that I'm going to have a lot of scratching to catch up with by then haha.

Here is Jen getting her nails done. She brought yummy drinks for all of us girls. We all had a drink as we getting our nails done. It was super relaxing to sit in the massaging chairs and get our feet and then hands massaged. I hope that we all go back and get them again! I know Jen usually gets a manicure every two weeks and I can understand why. This is something I'd definitely like to do when I get married! And I think this will end up being an every other month treat type of thing I'd do with a daughter too!

Here is Sam getting her nails done! Isn't she so pretty???

I'm not sure when it happened, but Sam has become the beauty expert among us. She did all of our hair and make up for the rehearsal dinner. Then afterwards she knew about a lip scrub using baking soda, vanilla, and sugar... you mix it together and then put it on your lips and move your lips back and forth 10 times. It makes your lips feel great. She also made us a face mask made up of aspirin that is supposed to make your skin feel really smooth. You crush up the aspirin and mix some water in it, then you put it on your face. I was really impressed with all of her beauty tips!

She did all of our hair in this picture. Poor thing, she spent all her time on us and barely had time to do her own. But I absolutely love how my hair looked in this picture! I need to buy the heating wand that she used to do it. And doesn't Steph's braid look adorable? I loved her outfit! And of course we can't forget the beautiful bride... we all looked so pretty! Ahhh I love this picture. :) Good job Sam!

Here is Hannah hugging her uncle Hal at the wedding rehearsal.

Here she is seeing and hugging her grandma for the first time. Now, I thought this was a great picture until I saw the picture the real photographer took of her grandma seeing her for the first time the next day in her wedding dress. Larry definitely had some good pictures... I can't wait to see more of them. But I still think this picture is still a keep sake!

Here are Hannah's parents.

Here's the four of them.

Steph and I! I'm so glad that Hannah was able to loan me her black pull over, because it added so much class to my dress! I was going home to get my pull over that looks like this, but my road just so happened to be blocked off when I tried to get there. I was quite flustered at first, but I'm glad it worked out.

Hannah, Kyle, and Sam.

Aren't they pretty? I was impressed with Kyle all dressed up in a suit!

This is the best picture I have of him and Brian, but it's hilarious... you can tell that they think alike! They were both wearing grey suits and purple shirts. Haha! Brian made a joke that he called his dad and told him not to wear a purple shirt or a grey suit, and he showed up and saw what Kyle was wearing. Too funny! With the way they think alike you can see why he was Kyle's best man.

Here is Skipp practicing giving Hannah away.

Here they are practicing their vows! I won't lie... I got teary here... even though they actually weren't saying them yet! (Yes... this is foreshadowing for the next day)

But I wasn't the only one! Here is Hannah's mom with her "Why am I not allowed to cry" look. Some of the girls were hassling her about it. She said she was trying to get all of her crying out now so that she wouldn't the next day (more foreshadowing for what actually happened on the wedding day).

Here they are going over their practicing what they would do for their unity sand. I had never heard of this, but it was a cool idea. Some people light a unity candle, but you have to blow that out. With the sand you can keep it, and see it later. I thought that was neat.

Practicing being introduced as husband and wife!

Hannah and her maid of honor!

Hannah and her grandpa.

Not to toot my own horn or anything... but that bow bouquet was looking pretty good! Haha.

Here they are getting ready to practice going down the aisle!

Here they came! And yes I was taking pictures the whole time... I did surrender my camera to my mom for the actual day of.

Next we went to Bucci's in Parma for dinner. When I heard the name Bucci's I thought we were going to go to an Italian restaurant and I was nervous I wouldn't have anything to eat. But they had a really nice dinner here, and I ended up eating prime rib! Yum! Funny enough, I recognized this place once we got there... this was where Bendix took us for our Christmas dinner when I started there. Pretty neat! Here is Hannah and Steph! Don't they look adorable? Love the dress choices they picked.

Here is Sam and I! I absolutely love this picture of us!

Sam and "little" Mason.

Steph and I! I love this picture too. Cody usually doesn't like my hair curled, but even he liked it like this. I'm going to have to figure out how to do it!

Kyle and his mom.

Hannah's grandparents. And despite what she thinks, Hannah's grandma does look good in pictures!!

Here she is with her daughter, Lynn.

Here are Kyle's two brothers.

Look how big Hunter has got! It was so crazy!!! I can't believe how much he's grown. He is going to be a senior in high school this year! So crazy! He was quite the gentlemen during the wedding day. We were walking down a big hill to take pictures below a bridge by the church, and I was having a hard time walking down in my shoes. He was the only person that noticed I was struggling to walk, and he said "You look like you need some help, may I escort you down?" He handed me his arm and then said "I am an usher after all." It was so sweet! He's such a good kid.

Here is Kyle's aunt and uncle.

Hannah's two aunts.

Hannah's uncle and cousin.

Hannah and I! I love this picture of us!

Skipp and I.

Skipp and Sam. I can't believe how much they look alike!

Here is Hannah's wedding present from Kyle. He got her diamond earrings and a necklace. Hannah got all of us girls really nice presents too. I was really surprised, because I didn't expect so much. She got us all necklaces and earrings to wear to the wedding the next day, and that was really all that I was expecting we would get. But she also got us all adorable clutches that were full of some essential things, and she got us a diamond candle (which I happen to be burning right now! Can't wait to see my ring)! It was so nice, and I was so surprised. Very sweet of her.