On Friday evening, we had a Hine/Spear dinner in Southbury. We got to meet John's brother Grant, his wife Kelly, and their two little girls Kendal and Cami. It was so much fun to see everyone, and get to know them a little better. Then Tim and I had a drink with my parents, and then Sarah and I went "shopping" for jewelry in my mom's jewelry boxes!
On Saturday, we went to Crossfit, and I did my first WOD (workout of the day). It went pretty well, I even carried Tim for almost 200 meters, but I dropped him when we were almost there...oops! Afterwards, the ladies (Sarah, Lisa, Lauren and I) went to the salon to get our hair done for pictures. We had the dress rehearsal at the sailing center, then headed over to Platt's Farm to take photos. I am so excited to see the professional pictures, they are going to be fantastic! Sarah's friend Desirae was the photographer, and she is amazing! That night we had a wonderful rehearsal dinner hosted by John's parents, complete with a video of Sarah and John. It was lovely. We finished off the evening by having a drink with Nora and Joe :)
On Sunday, my dad and I went shopping - he was nice enough to chauffeur me around to get pie ingredients. Then I made 6 pumpkin pies with the help of Nora. In all, I made 12 pies for the wedding...it was a lot of work, but so much fun to make the pies for Sarah and John! Tim went golfing and out to dinner for John's bachelor party. That night I was pretty exhausted, but hung out with some fun ladies and helped Momma Hine at the sailing center. She, by the way, did the most amazing job on the reception decorations, with the help of Mrs. D and a few others. They completely transformed the place!
On Monday, it was finally WEDDING DAY! We got up early to get ready, and headed to Hamden to hike Sleeping Giant! The hike up was beautiful, and then we started the ceremony. It was a beautiful ceremony, and it was such a joy to see them get married! We hiked back down, and headed for the reception - it was so much fun, with amazing food (sushi station anyone?), drink, dancing, and speeches. John's niece Cami was the hit of the dance floor - she isn't even two yet and was out there more than anyone else!
It was so wonderful to see the intense, beautiful love that John and Sarah have for each other - I can't wait to hang out with them in their new home in St. Louis. They are in Hawaii for their honeymoon right now, and I'm a little jealous :)
We love you both so much. Sarah, you were a beautiful princess bride. We are so happy that you found such a wonderful man to spend your life with. John, we are so happy to have you as a part of our crazy family :)
Photos totally out of order and courtesy of me, Kelly Spear, and the amazingly talented Lauren Volo - her website is http://www.laurenvolo.com/ and you should absolutely check her out!
The getaway car
Photo courtesy Lauren Volo
The Castle Ceremony
Photo courtesy Kelly Spear
The dancing Hineys
Photo courtesy Lauren Volo
The amazing flowers by Dina Daddario
Beautiful Maid of Honor Lisa
Photo courtesy Lauren Volo
My beautiful mother in law
Photo courtesy Lauren Volo
My pumpkin pie!
Beautiful reception
Hubby and Me
Photo courtesy Lauren Volo
The sweetheart table at the rehearsal dinner
what a great recap! at the rate i've been blogging, it'll be months before i get to the wedding. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post Jess! What an amazing weekend it was, and thanks for all your help (those pies were awesome) in making it happen. Hope you guys are staying warm up there.
ReplyDeleteAww, I just read this for the first time. What wonderful memories and what a magical day! You were an awesome sis in all you did helping make it a perfect day. Thank you and love you!
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