Wedding Weekend

This past weekend, I drove across the most boring place on Earth (western Nebraska) to get to a small little Nebraska town. The reason, going to a good friend's wedding. I got there and was really hoping to have a good time. I needed a good break away from everything that was going on at home. So I got there and met up with Justin and all the other groomsman. It was wonderful catching up with everyone. Then we went to rehearsal and met Jill (his new wife), her bridesmaids, and all the family that was there. Everyone was very friendly and made me feel completely at home. We listened to some really bad jokes by the pastor and enjoyed a beautiful night outside. On the way to the rehearsal dinner, we may have gotten a little lost, drove around town and even watched a marching band getting ready to enter a Friday night high school football game. The dinner was awesome with some great food and a lot of fun conversation with old friends and people that would become new friends. We went back to Justin's place and 'the guys' hung out and had a great time together. Although sleep was at a minimum that night! I woke up early the next morning, too early, and we proceeded to make a wonderful breakfast! The rest of the morning was pretty laid back as we got checked into the hotel, ate lunch, and got ready for the rest of the day.

We then got to Jill's house (the location of the wedding) and got ready for pictures. This is when I became known as "the green guy." I had a green vest on and so for pictures the picture lady called me by the color of my vest. I didn't mind at all though :) Although I normally hate taking pictures, I actually didn't mind taking pictures this time. The group of people made it fun to be taking the pictures! The wedding itself followed and was a beautiful ceremony. After the ceremony, and after being attacked by a swarm of gnats, we took a ride into town on a big green tractor and hayride. Although the driver of the tractor was pretty bad (thanks Justin ;)) it was a pretty fun ride into town. I can't remember the last time people stared at me like I was a complete fool :) The food at the wedding reception was amazing, especially the potatoes!! Some more fun followed as we ate and talked. Then came the wedding dance. For anyone that knows me, I'm a white guy, therefore a terrible dancer! Luckily the first dance was a slow one so i could ease my way into the dancing for the night!! :) I got to dance with my awesome new friend...aka "the green girl." After this I proceeded to dance a little more and probably got some really bad pictures of me!! The dance got over and it was finally time for bed! Good thing cause I was really tired and even though I only slept for 5 hours before getting up and heading home, it was really needed. Even though I barely slept the whole weekend, it was a great weekend and I really wish I could have stayed and hung out with everyone a lot more!!