THE WEDDING!!!

This will be way too long if I say everything about this day, so I'll try to keep it short.
My wedding day was absolutely perfect. It could not have been any better. Everyone we love was there and all the planning and everyone's help made the day so beautiful and so memorable. I don't think I've ever had more fun than I did on that day. It was SO much fun!!!! I wanna re-do the day over and over again. It felt so important and so special and I got to marry my best friend!!!
I guess I'll start with walking down the aisle... It was fun. My dad laughed at me because he said I giggled a lot on the way down. It was just so cool and so fun and emotional, I guess it made me giggle. It was crazy to see everyone looking at me. I tried to take it all in, but it just went too fast. I saw Chris and I was very excited to be up there in front next to him. He looked sooo soo handsome! oofdah :) It was wonderful walking down with my daddy and having him and Chris hug and give me away to Chris. Then before I knew it, Brice and Megan were singing Hallowed. I almost started crying at that point because that song is so meaningful to me and then to hear my cousin and my brother sing and play guitar made it so much more meaningful. They did a fabulous job. Brice says he got off key at some point and this and that, but all I heard was awesomeness.
Then I think Brad and Julie were next, they read three bible verses that we picked out. Next, Aaron spoke. I really liked his message. He made it simple, yet important, and made it personal to us. He even made us and the audience laugh here and there. We said the vows, which was so awesome. I have heard people do vows so many times, in real life, on TV, in movies, and now I finally got to say all those words. When Chris was saying the vows to me, I could tell by the way he looked at me that he really meant them and was saying it right to me. I loved that part. I also liked saying it to him, because I meant it to! Next our moms came up at lit the two unity candles and Chris and I took those and lit the big one.
Meanwhile Katie Nordrum and my uncle Darin sang "Beautiful" a song I picked out for them. Honestly, I didn't get to appreciate their wonderful voices because I was too focused on the candles and then walking down to hug Chris' mom and my parents. However, I got many compliements and them and got to hear how great they sounded in the wedding video uncle Rick made for us. I was very excited for the next part, to be pronounced husband and wife! How fun was that! I loved to hear it. After waiting so long to be married, it's like no way! I'm Mrs. Lewis now! AHHHH. Then we got to kiss, which we had not done in like 1.5 years. So, that was also very cool. haha. Then we walked back down and hugged all the peeps in the church. Next we got to walk outside and have people blow bubbles on us! I seriously felt like a famous person walking down the sidewalk with everyone looking at us. It was so much fun! My dear sweet friends had decorated Chris' car and released balloons from the trunk when we got in the car. We waved to the peeps as Brice drove us away. We had an hour to spare, so Brice drove us to Taco Bell and we got pop. The Dietzman's followed us for a while and honked and took pictures of us! Oh how I love the Dietzies.
Next we arrived at Willow Creek Golf Course for the reception. The place looked amazing thanks to the many people who helped decorate it! We got to cut our beautiful cake and feed it to each other, fun fun. Then we were announced with the wedding party to come into the dining area. The DJ said our names and we walked on in. It was fun to eat at the head table. We weren't very hungry for some reason, but the food was really good! It was a buffet, but we got served at the head table, cuz we were special, heehee. People really liked to clinck their glasses so we had to kiss a lot, hahah. It was fun though.
Thanks to Brice, we got to watch a slide slow of Chris and I and our wedding party growing up that he and I put together. Then my Maid of Honor Cara gave her speech to me. It was very touching and hard not to cry. She is so sweet! Then she introduced Keith's speech. Keith was Chris' best man, but was in Iraq. So, he had made a CD of himself before he left and we played his speech up on the screen. It was so cool and also very touching.
Before I knew it, it was dance time. The first dance was Chris and I to "Beautiful" It was like I was in another world. I forgot everyone was watching and just had a blast dancing with my new husband. It was so so perfect. Then it was time for me and my dad to dance to "I loved her first" That was also very fun! My dad's become a pretty good dancer recently! It was very special to dance with him :) Then Chris and his mom danced. Chris told the DJ in advance to start by playing a rap song before the real, much slower, song. So the rap song comes on and Chris' mom just went right along with it. So the two of them are up there dancing their booties off while the rest of us are laughing our heads off. Wow that was sooo funny. Then the slow song came off and they finished the dance. Heehee, what goofs. I see Chris gets his moves from his mama. hehe.
Eventually a bunch of people were up dancing. We did the dollar dance, the hoeky pokey, the electric slide, and the chacha slide. We did the garter toss, which Nate Dietzman caught, and the bouquet toss, which Cara Dietzman caught! Dancing was so so so much fun, seriously the most fun night of my life. There were a bunch of people up there and it was fun to just dance around. I danced with Chris a bunch and then pretty much everyone else too, including Jensen, my 4-year old flower girl. Jensen was quite the dancer. I don't think anyone could have stopped her!!! What a sweetheart she was. She did an awesome job during the whole wedding process. I was so proud of her. It was very cute, she tried to learn the YMCA. I don't know what else to say to describe it all? It was just awesome. I got to dance with my parents, brothers, my cousins, my grandma, friends, and my husband! We were there right up until 11, when the dance was over! We left and found our way to our hotel. When we arrived we found the my aunts Susan and Julie had totally decorated our room! It was awesome. They put rose petals, kisses, candles, balloons, etc, everywhere! They are the coolest.
Our wedding day went so fast and it was so so so perfect. I was so touched by the way everyone put so much effort into helping us make it so much fun. So many people contributed to the day without expecting anything in return. It made me feel very loved to see how many people care about us. When Chris and I were driving to our hotel that night, we were going over the day in awe, talking about how perfect it was and how much fun it was, and I think Chris said it best when he said, "I realized today just how beautiful God's people are" And I thought, yeh, how true. I'm so proud of my family and friends who helped make our day so special and fun. I just saw God's love poured out on us through so many people and we were truly touched and honored.
Thank you to everyone!!!!!!!!! I love you all so much!

So, at the end of the day, I was married to my very best friend, Christopher Lewis! I couldn't be more happy. I feel so blessed and loved.

Well, make sure you keep reading on after the picutres.....there's more about our honeymoon after this!

~Mrs. Lewis.













My girls and I. Laura, Kellie, Heather, Cara, and Megan.














The Weddin' Party!














My flower girl Jensen and I
















Cuttin' the cake



















Me and my husband



















Kellie and I



















My brothers!!!



















My mama and me



















Papa and me!



















Mr. and Mrs. Lewis :)