06/07/08

As most of you reading know, 6/7/8 was my wedding date! I thought it would be lovely to write a little about the day and how I was feeling and my surroundings.

The rehersal dinner was the night before. It was at a very nice resturant in North Arlington. Everything was perfect. All the people I love were in one room, and dressed up!! I loved my dress!! People kept telling me it looked like something off Sex in the City.

The food sucked, but all that mattered to me was that everyone I love and almost everyone that's had a positive influence in my life was in one room! I do'nt have many pictures from the rehersal dinner, but I do have one that you'll just love!! This to me describes our relationship at it's best :)

After the rehersal dinner some of the girls came to my house and we watched Friends, they helped me pack, and we went to sleeeeeeep! It was a big girl slumber party. I was the first one to sleep!! I was still not feeling nervous AT ALL!

Then the next morning we got up, ate breakfast, and we went to go get manis and pedis complement of my mamma!! After that Kelli and I went to go tan! Then we had to swing by her moms house to get a curling iron and some hairspray!!! We then went to The Sanford House ( place where we got married ) and took a shower so I could go get my hair done!! Ugh getting my hair done was so fun. I was so relaxed, so carefree!!! It was perfect, just as I had imagnied it should be. After that Kelli and I came back so I could start on my make up! The rest of the girls started piling in and it was a assembly line with them!!! After I finished my make up they came in one by one and I'm pretty sure I did almost everyones make up! It was so fun! I'm so thankful that I didn't have the "It's all about ME" attutide. I loved doing other peoples make up for them! People kept telling me "Taylor, this is your wedding day, stop doing peoples make up!!" I thought that was just silly. It wasn't about "ME" it was about Mike as well, or Creator and the gift of marriage he gave us, and of course everyone involved. I was already dont getting ready, so the least I could do was other peoples make up? I'd get bored if I just had to sit there.

It was awesome, I don't know how I was so relaxed, but I certainly was. I was actually calming MY bridal party down!! Haha! Isn't that hilarious? I thought so. Kelli and Tara were the most nervous! I thought it was so funny because all they had to do was stand there and look pretty! Although Abbie did have some problems. My little love bug fell down the stairs!! Okay imagine, me, standing behind a door so no one can see it. In this humongo long white dress, worried about tripping down the stairs, and I hear Abbie bite the dust!! Man I wish I could have seen it. Straingly enough, after she fell, I wasn't worried about me tripping anymore!! She got that out of the way for me! Thank goodness :)

This is my favorite picture from the wedding

After the ceremony was pictures, of course. Then was the rehersal! It was so fun! We had a dj and people actually DANCED! It was awesome!! We also had a hourse drawn carriage and people lined the sidewalk with sparklers! It was so fun!!! Perfect <3

I'm blown away.

What is the problem with people? I was watching Dr. Phil about child abuse, and spanking in schools. This is just absurd!! This poor little boy was traumatized by a 6 foot 300 pound man that gave me "three licks" and he had deep tissue bruises, busted blood vessels, and BLOOD! I don't blame the poor kid! That's nuts!! They let him have the day off and sent him home without calling his mom. What is the educational systems problem? I know this is not normal schools, or even a portion of the schools, but still...it's going on! I'm pretty sure that's illegal for schools in Texas. That's awful!

I don't know how I feel about spanking. I was spanked as a kid and I guess it work. If you consider fear, memories, and severe anxiety about spankings, success? I do understand the immediate affects it has on the children, but is immediate affects what we should aim for? Absolutely not. Does spanking help in the long run? I'm not too sure what I think. This is crazy, but I got spankings in high school. It did make me think twice, but I knew the pain was momentarily, and I would eventually get over it. It did cause a lot of anxiety, unnecessary stress, and a sense of distance between my parents and I. I do agree that there are certain kids that are harder to discipline than others, but is a response to the parents rage the way to go about it? I really don't know how I feel about this.

I also saw on the news the Senior Pastor from Preston wood Baptist church was arrested today for going to meet a 13 year old in exchange for sex, which just so happen to be the police. That is so sad, and gives us Christians such a bad wrap. I feel like I need to apologize to people for the mishap the "Christians" have contributed to. All the way back to the crusades. I just finished this book called Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller...I think that's his name. What was so special about this particular chapter that I read was that in a college that was actively against Christians and Christianity, this small group of Christians set up a "confessional booth". This consist of a large shed they built, and a sign saying "Confess Your Sins" on the outside of it. Cliche, right? Not at all! What they did was they had the Christians dress up as Monks ( not too sure what that was about) and make a confessional booth like that of Catholics do...and apologize to the World for all the harm people have done in the name of the Lord. I think that's so moving and so bold. Who honestly has the courage to do that these days? Not many people..that would take so much courage and strength to face people that are so against what you stand and live for, and apologize!! The response in the book was mind boggling...the students loved it!


Interesting, I just heard on the news SUN EXPOSURE can help prevent Breast Cancer! The vitamin D in the sun. Luckily, I love the sun and I take vitamin D!