Ok, Got some good news.... My Godmother is doing better. She has a really bad UTI that is just killing her immune system. So that's why all her test levels were super whacky. So she's been put on super meds to fix that, plus they are adjusting her diet to help build up the strength. The lesions on her liver are very small, less then a centimeter. Doctor said it appears may have been caused from her pancreas & gall bladder sugery. They are going to see her again in Sept to see if they have enlarged at all. So big fat sigh of relief! When we were talking, she's still coming to the wedding. She just hopes that she doesn't have to make the decision not to later. I think the scare of the lesions just threw us both off kilter with emotions. So, YAY!!
I love the Kelly hair, but I'm getting mixed reviews from others (not on here). I think I'm going to try & do an appt to get my hair done like that to see if I really like it. And everyone's input on here has been very sweet. And all the pixie dust has been well much appreciated! Weddings are stressful enough, then throwing family illnesses and bad news on top just makes it worse!
Thank you so much!
And (drum roll please...)
I found my headpiece!!
It's a little blurry in the picture, sorry gals. But it sparkles so much! I love it! So now that I have finally found my head piece and I'm pretty sure I'm going to use the veil as well. I just think it will all look pretty together. And the veil part I want it so I can take it out later in the evening.
I've looked over things, and since we are not going to have a lot of people, I've decided to just do the Wishes Fireworks Cruise instead of Illuminations Dessert Party. Depending on how long we are with photos, will depend on if we ask our guests to head back to our villa for light evening snacks/dinner or just maybe do an ADR at Trails End or something before the cruise. Still haven't figured that part out yet. That I think will come in time though. So saving bucks there and not having to worry about a lot of wasted dessert food or transportation costs either. And I should be able to wear my wedding gown thru all of that, which I am so hoping for. Hoping I can just use our limo to transport everyone after the ceremony.
I've also decided on Randy Chapman and Stan Severance at STVS to do our photos and video. They have a photo/video package that I couldn't turn down. Plus they both did my BFF's wedding & I do remember them both from the whole day. Just great guys. And Rev. Tim Herring as our officiant. I just like his "southern" charm. He's very simple, and I think Kevin would be comfortable with him. He said that we could just do our ceremony as a regular ceremony if we wanted instead of a vow renewal since we never had our wedding. All 3 of them have our date open. So when August 11th (5 days!!!) gets here I'll definitely know for sure if we are secured!!
Also, I've decided to do a God's Knot Unity ceremony. I love the idea and the scripture. Plus I can make this for cheap. I can put it in a shadowbox with our wedding picture and some petals from my flowers.
I didn't care for the sand ceremony & since we are outside, didn't think the unity candle would be practical. The wine ceremony wouldn't work, since we are not big drinkers. Loved the glass unity that I've been seeing-- oh my gosh that's beautiful, but oh my gosh it's expensive! And seriously, I'm scared that the obnoxious crazy baby I have will ram his dump truck into it and shatter it.
So everything is coming together. My godmother is coming so long as she gets healthier. All is good.