We (secretly) stayed in the hotel where all of our guests stayed the night of our wedding so we woke up the next morning and got to see people and say goodbye as many of them were headed home that day. We gave hugs and kisses to friends and family, got some quick breakfast and headed over to my parents’ house where a lot of my mom’s family gathered for the day.
We got there and got requests by a few different people to open presents, so we sat down and opened presents and cards and finally got through it all in time to say goodbye to some of the bridesmaids and my awesome employees who drove all the way from Texas just to come to the wedding.
When presents were done, we quickly packed up… at this point, I still did not know where I was going, but I knew it was a beach (bathing suits, cover ups, beach hat), that I’d need some comfy shorts and tanks and that I’d need some dresses for dinner. Luckily, J and I had gone shopping together a couple times to make sure we were all stocked for the honeymoon!
As we were packing, two more bridesmaids came in… the two who had been our roommates for the past two years. They came in to say goodbye and both cried. I was so surprised and so touched. By no means did I think we weren’t friends… some of the best times of my life were had with them, especially the one who I’d lived with for 3 years (before we added J and our other roommate)… I just didn’t really realize that they were going to miss us… I don’t know why.
So my MOH stuck around and helped me get packed and she continued her awesomeness and packed up some food for us to take on our trip. We were taking my cousin back to Chicago, where we flew out, so we got all packed up and headed out.
Before we even got out of Ft Wayne, J gave me a folder and told me it was time for me to know where I was going… ST. LUCIA!!!!!
I called my parents and told them where to find their info packet (that J had hidden in their house) and he did the same for his mom and sister and then we texted the wedding party and a couple other friends who were just dying to find out where we were going. I was so excited. I also found out that we had a zip lining trip already planned and that I got to pick something else to do when we got there.
I WAS SO EXCITED!!!
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