Hannah and Kent Wedding

What an amazing weekend. There is way to much to relay, too many pictures to share, so I will just hit the highlights.

We loved staying at Hannah and Kent’s little house in Golden on our way there. They’ve fixed it up and made it theirs and it is really cute. We stopped in Laramie on the way there and the way back. Love Laramie.

We loved Lander, where we stayed, the downtown, the views, even the drive there.

We loved meeting the rest of Kent’s family and getting to know them. Having the wedding in the backyard was perfect. It turned out so well.

The cocktail party Friday night was so much fun. Hannah had all of us wear black cocktail clothes and they wore white! Everyone looked so elegant and sophisticated. We listened to a jazz musician friend of theirs and sipped cocktails (and shots 🙂 and talked.

Reconnecting with Hannah’s childhood friends, Hannah, Hannah, Rachel, Josh. There were hugs and tears and memories and lots of love. I danced with Josh and enjoyed catching up with him. He got to be a part of getting Hannah ready which was special.

Meeting all of Hannah’s physical therapy school friends. What amazing people! I’ve heard so much about al of them. And her Laramie friends, too. Again lots of hugs and love all around.

Family time. Always good. It was fun to spend time with Molly and hear about her movie adventures and get to know her better. The rehearsal was fun and hanging out with our immediate family joined by Kent’s was special. Everyone came over Sunday night to the retreat where we stayed for dinner (leftovers from the best wedding food I’ve ever eaten), outdoor games, and a bonfire.

Emmet was awesome as usual. In the car we taught him to say, “Pop it, Grandma” when he wanted to get somewhere fast. A couple of times, he came into a room or left a room and said, “good to see you all.” He referred to me several times as “bud”, Like “What’re you doing, bud?” Once when he returned a toy to a baby’s parents, he bent over and presented it to them and said, “Thank you, welcome”.

Henry was awesome as usual, too. He is saying words in his sweet, little voice. He says “flowerer” when he sees any flower as he loves them. If you asked him if he pooped, he points to his diaper and says, “Poo!” He put up his sweet adorable arms to reach for me lots of times. The last morning, he reached for me when he woke up and put his head on my shoulder and let me hold him a long time. He usually only lets his mom and dad do that. It was cute to watch he and Dave interact, too. Dave is really good with him.

Other random things. Hannah Baker told us she wants us to be her parents. With tears and sincerity. We agreed. Josh told me he loves me several times and gave me an open invite to his apartment. We will have he and his partner over. I connected with Heidi’s six year old son who was adorable with long blonde hair and dressed western. She confided in me that I was instrumental with her going through with having and keeping him. That was very cool to hear. A gal came up to me at the party and said I looked and sounded like the singer Pink.

Hannah told me thanks for being the life of the party. Ok, I did do tequila shots both nights. Lots of them. Very fun.

Loved singing “More of You” with Scott. Got tons of compliments. The words were perfect. Scott nailed it. I had a hard time looking out at the audience because about every other person was crying including Hannah and Kent.

First dances. Hannah and Scott danced to Billy Joel’s Lullaby. Hannah and Kent choreographed some serious moves for their first dance.

The wedding itself was so special and perfect. Everyone wore floral. It was the perfect size. The perfect location and the decorations were beautiful, simple, rustic and reflected Hannah. The ceremony was so touching. Hannah’s vows and “performance” of them were perfectly Hannah. Kent’s simple vows were so sweet. He said he isn’t a planner but Hannah is so he was officially pencilling her in for forever. Tears! Hannah’s dress was simple and elegant and so her. The dinner and party after were the best I’ve ever been to.