Natasha's Wedding!

The last weekend in July, we headed up to Thief River Falls, MN (6 hours away) for my good friend Natasha's wedding!  I was incredibly honored to get her call last fall asking if I would be a bridesmaid in her wedding!  Her exact words were "I know we don't talk as much as we would like but you are my closest friend from back home and I would love for you to be a bridesmaid in my wedding!"  Insert tears here!  A little background - her and I met in 3rd grade.  We were in the same class together.  She had a tough year because all of her grandparents passed away that year.  We became friends then and were very close all through school.  Like she said, we don't talk as much as we would like and only see each other a couple times a year, but her and I will always be friends!

We got to Thief River Falls on Thursday, July 26 around 3 p.m.  The rehearsal was to start at 6 and the supper was at her sister-in-law and brother-in-law's house after.  We checked into our motel room and got ready.  It all went really well!  Here are a couple pictures of Natasha and her dad, Natasha and Jarod and me and the guy I walked with (I can't think of his name now for the life of me!)

We got up Friday, July 27 to get our hair done!  She had 9 bridesmaids so it took quite a while to get us all done.  Natasha's hair turned out absolutely beautiful.  She has the longest hair on a bride I have ever seen!  Madison kept calling her "Tangled" from the Disney Repunzel movie. 

Time to get dressed with the help of her 2 sisters!

Natasha and me!  One of my favorite pictures from the weekend!

The 5 of us!  I love this picture! 

Me and my girls!

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked.  We had our hands full with being in the wedding and the 3 girls!  A special thanks to my amazing hubby who did a great job with them while I was busy all day Friday.  He took the girls swimming at our hotel pool and got them all ready for the wedding. 

It was such a fun wedding and reception!  My sister was the photographer for the wedding so it was fun to have her and Kevin at the wedding with us!  The reception was at a huge arena which was awesome!  They had a candy bar which the girls loved.  They served taco's that were so good.  Another fun part was the live band they had for their dance.  Very fun!  We left around 11 p.m.  We were all ready for bed.

Congrats to Natasha and Jarod!  And thank you for honoring me with being a part of your special day!