Tuesday, November 4, 2008

My Best Friend's Wedding

My beautiful Katie is no longer my little Katie Emlen...she is now Mrs. Buckley. Back in August Katie stood up as my Maid of Honor and I had the honor of being her Matron of Honor this past weekend. Katie has been such a blessing to me since we met my senior year of high school. Our story goes like this:

Basically it was my last spring break and my mom and step dad offered to take me on vacation with them and the family. So of course I consented...but my excitement soon faded when i found out that we were going with another family...which contained an individual I wanted nothing to do with...Miss Katie Lynn Emlen. She was a freshman at Metamora and I really didn't know her, but knew of her. And I knew I didn't want to be going on vacation with a freshman let alone sharing a room with her. She felt the same and gave her mom just as much grief, if not more.

But to no avail we flew to Gulf Shores and shared a room. It started tense and then we were told that we had to go out to dinner with the family. Both of us threw a fit and got to stay home. By the time our parents returned....we were inseparable.

So after 1 amazing vacation we found that we were more alike that we would have ever thought and our friendship grew. Today Katie and I are rarely found apart (if in the same state) and if we are apart you can bet we are either texting or talking on the phone multiple times a day. We have both been through difficult times and know that we can fully rely on the other for support.

I would not trade my friendship with Katie for anything in the world. Who would have thought 6 years ago that we would be standing up in each others weddings with the highest honor.

I love you Beautiful B!


Myself and Micah getting sleeeepy at the reception
Mr. and Mrs. doing the First Dance thing
I thought i had a big wedding...Katie decided to do it a little bigger with 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen, 2 flower girls, and a ring bearer.
Two of my favorites....Liz and Amber. So glad I got to spend the day with you both.
My beautiful Mrs. Buckley....

2 comments:

Holli said...

Whit you look BEAUTIFUL! glad you had a great time in IL and can't wait to hear about your first day! praying for you!

Cathren12 (mom) said...

You look stunning! WOW!!!!!!!! I hope Katie had an awesome day. Praying for you both!