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Kansas City Trip Day 9: The Wedding

Finally!! You might be saying...we've been checking this blog to see pictures from Jordin's wedding and you've strung us along through 10 plus posts.

Well here you go:

After very little sleep due to our late night out with the family the morning arrived very early. Tyler and I, Kirk, Meki, Mom and Ken, Stacey and Kelley and a couple of Jordin's friends headed to the venue to decorate. This was the worst part of the whole deal. We couldn't get in to decorate until the DAY OF THE WEDDING!! To say that it was stressful was the world's biggest understatement. Decorating for a wedding takes a lot of time (if you only knew how long it takes us to set up our Sisters Creed booth...and this was a freakin' wedding!!)

We moved chairs and tables, stocked refrigerators, puffed pom-poms and paper lanterns, set up the alter area, set up the kids area, put all the tablecloths and decorations on most of the tables, started setting out flowers etc. when suddenly we realized it was nearly noon. At that point...nearly all of us girls had to head back to get our hair done. Dianna was coming to do our hair at noon.

Unfortunately that left Mom, Ken, Meki, Kirk and a couple of Jordin's friends (briefly) to do all the rest. I have to say that Mom, Meki, and Kirk did the lionshare of the decorating. Wow. Truly impressive. I was worried sick the whole time as I dashed to the hotel to jump in the shower and to run Reilly and I over to Jordin's to get our hair done. There was so much work left to do and we had no choice but to leave. Poor Meki. She just met the family for the first time and jumped right in with a glue gun and got right to work. Did I mention that she is awesome? Poor Mom was slaving away until right before the wedding began!! Note to self...no decorating the day of the wedding again!!

Meanwhile back at Jordin's she was getting beautified...

The Blushing Bride

And she wasn't the only one...

Ringlets galore...thank goodness for Reilly. She did all the little girls hair!!

Here is an up close picture of our updos. I liked how Dianna did our hair. I wish I could do it myself (minus the flower) for church or something...yeah...not happening.

Tyler and Kameron stopped by Jordin's house briefly to drop off some food for us. We were STARVING and then it was back to the wedding venue.

When we got back we couldn't believe how absolutely gorgeous everything looked. So beautiful!! We had to shimmy right into our dresses because it was time for pictures. This was another stressful part...trying to get all the wedding party pictures done before the guests started to arrive and in between a few rain showers!!

I wish I had more pictures to show you but I am still waiting on them from Jordin. When I get more I will post them. So I guess you only get to see the "after" pictures!!

Suffice it to say the wedding was GORGEOUS!! Jordin was GORGEOUS AND GLOWING!! Ramon was so HANDSOME!! Jordi had 9 bridesmaids and 9 groomsmen. There were basically 5 flowergirls (Jaylah, Bryn, Ailey, Elle and River) and 2 ushers (Kameron and Khalil) who all walked down the aisle and one RJ (carried by Khalil).

It was quite the family affair...the ceremony was performed by Jaylah's Uncle Ronny...Ramon's Uncle Ronnie sang (different guy)... Aaron (Jaylah's dad was the DJ)...Tyler walked Jordin down the aisle. All of these different families came together for a beautiful and joyous celebration. I did pretty well stifling all my tears until I saw Tyler and Jordin coming down the aisle and then then tears started flowing!! I am so happy for my little sister. She has married an incredible man who loves her unconditionally. He loves all of us and is a fantastic addition to our family. We couldn't be happier!!

The Hills: Ramon, RJ, Jordin and Jaylah

Ramon's Family: His mom Alice, Uncle Ronnie and his brother

The Hills with the mothers


Jordi and Mom

Jordi and Kirk

Our family

Me and Reilly

The Wedding Reception was so much fun. Lots of dancing!! My favorite part was after the ceremony and as we were heading into the reception area where all the wedding guests were seated...the party music was turned up and all the wedding party was announced and we danced into the reception to cheers and applause. Seriously so fun.


Some of the wedding party...still dancing!!

When it was time for the bride and groom to dance on in to the reception with Jaylah and RJ, Bryn just couldn't control herself, and ran up to them, and joined the family in the dancing.

That girl loves to dance...all our kids do. We had to drag them off the dance floor at the end of the night!!


Kelley and Elle

Stacey giving a toast

We were excited that our Nana...who isn't in the best of health...was able to make the trip to Kansas City from Denver for the wedding.

Jordi and Nana

Kirk, Nana and Jordin

Kirk, Nana, Kris, Colin, Jordin and Marylee...Kirk's face kills me. Ha ha.

Poor RJ didn't last too long. Thank goodness for Grandma Alice. The poor little guy was sacked out!!

The two cutest ushers you ever did see and some seriously good dancers. They were bustin' quite the moves on the dance floor.

Kameron and Khalil

Jordin's friend Carissa (Khalil's mom) is the spitting image of Tyler's sister, Lori. We just loved her!! She is fun on her own but she really reminded us of Lori and we loved her even more!!

The reception was so much fun. It was great to hang out with family and friends. It was fun to see people that we haven't seen in awhile and to meet new people.

Here we are with the lovely and hard-working Meki

By the end of the night we were all exhausted...happy...but exhausted. As Jordin and Ramon headed off to their hotel we cleaned up the venue and packed up about some very sleepy kids. All in all, it was an absolutely wonderful day for the McClellans and the Hills!!