the preparation: post 2

the day before THE day.

ivy has planned a beautiful bridal luncheon for the bridesmaids, mothers and aunts. we meet for lunch and ivy gives us gifts! she's the best bride. we all got matching monogrammed robes that we wore on the day-of. it was cutesie for sure :)

the girls.

after the luncheon, we went to get mani/pedis together. it was so strange, one minute it was scorching hot and then next it was a torrential downpour. anyways, we got through it and primp for the rehearsal dinner. this particular rehearsal dinner is a toast & roast for troy & ivy, so we prepared a skit to perform at the hooptie-la. hence the empty drinks below...we were nervous.

we have a blast at the rehearsal dinner. the 4 of us sit at a table together and reminisce. troy and ivy have such a unique story, we were just in awe. 6 years together and they are still so in love, so passionate...that certainly doesn't happen every day. i always say that i have a virtually unattainable view of love for 3 reasons:

1. my parents.

2. the twilight books. yep, you read that right.

3. troy & ivy.

after hearing heartfelt speeches, seeing hilarious videos and power point presentations and performing our own skit...we are emotional. i'm talking, we're huddled together like cold puppies who don't have a mother. crying (a little).

we are also beginning to think that ivy lied about troy having basketball boys come to this wedding. she has been talking them up for months. luckily, trisha makes a sighting near the bar and this actually happened:

trisha orders wine. she turns and sees a very tall drink of water behind her. she assumes he is one of troy's teammates (correctly) and makes small talk for about 8 seconds before turning and walking away saying, "well, tomorrow night...try to keep up."

she scurries back to our table, tells us this story and we all die laughing. we are smooth.