DO you know what .....(part 1)

1826 Days

157,766,400 Seconds

2,629,440 Minutes

43,824 Hours

260 Weeks

All have in Common????? Well I'll tell you 5 YEARS! That is how long me and J have been married. I have been thinking of all the things in my head to post about and have decided to make this a multi post kind of a day filled with wedding day/honeymoon and REAL LIFE kind of a day. With the help of some friends to help reminisce the memories unfold:

J and B,
We are so blessed to have such awesome friends as you. I will always remember standing in Mr. O’Rear’s office watching baseball with J (who was just a little ANXIOUS) as we waited for his grand entrance. What a special…insanely HOT day! I remember the parade of children that flooded the stage. Most of all, I remember how awesome it was to witness B and J’s unending love for each other. Your marriage is an awesome testimony of Christ’s love. We love you, Andy and Michelle Newsome.

T&C said:WE remember I made someone find a fan to put under your dress because it was so hot, but what a beautiful day. Remember your breakdown in the elevator on Friday night. I wasn't there but I heard about it. What about the crazy wedding lady sticking her hand down my dress. Remember what you said about the flowers(or greenery) before the wedding. Remember the bug that flew out of Amy's flowers and attacked me and Suzanne. You were the calmest and most beautiful bride. The chocolate cake at the rehearsal dinner(yummy) NO GUM!!!Absolutely NO GUM!!! Me catching the bouquet. The kids did so well and were so excited to see Auntie B marry Uncle J. Aunt Helen and her wedding attire at the Rehearsal. I remember watching people come through the windows in the Bridal suite.

When B asked me to write about some of my memories from their wedding day, I decided there wasn’t one particular memory that stood out to me but all the little things. So, here’s everything I remember from that day (with a little help from my husband)!

How gorgeous the flowers were at the church ... B’s precious nieces and nephew ... the limo they left the church in (and thinking to myself how cool! WHY didn’t I think of that for my wedding!?) ... trying to catch a glimpse of J’s shoes during the ceremony to see if the guys put anything on the bottom of them ... B’s china pattern, Nantucket Basket (why do I remember that?) ... how pretty B looked ... how happy J looked ... how handsome my husband looked in his tux ... how handsome ALL the guys looked in their tuxes ... the sparklers we waved as they ran out of the church ... laughing with Jason Jones as we waited for them to come out (I can’t even remember what we were laughing about, but I just remember his laugh) ... B crying at the rehearsal dinner because everyone she loved was in one room ... the sweet slide show of B and J at the rehearsal dinner ... B’s mom’s smile ... the guys trying to put heavy books in Js suitcase to weigh it down, but J catching them ... having that “freak out” moment with B before my wedding and then returning the favor a couple of weeks before hers ... the guys inappropriate “We’re going to Hawaii, YAH!” that they repeated thousands of times ... the song “How Beautiful” sang at the wedding ... and sitting there and watching two of the most special people I know get married and looking forward to sharing all those incredible moments we have already shared as friends and will share in the future.

Happy 5th Anniversary, J and B. We love you! The Burleys

So from the eyes of others I have some of those same things running through my head and some I don;t remember at all. I do have one very vivid memory that J and I have talked about and smiled about and are so thankful that I do have: I was walking out of the brides room and Jason J was lined up ready to go down the aisle he stopped looked back at me smiled, winked, whispered that he thought I was beautiful and blew me a kiss. He was the only guy that even turned around.I will always remember that. I guess after that moment I remember the music starting and catching J's eye and never looking at anyone else after that. I listened to what Dr. P had to say....I listened as my friends sang and gave GLORY to the LORD for our commitment to GOD and to eachother. It was everything I had hoped it would be .PERFECT just PERFECT! WE were married! YAHOOOOO