we left friday afternoon and carpooled with our good friend C. since it's a long drive to alabama, we decided to break it up with a little detour to our favorite city in the us: new orleans. we met up with two of our other friends and had the craziest awesomest twelve hours of our lives - we ate dinner at the gumbo shop, invented an epic drinking game, got our cards read in jackson square, danced our faces off, and who knows what else!
the next morning we had craw fish omelets in jackson square before the four-hour drive to gulf shores. we got there just in time to check in to our sweet beach side condos {thank you, C!} and head over to the ginormous beach house where the bridal party and families were staying. the wedding-eve celebration involved delicious home cooking {by the groom's grandma}, beer and tequila shots {poured by grandma}, and more dancing {also by grandma}. at one point i got kidnapped by the groom's eight-year-old daughter and we went on a secret mission of some sort. then we ate cake.
i'm not sure how we even woke up the next morning, but we did. and C and the girls had prepared an amazing champagne-and-seafood brunch!
after brunch we all got dressed and headed back to the beach house for the big show! the ceremony was beautiful - all of the guests stood on the sand, facing the water and watching the bride and groom say their i dos. the sun was shining, the bride looked gorgeous, and it was time to party! i would've expected nothing less than the most fabulous party ever from our dear friend K, and she delivered. i laughed, i cried, i danced like a crazy person, i even had to take a nap in the middle of it all. then i danced some more. we left right around the time that everyone started passing out on couches. but the thing that sticks with me is the sense of overwhelming love and joy that we all shared with each other this weekend. we were all family, whether we knew each other or not, celebrating the happy couple on 10-10-10.
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