Next thing i know mom and dad are running around like crazy
with my grandma too and I hear my dad calling Craig teasing him and
making sure he got up cause no one stayed at the apartment with him that
night...

Jeanne owns a very nice hair salon here in town and was going to
pick up Carrie (a bm) and Kim and then come to my parents house.  Well,
they were a bit late, she had told me NOT to put anything in my
hair...

...but i had plannned on leaving for the church at 8:15 and it was
almost 8 and i put this gunk of a spritz in it to make it curlier and
hold...

..jeanne had the worst time fixing my hair and i felt bad.. She
said i had put basically Rubber in my hair.  But she still mananged to do
an AWESOME job with it and done my makeup really great too. so soon as
she was done my dad, mom, grandma, and i jumped in my dads bmw and
headed for the church leaving jeanne to do carrie and kims hair at their
house.  I got there at oh about nine oclock when the photographer was
ready to go and i wasnt even dressed...

I saw my best friend who he and his wife had flown in from Seattle the night 
before all dressed in his Navy attire (They were our Greeters) and had to stop 
and give hugs and thank yous then i ran off to get dressed yelling hello to everyone 
i passed saying im sorry im sooooo late!! Great to see you, etc.. 

I got dressed in what seemed like record time and finally got to see myself 
in a mirror. Jeanne had done such a great job that i didnt believe it was me 
in the mirror...

We then went out and done the pictures. They were alll outside because our
church had mass at 10:00 that morning so we have most outside and some
on the alter that we took right after the wedding.  So we took about an
hour and a half of pictures then went back inside.  It seemed like a
long wait but i bet it was only like a half hour or so. Next thing i
know we are all walking down the hall to line up at the back of the
church and Carrie and Chris are walking down the aisle. Then Esther and
John, then Jeremy and Amy, then Michelle and Chuck, and then Kim and
Ron. I didnt really see any of the prossional as i was back out of the
way i just saw the groups leaving.  

Jeanne at this point was going to throw my train on the aisle as i 
started and I remember looking back at her with a freaky look and she said 
'dont look at me!! :-)' 

Then I saw my dad tell Chas and Stephanie it was their turn, they were sooooo cute
that morning and weren't a bit afraid. I kept asking steph if she was
ready and she would just shake her head yes and blush and smile.  Then
the organist changed songs and i stood at the end of the isle with my
dad a second and looked at him and said 'dont forget to lift my veil' he
said "WHAT??" being serious!! I said lift my veil and kiss my cheek and
we walked out. 


I saw a good friend of mine from work, also named Craig,
first and that helped me to relax, then Dave my boss and other members
of my team at work, then a few other people but my 90 feet aisle that I
was worried about taking SSSOOOOOOOOOOOO long to walk lasted about two
seconds. 

The only thing forgotten was Chas' pillow, but how much does a
7 year old boy want to really carry a white pillow anyway...I saw Craig
smile and we walked up and sat down on the alter and the deacon talked
for a bit and we said our vows. then we started to exchange the rings.


This is were both craig and i giggle.  Neither of us realized that the
first part of the exchange of rings says "Sheri take this ring as a sign
of my love and FIDELITY" ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! 
Craig giggled when HE said it, I make an AWFUL face when I say it and it is
alllll on video. You see FIDELITY Investments is MY
EMPLOYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I about DIED.....it is
really funny now......


We lit the unity candle and it was all over about
oh two or three minutes after it started. (But on the video it last
about oh 45-50 minutes!!) All three of our readers done a great job.
Each one was one of Craigs very religious sisters and only one was
really crying and that was only because she looked at Craig. (who is the
youngest besides carrie in the family of 10).
 
The deacon announced us as Mr & Mrs Edmondson-Wood which was an
announcment that 99.99% of the people DID NOT expect.  And we started
back down the aisle.  I was flying supposedly because Craig had to tell
me to slow down for the photographer to take pictures.  

The receiving line we done at the church and was nice and short and let
us catch our breath a bit and say hello and thank you and stuff...

then we and Kim and Ron got in the limo and went 'ahhhhh' and drank the
champaign. The ride to the Union Terminal (or cincinnati museum center
as it is now 'formally' called) was short but relieving.  my feet were
killing me!! and I was wearing ballet slippers..the poor girls were
wearing heals!!