Michelle and Joe August 27, 2011

Well if you have already read my blog below about the August 27th Hurricane Irene Wedding, then you know the background. But enough about the Hurricane lets talk about the wonderful couple!

Little did I know, the groom is a meteorologist, so not only did we have a hurricane on his wedding day, but an earthquake during the week and a tornado during the hurricane. But with everything going on, the couple had a wonderful wedding day!

Everything first started when the mother and father of the groom came to meet with me. Tricia, the mom, had so much going on and so many questions. They wanted a little time to think about it, but a few weeks later they where ready to get things started. Tricia did so much for her daughter Michelle; she planned every detail she could for her without her being in Virginia. Michelle and Joe live in Hawaii. Michelle was fortunate to be able to make a couple trips home to plan as well.

Michelle and Joe had gotten married at her home church in Portsmouth; the lights flickered just a little. What I enjoyed the most was getting the bride, bridesmaids and mothers in and out of the church and NO ONE got a drop of rain on them, hair was perfect and everyone was happy. (I created a bubble around everyone as they walked into the church. Even the limo driver thought it was pretty neat.) Then we had to create a wall in the lobby area of the church to hide Michelle and the bridesmaids. The only way into the front of the church was from outside.

The reception followed the Hilton Garden in Suffolk. No power, wind, rain didn’t stop anyone from having a great time. Everything was beautiful as planned and every detail was complete as asked.

My family and I stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn that evening, they had closed the roads due to 4.5 feet of water outside the hotel. But it was so much fun hanging out with Michelle and Joe’s close family and friends. We got to sit and talk about all the details of the day.

Tricia, like you said, we are family forever now!