Always a Bride, Never a Bridesmaid.......

Funny, that old saying "Always a bridesmaid never a bride" has been the opposite for me. I have been a bride 3 times, but never have been a bridesmaid. That is about to change. I have been asked by my new friend Kim to be her matron of honor. Kim is marrying Chuck, the owner of the scuba shop here in town and one of Bill's good friends. Before asking me to be in the wedding, Kim's bridesmaids consisted of her three daughters and Chucks three daughters. The oldest is 19 and the youngest is 13. She jokingly had said, "If I have a bachelorette party, I'll have to have it at Chuck E Cheese!". Bill had already been asked to be a groomsman. We had gone out with Chuck and Kim a few times and gone over to their house for parties, etc. Kim and I have several things in common and I guess she decided she wanted to have someone over 21 in her wedding party. We went to pick out my dress on Saturday. Getting measured was NOT fun. I need to loose weight. I have never been this heavy before ever!!! She let each of us girls pick out whatever dress we wanted as long as it was from the same company and in her color - cobalt blue. We are wearing strappy silver shoes. The photo below shows the style I picked out. It is the one on the right, only my top will be white instead of green and will have cobalt blue trim where in the photo it is pink. The skirt will be cobalt blue. The shoes are even similar, only mine will be silver.

I'm excited! It will be a fun wedding. Emily and Hope are going to be the flower girls, and Chuck's son Eric, who is 9 will be the ring bearer. They are getting married at the huge chapel at Valparaiso University.