The Life and Times of the Watters Family

Introducing….

Mrs. Baldetta, pictured with Mrs. Herzer, Mrs. Watters, and Mrs. Kallin.

The last of Cooper girls is married!

(click picture to see more on Jen Fox’s Blog)

What a beautiful bride Heather was! I am still absorbing all the details from the big day. I’ll do my best to put together a cohesive run down of events from my perspective.

Thursday we began all the decorating at Melody Hall. We actually got quite a bit done that night thanks to all the help we had. Colleen and John are great friends and jumped in to help in every way.

Friday morning Colleen and I met up bright and early to begin working on flowers. I have to say, Colleen is one of the most talented people I know. She did an amazing job creating the style for this wedding and designing the flower arrangements. She is a true artist. Colleen and I spent all day Friday at Melody Hall working on flowers and decorating. Sara joined us in the afternoon and brought all the linens and dishes we had rented. BreAnn, Sara, Colleen and I finished off the majority of the decorating during the afternoon and evening. Around 5pm we did a little run through of the ceremony with Heather, Vince, Dad, Mike and myself. After Heather and Vince left we stayed to finish up a few more things. Holly and Shane arrived a little later and then we all headed out for the night.

Friday night we had a sister party at my house (while all the boys went to Mike and Terri’s to play Rock Band). Sara brought her massage table and gave the 3 of us massages. It was very sweet of her! We did manicures and masks and just enjoyed spending time together. Aliza was here too but slept most of the time. Sara left around 12:30am and we started to get ready for bed. We visited a little longer and then it was time for sleeping (well at least for Holly and Heather). I could not sleep ALL night! I wasn’t nervous or anything– I just could not fall asleep. I laid in bed til around 4am and then finally got up because I was afraid I’d wake up my sisters. Deciding I should use my time wisely, I wrote a toast for the reception and put together a list of pictures we wanted to make sure we had Jen get.

Saturday morning around 6:45am, Heather woke up and she and I had a chance to visit for almost an hour before Holly woke up and Sara returned. I really appreciated having that time with her. Sara came back and brought some really yummy homemade juice and made us all breakfast. Heather and I left my house around 8:45 and headed out to get her hair done. I had to leave about half way through to run up to Melody Hall to unlock it for Andi (the Cake lady). I ran back over to watch Heather’s hair get finished up. It was really cute but a little Shirley Temple initially. We hoped the curls would settle down a bit by the afternoon, which they did. We left there to pick up a friend of Heather’s, who was going to do her make-up, and to kill a little time we drove through the carwash. We picked up her friend Kelsi and went to Melody Hall. Heather was getting a little stir crazy waiting and sitting still to get her make-up done. Once she was ready to go it was time for pictures to begin. Jen had Heather and Vince meet up outside to see each other for the first time that day. She got some great shots I’m sure.

After all the pictures of the two of them we did some family pics. Soon it was time to hide Heather away and get everyone a little snack before the ceremony started. The ceremony began at 3pm. It was short and sweet. My favorite parts were when:

• Vince and Heather were handed their vows and they were switched so Vince began with, “I Heather take you…”. It was so sweet and funny.
• When Vince was nervously chewing gum during the ceremony and Heather put out her hand to have him spit it out.
• The boys carrying the candles from my mom and Vince’s mom up the stairs to put them in the candle holder so Vince and Heather could light the Unity candle.
• The song that Seth and Beth sang (God Bless the Broken Road).
• When Mike forgot to tell them they could kiss and Vince asked “When do we get to the good part?”

It was really sweet and very real. I loved that they just rolled with everything. Directly after the ceremony they headed out in the Limo to Squalicum Beach for more pictures. While they were gone we put all the final touches on the reception stuff and then we just waited.

The reception began at 4:30pm and it was the typical– dinner, toast, first dance (to the song These are the Moments), cake, and more dancing. It wasn’t a big dancing crowd but we had fun anyway.

Heather and Vince left around 7:30pm (I think). Cam drove them in the Limo to the Chrysalis (a gift from Holly, Sara, Mom & Dad and us). Meanwhile the rest of us began the clean-up job. It went relatively quickly, although we didn’t finish everything up that night. Cam and I went back over there yesterday afternoon to let Heather and Vince in to pick up all of their gifts, decorations and flowers. They said they really had a great day and enjoyed their stay at the Chrysalis. Cam, the boys and I did more cleaning then and packed out all the garbage. Cam ended up going back again later in the afternoon to put away some tables and chairs, to vacuum and mop (he spent another couple hours there getting it extra clean).

Weddings are a ton of work! Being the person to coordinate all the details and being the Matron of Honor was a big job. I am thankful for the help Colleen was to track on stuff I missed and to just be supportive and helpful in any way she could. She is a great friend and I love her. Cam was a huge unsung hero of this whole event. He took care of stuff at home and with the boys so that I could be free to work on wedding stuff. Without his support and care for me, I couldn’t do everything that I do.

It was a beautiful wedding and I am really excited for Heather and Vince. I am proud of both of them and I look forward to seeing them grow as a couple. We are all happy to welcome Vince to our family!

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