Wedding Weekend Smorgasbord!!!

Soooooooo I decided that instead of doing separate posts for EVERY EVENT of this weekend, I'm just going to go ahead and do THE WHOLE WEEKEND in ONE POST!!! Sooooooooooo this was an awesome-FUN-REALLY GOOD weekend!!!

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So after Hanna picked me up from the airport, we headed straight to her parents house, she dropped me off, picked up the wedding dress and headed to San Jose to begin wedding preparation. I stayed with her mom and family and began doing some food prep. Before she left Hanna was like, Mary if you get hungry or ANYTHING, all you have to do is whisper food and my mom and family will start pulling stuff out!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!

Mocha mom was like, Ok Mary, are you ready to work? I was like, YES MA'AM!!! Because, I  was thinking in my head like, MY MOM would probably reach out of heaven with her cane and bop me over the head if I dared had any other thoughts...I can still hear her ALL THE TIMES I'd be socializing instead of working, MARY, GET IN THE KITCHEN!!! AHAHAHA!!!

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Annnnnnnnnnnnd we started off with the tea prep...let me tell you all something, you have NOT had good ice tea UNTIL you have had Mocha Mom's Ethiopian Ice tea...it IS soooooooooo THEBOMB.COM!!! Mmmmmm....

Everyone at the reception was just RAVING about it!!! I heard people all over talking about it, the guy in front of me in the drink line was like, I don't even know what this is, I'm going to try it first, then he put a little in his cup and tasted it and was like, DUUUUUUUUUUUDE you guys, this is THE BEST TEA I'VE EVERRRR HAD!!!

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One of the ladies from the church that was in the kitchen was talking to me about it, she was like, I HAVE to get her recipe, I was like, YOU CAN TRY, buuuuuuuut, that's HER OWN SPECIALTY!! Just because you get the recipe, DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL TASTE LIKE HERS!!! Trust me, I've TRIED...it resulted in Stultz choking when he TRIED to drink it!!! LOL For years, one year for my birthday, Hanna gave me all the spices and tea in a jar with directions...yeah...that didn't quite go as planned!!! BAHAHA!!! Then when he finally ACTUALLY tried Sis. Kifle's, Stultz was like, this does NOT taste like YOURS DID...Pshhhhhhhhhh!!!

Annnnnnnnnd here I am with my FIRST plate of Ethiopian food...Very excited!!

Then we drove the hour to the wedding rehearsal in San Jose...

Hi from Abel!!!

The Bridal party eating...

With the cutest boy everrrr!!!

Surprisingly he went RIGHT to me when we walked into the church....AWWWWWWWWWWW who doesn't love Da Auntie Mar Bear!!!

Annnnnnnnnnnd it's WEDDING DAY!!!

 

Awwwwwwww Sis. Kifle looking all beautiful in her dress!!!

Mesgana and Hanna!!!

Sorry, I didn't get pics of the whole bridal party!!!

HERE COMES THE BRIDE!!!

The groom's FIRST glimpse of HIS BRIDE!!!

Bride and her Pappa!!!

AWWWWWWWWW!!!

Happy birthday Hanna!!!

Happppppppy 23rd birthday to my dear friend Hanna Banana!!!

 

Ain't she Beautiful??? Stunningly!!! When she reads that she'll probabley roll her eyes or something and be like, Really Mary? or something like that!!! AHAHAHAHA!!! Buuuuuuut really, YOU ARE HANNA!!! And more than anything, your beautiful on the inside!!! A true Apostolic Beauty, with a passion for the things of God!!!

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Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut whatever you do, DON'T get on her bad side!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!

Jk! Jk! She's a nurse, soooooo IF you do get on her bad side, she'll give you a band aid afterwards!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

AnywayZ, I don't think its a coincidence that TODAY, of ALL DAYS, also just happens to be, NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY!!!

Liiiiiiiiike REALLY??? How AWESOME is that??? You can't tell me that's NOT a God thing!!!

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 Recently, one of my friends asked me HOW Hanna and I became friends? I was liiiiiiike WEEEEEEELLLL... to make the long story SHORT, I basically pursued a friendship with Hanna because I knew she was African!!! Yup, NO joke people!!! That's the honest to goodness truth!!! And she knows it to, if it wasn't for the fact that she was African, I don't know if we ever woulda become friends!!! See people, that's WHY you should always LOVE who you are, cuz you just NEVERRRR know if there is someone that has been waiting their WHOLE life to be friends with someone, JUST LIKE YOU!!! :)))))

Anywayz, aside from her being African, we instantly just clicked on spiritual matters...annnnnnnnd OF COURSE talking about guys!!! Hanna DO YOU REMEMBER our original theme song from WAAAAAAAY back in the day??? "He came looking for me!" Today, when we were all driving to the farm, that song came on and I was like, OH Stultz you gotta higher this song!!!! This is mine an Hanna's theme song!!! So Stultz starts listening to the words then just starts shaking his head and laughing!!! He's like, and for some reason I don't think you guys are singing about Jesus when you sing this!!! I'm like, Okaaaaaaaaay IF that's what you want to ASSUME, you can, buuuuuut that's NOT what I said!!! Hee, hee!!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllll...I could go on and on and on as you know my mouth and hands have an almost endless ability to keep saying stuff...ahahaha...buuuuuuut...I'll just say that you've been a very GOOOOOOD friend to me and I thank God for bringing us all together as friends!!! Thanks for excepting me for who I am, in all my crazy-weirdness, my chocolate obsession, my purrrrring, my Maryness, and well as you say, all the things that make me MAR BEAR!!!

Thanks for being one of my chocolate chips!!!

 Hee, hee!!! Purrrrrrrr!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. #summer2015=BESTSUMMEREVERRRR!!!

P.P.S. Don't forget that at SOME POINT during this summer, we gotta do my DREAM hairdo for you!!! High pony tail on top of your head, unstraightened, with wild curls cascading down, EVERYWHERE!!! OMW!!! Its gonna be sooooooooo CUUUUUUTE!!! Maybe a headband too!!! If anything, you can do your hair like this on MY BIRTHDAY!!!