The journey of those two was definitely fun to watch. We went to football and basketball games together, countless parties, fastpitch games, practices and events, New Year's Eve 2006 in Seattle, car rides, birthday parties, spring break down to California for a week and even the hype up until Nickey and I graduated in 2007. Yes, we were both there for 5 years.
I kept in touch with both of them throughout the years on Facebook, texting and seeing them at football games in Seattle. Then Nickey went to a school in the Caribbean for a few years. I wrote her letters and she wrote them back. I went to her party a few years ago when she got her white doctor coat. She was finally what she wanted to be, able to work with animals in a clinic.
She and Nick moved into an apartment together in Kirkland. I had the opportunity to go up and visit them for the afternoon since I wasn't able to go to her bridal shower or bachelorette party. I was able to go to the wedding. I couldn't be more excited.
That weekend we planned on being up in Bonney Lake to visit with Ben's mom and sister and to be closer to Snoqualmie. On Friday after Ben got off work, we packed up his car and headed to his mom's house. We got there around 8ish and Trish was making dinner. We had rice, beef and veggies mixed together with some Mediterranean sauce. It was tasty.
After dinner we watched the Mariners and played rummy and I had a couple of good hands. I ended up in second place. We made an ice cream run at Safeway and it hit the spot. Eventually I got tired and needed to go to bed. I went to bed just after midnight.
The next day I got up around 10ish and demanded that Ben feed me. We had pancakes and the rest of Brad's bacon. I was pretty sure I would be full until the reception. We lounged around for a little bit and then we talked to Trish about the sinks we were suppose to replace the faucets on. She had not prepared them for us to work on them.
Around 1:30 I started getting ready. I took a shower, dried and straightened my hair, got my dress on and then put some make up on. This is one of the very few occasions I wear make up for. I finally got Ben moving so he could get his shower and suit on. He takes a long time to get ready for stuff. He did his hair and I was now waiting for him so we could go. It was going to take about an hour to get to Snoqualmie from Bonney Lake.
On the car ride there I wondered who Nickey invited to her wedding. I knew I was going to see Brenna but who else was coming? I knew Slurs, Ashlee, Shannon and Becca probably wouldn't come because of the distance but I didn't even know if they were invited.
I had forgotten the invitations on the fridge when we left so I had my dad check up on my cat while we were gone and had him send me pictures of them from the fridge. Turns out we really didn't need them because Nick had posted the invitation online the night before. Plus, there is only one popular golf course in Snoqualmie.
The invitation said that the ceremony was going to start at 5 and we arrived around 4:15ish. I wasn't sure how many people she invited and how large the area was so we just hung out a bit and enjoyed the view. You could see Mount Si from the location as well as the other mountainous areas looking towards the east. They had really lucked out with the weather as well. It was sunny most of the evening while we were there with some scattered cloud cover.
I used the restroom before most of the people arrived and just to get it out of the way before the wedding started. I saw Jodie and Andrea and talked to them for a few short minutes. I met Ben outside and we found some seats near the aisle.
As I would expect, their wedding ceremony was unique and very catered to their personalities. Nick and the rest of the wedding party walked out to a musical rendition to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia theme song, Nickey walked out to one of her favorite songs and there were some references to professional wrestling when the rings were being exchanged and there was even some nerdy things during the ceremony. The flower girl needed help throwing the petals on the ground and it was adorable. Some weddings that I've been to there is always some sort of "we're combining our lives with one another, let's demonstrate that" such as lighting a candle with two fire sources or colored sand that each person dumps into a container that mixes together. Nick and Nickey did a science experiment with beakers and goggles that combining two elements bind together to make one, then they mixed dirt from their hometowns together (Bellevue and Ephrata) and then had a tree.
Nick kissed his bride and the pastor announced Mr. and Mrs. Graffis! We got our beer from the bar and headed upstairs. We had to wait about 45 minutes before they let us into the reception area for food, dancing and visiting. We sat with Brenna, her fiancé, Jodie, Andrea and some of Nickey's people, we really didn't talk to them very much. Ben hit it off with Jodie and Andrea. We talked about a lot of things while we sat there, memories, WSU, how I met Ben, the fact that we haven't see each other since at least 2007/08 and what they've been doing in Portland and Boise.
The food was delicious. They had two kinds of pasta, salad, meat, bread and various desserts. Their decorations were pretty cool, they had a giant blow up N and a G, lights, a tiny dance floor, our souvenirs were guitar picks and medicine bottles with personalized M&M's inside them. Like I said earlier, their wedding was perfectly planned with their personalities and the things they were interested in. I got my picture with Nick and Nickey, thanked them for the invite and decided to head out. I used the bathroom one more time and when I came out they were getting ready to send them off with sparklers! I couldn't miss sparklers! They drove off in a large SUV with a drone filming the entire thing. We left and headed home.
I could not wait to get out of my dress and into my comfortable clothes. We lounged a bit and I was exhausted and wanted to go to bed. I passed out hard.
Congrats to Nick and Nickey!
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