My best friend was getting married and of course since she is my best friend, I was asked to be the maid of honor. I was so thrilled. I’ve never been in a wedding before, so this was rather exciting for me. The best part of all was the fact that they had planned on a destination wedding. We were all going to Las Vegas for the ceremony and reception. They had arranged to have the reception in one of the major hotels down there, and we were all to spend the night and come home in the morning. This was really special, my first time being a maid of honor in a wedding and my first trip to Vegas, all in one night.
They were just having a few friends and their parents and family at the wedding. She had two bridesmaids and he had to groomsmen, and then there was me and the best man. Her little neice was the flower girl and her nephew was the ring boy, and that’s all that was in the wedding party. She asked for my help in getting things all together for the big day. We checked out everything from decorations at the hotel, to bridesmaid gifts for the girls. She found quite a selection of wedding and reception supplies and accessories to choose from. There were really adorable little gifts for flower girls and ring boys too. She picked out these lovely mini wedding picture frames as wedding favors for everyone and special gifts for the parents of the bride and groom. They picked the groomsmen gifts out together, because she wanted to make sure she was getting something her fiance agreed with for his guys. They got very nice glass mugs with the word groomsmen engraved on them, and a very nice gift for the best man.
When it came to choosing her gifts for bridesmaids, she wanted my advice. We went through so many items and she wanted to get almost every one of them. I have to admit it was a tough decision to pick just one, they were all beautiful. But we had to make a decision and she went with the very lovely jewelry boxes they had. They weren’t really expensive, but they definitely didn’t look like cheap bridesmaids gifts either. They were exquisite looking. When it came to picking out a gift for the maid of honor (me), of course she didn’t need my help, she said she had already taken care of that. She bought me a lovely necklace with to my maid of honor printed on it.
We had all her accessories and supplies all ready to go and one week later, we were all on a plane heading for Las Vegas. I think I was just as excited as she was. My first time on a plane, my first trip to Vegas and my first time standing up in a wedding.
The hotel was fabulous and the wedding was absolutely beautiful. It was all I could do to keep myself from crying. They were married in a little chapel under a canopy of flowers, and this wasn’t one of those get hitched quick chapel, it was a really nice little church. After the ceremony we all went to the hotel for the reception. We had a fantastic time and I think when I get married I may just plan a destination wedding too. It would be nice having a small wedding and going off somewhere special. I know I had a great time in Vegas. After the reception we all hit the slot machines, roulette wheels and everything we could. Why not? What’s a trip to Vegas without a little blackjack?
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