My Best Friend's Wedding

A couple of weeks ago I got to take a Mommy trip to Virginia to see my best friend D get married!  Disclaimer:  Her real name is Jessica, but we had another roommate with the same name so she got dubbed D, due to her maiden name.  She and I were roommates back in college and to this day she is still one of my favorite people in the whole world.  She has been kind enough to come out to California three times to visit (fun, wedding, Sienna blessing) and this was my first time out to Virginia...I'm such a slacker.  

We had such a good time reconnecting and mostly hanging out.  We did get a chance to get our nails done which was kind of a highlight for me!  She got married on Friday so we had to wake up super early to get ready and get to the Washington DC temple on time.  This was us late Thursday night staying up way too late for our own good.

The Washington DC temple is BEAUTIFUL and huge!  Seriously, it has seven floors.  

 

 

I didn't actually meet her husband until the day of the wedding but he seemed incredibly nice and I am so happy for the two of them.  She looked beautiful, the sealing was amazing and they both seemed very in love and happy.  I was so glad that I was able to be there!

 

 

It was fun to get to see her family and meet some of them that I had heard so much about but hadn't yet met.  I was also able to connect to one of her other friends, who was so amazing that whole weekend.

This trip was really important to me and definitely happened due to the sacrifices of others.  I am so thankful to my husband, sister and some good friends who made it so that I never worried about Sienna (who had entirely too much fun without me).  I'm also thankful to my parents who helped with the expenses that come with traveling across the country.  Also, I'm forever in debt to D and her family for taking care of me and dealing with my crazy travel schedule.  I'm just really grateful that I was able to be there and share in her joy that weekend.