Wedding Events....how it all went down.

Day 1 Wednesday Night / Thursday

We decided to leave GA at Midnight the night before we were scheduled to arrive in Myrtle Beach so that we could go to Wal-Mart and get our food and junk, go to the probate office and pick up our marriage license, and then meet up with our officiate at 11:00am at our hotel. The groomsmen met us at our house and fiddled around for a while and then we left right about midnight. ( the kiddos rode with Mr. Gary & Ms. Ann the next day- Thursday ) We had to make a few stops here and there for gas, snacks, energy drinks, & potty breaks but made it to Myrtle in time to have breakfast at Bo-Jangles. After that we went to the Probate office- which apparently I looked at the times wrong and they didn’t open for another hour………oops. We hadn’t slept, especially Justin. He had to open at work at 6:00am on Wednesday and drove the entire 8/9 hour drive to Myrtle in the middle of the night. Luckily, the cleaning crew was there and they let us in to wait inside so we could go to the bathroom and rest outside of the car for a little while.

We were able to obtain our marriage license with no problems with a few minutes of them opening the window and were on our way back to the hotel. By this time it is only around 9:00am. Our check in time was not until 3:00pm and we couldn’t even check in without Justin’s dad because we reserved the room on his credit card. Stupid rule but they require you present the card at check in and actually pay in advance! So they were able to let us do a “pre-check-in” but only because we were the bride and groom, thank God. But pre-check in is only a parking pass. Bummer. But you do get access to the facility, pools, beach, bathrooms, but not a room to change to do all of those things. So, we hung out in the parking deck. Me and the groom and the groomsmen. Needless to say it wasn’t as much fun for me as them because they were able to just slip right into their swimming suits, while I had to duck behind a car door and try to shimmy off my clothes and put my suit on without the entire world seeing me in the nude. ( my worst fear in the WORLD ) But I did manage to do it, whether anyone saw me or not is still unknown.

After changing we waited on the officate to meet us outside of the lobby to go down to the beach behind the hotel to show him where we wanted to do it and verify that it would be OK for us to do that there on Saturday. He met us and we walked through the pool areas and onto the beach and showed him exactly what we wanted to do and he said oh sure that is no problem at all....well it didn't turn out to be no problem at all...at all...but that doesnt come for another day or two.

Becky and Randy were already at the hotel and checked into a room and we saw them coming out of the parking deck on their way to go shopping and talked for a little bit. It was decided that when they got back I would move my wedding dress up to their room, given that we didn’t have a room just a parking space at that point. So, the boys and I packed up a cooler and headed for the beach. Can’t beat that right! Wrong. As soon as the guys stepped onto the beach they were greeted by the beach patrol and told they could not bring alcoholic beverages onto the beach!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? Seriously?!?! Frusterating to say the least. But Luckily there was a Tiki bar that had just opened.

So we just migrated over there and sat our oily butts down and had drinks for ………..hours.

I few hours went by and finally my in-laws and children arrived and we were able to check into our room and unload our cars and TAKE SHOWERS!! Justin layed down on the bed and quickly passed out for the day and night. I took a little nap and decided to meet up with whoever else was already there. So I called my sister and went up to hers and meme’s room and we went for a walk on the beach right before a storm was moving in. We walked on the beach and then moved up to my balcony to watch the storm rolling in over the ocean, was pretty amazing site.

Anyhow, eventually we went up to her’s and Meme’s room and had some sandwiches for supper and I went back to my room and straightened up a bit and went to sleep…..