Stunning. You AND the location. Seriously, I have wedding locale envy.

And what is the gift? I can’t tell and feel kind of dumb.

My dad continued tending bar for about five years after he quit drinking! Strangely, he says hanging out at the bar after work lost a lot of its appeal after that. :)

Glad you had fun, even if the kids were sick. Hope they, and you, recover soon.

I LOVE that dress. And you look spectacular in it. JB looks nice, too, but a suit is a suit.

You guys look great, and that looks like a fabulous place for a wedding! How fun. Glad things worked out with the babysitters too, especially since the boys are sick.

And I hope you can send them to daycare tomorrow, because my little one was home sick most of last week and I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

I can’t tell exactly what the present is but I love the inscription!

Kathryn- I think the gift is a gun clip? I don’t really know but that is my best guess…

What a great dress! You looked awesome as always, Sundry!

Jesus Christ, your hair is fantastic.

You are so freaking me out with the JB/John thing!

But you look gorgeous!!!

Two questions. First, do you cal JB JB, or whatever it was printed on that gift (w. the heck? I thought he WAS JB.) Second, can we at least get the gist of the speech?

Sorry about all the prying.

The story passed around after our wedding was about the one male guest who woke up in the middle of the night and made a wrong turn into the hallway, thinking it was the bathroom. So he’s running up and down the hall nekkid until his wife figures out what’s happening and opens the door to their room.

Ahhh, the hair, earrings, and pearls look sooo beautiful with the dress.

JB stands for “Johnny Bravo” anyway, right, so of course it’s “John.” Duh!

You forgot to mention JB’s other superpower: the ability to recognize actors’ voices and know what other roles they’ve played. Didn’t you once say that was his superpower? Anyway. The man’s got a lot of powers.

Are any of us (your prying curious readers) going to get to see any photos of the wedding party? I’d love to see what kind of dress the bride picked out!

I always knew his name wasn’t actually JB but dude it totally suits him.

A magazine? Did he get a new gun too? Very cool, but dude, no bullets?
You guys looked amazing, and so cute together. Were you in the wedding too?
The wedding locale was gorgeous too. JB and his bro look like Riley and Dylan will someday, so much alike.
And I notice that there were no blackmail photos from the bachelorette party….have fun?

Um cool. A personalized gun clip! My man would love one of those. Do you know where it came from?? Thanks! P.S. Love the dress!

Gorgeous location and smokin dress!

Two of the last three weddings I went to I was pregnant for and therefore, no drinking, and wow, what a difference a wedding is through completely sober eyes.

As if it’s not hard enough to get your ass to dance without the haze of a vodka-induced buzz, add in the grace of a three-legged cow during my 9th month of pregnancy and you get…well, you get something I’m lucky 90% of wedding-goers were hopefully too drunk to remember.

Wow, an engraved magazine, that brought a tear to my eye.

Glad you’re back! You looked lovely.

Was the gun clip wrapped in an Ann Taylor Loft box? Funny stuff!

Randomly, how well does Dylan sleep when you travel? My little one sleeps like crap in the pack and play. She (we) are up every few hours. Makes the thought of a vacation very unappealing.

Or, they were so drunk they wouldn’t even remember the person who looked like a jackass on the dance floor (a la Elaine on Seinfeld) the next day.

So, is that an engraved magazine??? My husband would shit his pants with joy if he got one of those.

That dress is beautiful! You always manage to make any story entertaining. The wedding sounds wonderful. Hope your boys feel better soon. Both mine are just starting a new round of colds – yay…

you look like a pin up model … gorgeous & very classy! Eh, the thing about being the sober person when every one is shitfaced is that they don’t remember anything, let alone how dorky you could be at any given time.

I love that color on you. Gorgeous.

You look beautiful! And that location is very classy! That would have been a fun wedding to shoot. Also, I have camera envy.

AND you feel so much better the next day than the drunkards.

Wow, you looked stunning..hair, makeup and dress fantastic!
What a beautiful location.

Here’s hoping the kids are well enough for daycare!

Well, TWO funny and heartfelt people in the same household- how did you manage that? Funny/heartfelt is probably one of my favorite combinations in a personality…

The wedding looks beautiful, you look beautiful in that dress! And your hair is amazing too! Your pictures are alway just perfect, and I’m jealous of that, to be honest. I’m doing that (basterdly) picture-a-day this year, and DAMN if I don’t suck.

Also: re your twitter- I recently had the experience of shopping in Hollister for the first time (for my niece) and if you want another experience to feel OLD, I’d highly reccommend it. The place was picth black, with spot lights on barely-dressed mannequins, the music was BLARING, and insanely beautiful teenagers were shouting to me- over the blaring music- CAN I HELP YOU? Then I picked up a simple hoodie and it was $98. That was when I turned into my own mother circa Guess jeans.

Ok! Nice talk!

You guys look gorgeous!

And how do you get your bangs to stay so nicely side-swept? Mine always end up hanging in my face so I feel like the girl from “The Ring”.

Hey – I’ve been to a Mormon wedding – talk about everyone needing positive life coaching to get out on the dance floor!

What a beautfiul location!! It looks like a great time was had by all!! Too bad your ride home wasn’t as relaxing as the rest of the trip…

Yeah…what IS that gift anyway?

You look beautiful-I’m happy you had a good time and convinced everyone that the kids were best left to a babysitter.

i always thought he was JB for the reals, too. so you don’t really CALL him JB in real life? I feel disappointed, somehow.

Really? A gun clip? I would never have guessed that and am only assuming it’s correct from the other comments. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before.

Also, where is the snow?

I am Canadian, and have never seen a gun (other than on a policeman), let alone a gun clip. Is this a customary groom’s gift? Really?

And Linda, you ALWAYS look amazing.

That color looks amazing on you! And are you *ahem* taller than JB in that picture?

I love that half of us are all, “What’s the gift?” and the other is “Dude! Awesome gun clip!”

Our Bill of Rights at work.

what the hell is a gun clip?

Hi! I’ve been reading your website for about a month now, but haven’t been able to comment because all things interactive were blocked at work. But last Friday, the internet went down in one of our offices and everyone else has had full access since! Woot!

Anyways, I really love your hair style! It’s beautiful! I have wanted to get my hair cut for a while, but have been too chicken because I am in a wedding in May and didn’t know how they could put it up…but I might just be stealing a.)your hair cut and b.) your up-do. Love them :)

I hope today has been a little less overwhelming for you!

Catherine: a magazine/clip holds bullets.

Mo: no, that is most assuredly not a customary best man gift, but it’s pretty perfect for these guys.

Love, love, love your hair and dress! I’m getting married in September and am a little nervous about the fact that I’m getting married and having the reception all in one place (I’ve only been to church and outdoor weddings with some gap between the ceremony and reception). It looks like maybe that’s what Joe did? I hope my location looks half as classy as his!

I just came across your blog and am loving it!

I understand that feeling when you need your kid to go to school, but fear they may not be able to due to illness / weather / etc. I am having one of those days today, as my mother-in-law was supposed to come for a visit and couldn’t make it. My sanity is hanging by a thread, I tell you.

And you look fabulous. Simply fabulous.

I have complete hair envy. How did you get your bangs to do that? Mine just laugh at me and fall in my face when I even think of a style like that. Simply fantastic.

I am happily married. I have a thing for man hands and JB has very nice hands!

You look amazing in that dress!

Ok how do you get your hair to do that side-sweepy-thing without just landing in your eyes and sitting across your nose? I must know.

I think you are a super cool woman and I, too, would like to steal your haircut. BUT – I’ll pay you a million dollars to get rid of the tattoo.

Just wanted to clarify that another Jennifer, not me, is dissing the tattoo. Your armband is the coolest thing ever. The only thing that would have been cooler about that dress would have been if people could have seen the dragonfly too!!

Dissing someone’s tattoo is as tactless as dissing anything else about someone’s appearance. “Hey, I will give you a million dollars to get rid of that nose!” is just as horrible as asking someone to get rid of a tattoo, only with the additional level of judgment given that people CHOOSE their own tattoos, based on their OWN PREFERENCE.

Guess whose approval that tattoo was not created for? Anyone but Linda’s.

That said, if one is soliciting feedback about one’s appearance (about weight loss and such), one opens oneself up to feedback about all aspects of their appearance. So there’s that.

Jennifer- Would you prefer a large scar there to replace the tattoo? A cool new larger tat might be awesome, but all and all Linda’s personal choice. Such a bizzarely insensitive comment.

Anonymous: “…one opens oneself up to feedback about all aspects of their appearance.”

I suppose, but I think it is still inappropriate (and I’m not saying you disagree, just making a general point). If I asked my friend to comment on the highlights/haircut I got, I would expect her to answer honestly. But I would NOT expect her to say something like “They’re nice, but you sure are fat!”

Fuck the tattoo haters, and this is from a girl who would never get one. It works well for you. It is the ying to your yang, so to speak.

Also, you are sporting ridiculously righteous hair in these pics. Seriously, you know how to style it, and it looks amazing.

I would gladly take a million dollars to get rid of my tattoo. I would do it for half that, in fact, Jennifer, if the offer is good.