The Story of Us: July 11, 2009 - Chelsie and Brian's Wedding Day!

Well, we did it! The months of planning and planning and planning is over. The wedding is done and life is back to semi-normal. It was a BEAUTIFUL wedding and the day went perfectly!

Aside from starting nearly an hour late, the wedding was perfect. Now, the explanation as to why it started so late: When Brian and Chels were picking their groomsmen and bridesmaids, Brian knew that he wanted his best friend, "Rooks" to be his best man. He is in the U.S. Navy and found out shortly after being asked to be the best man that he was being deployed. He would not be back in time for the wedding. Brian has been bummed out about that ever since. A couple of weeks before the wedding, Chelsie got a call from Rooks saying that his ship would dock in Washington the day before the wedding. He was determined to surprise Brian and show up at the wedding ... Chelsie was so excited and told everyone except for Brian. It was a well guarded secret and Rooks even contacted Brian and told him that there was no way he would be home in time. His ship docked on time and he drove like a bat out of *&@# to get to Utah. He called at 7:00 in the morning and told Brian's mom he was just outside of the Idaho border in Oregon. We timed it and knew that he was going to be late, but at that point, we couldn't start the wedding without him. We had it planned that he would be an escort on Kandice's arm since she was the maid of honor. Josh was on her other arm. Brian didn't know that he was coming or had arrived until he saw him walk down the aisle with Kandice. It was a pretty special moment to be there to see. We had told Brian that the delay was because Chels had a "wardrobe malfunction. He was growing mighty impatient. We had Glen and Brian's mom inform the rest of the crowd and the officiator what was going on. The officiator even mentioned it after the ceremony and thanked everyone for being so patient.

Kandice and her two special escorts

Daddy walking Chelsie down the aisle

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Young

Now for the wedding ... it was a beautiful setting, beautiful weather and a beautiful couple. They are so cute together and we just LOVE Brian and are so glad to have him be a new member of our family. They both looked so GREAT and the men all in tuxes were so handsome. The bridesmaids were adorable and everything turned out just as planned. We had a good turnout and it was a pretty casual affair. That is exactly how Chels and Brian wanted it. They didn't want a fancy smancy wedding.