A recap of last Oct. 13, 2007

I'm Back/Wedding Part 1
Well, I now write to you all as Matthew Kidd, HUSBAND of Kadee Kidd!!!!! If you didnt get the hint last Sat Kadee and I got married. I will try not to tell to much about it, as this is going to be a 4 part post about the whole event and cruise.So to start, I am back in the good old U.S.A. After getting married, my wife and I cought a plane and boat and left the country.(more on that later like Part 3) It is weird, I am in the living room of our home typing and Kadee is in our room sleeping. I cant believe that we are married, last week came so fast that I think everythimg is hitting me now and it is kinda cool. So we are home now.Part 1,well you can not have a wedding with out practice, and thats what we did fri the 12th. most of the people were there and we went to work. We lined up and ran the whole program from start to finish. We even had little dots up on the stage to tell us where to stand. After perfecting our roles for sat we sat down to a lite dinner of Pizza and salad, with the greatest cake I have ever tasted. I dont know where my mom got it but dude, it was.........great!!!! we then broke up and hit the road. That night I got to hang out with my mom one last time, we had a late night snack and just sat and talked. It was so nice, because it has been awhile since we did this last. After we finished up I headed back to my hotel room and tried to unwind. so after calling kadee, she came over for about 15 min and we exchanged gifts and said our goodbyes till the morn. Then after a night of 2ish ours of sleep I awoke to the sound of knocking at my door, who could it be? look out for wedding Part 2 to find who and what happend Sat oct 13, 2007Thats it for now see ya
The Wedding Part 2
So as I left off in part 1, I wake up Sat with a knock at the door. Trying to walk over to the door I thought at first that I might had over slept and was going to be in a world of hurt. So how shocked was I to open the door and see a huge smile from lil Jackson Cobb greeting me at the door. I had not over slept, it was just time to hand out with Jackson and Cobb. We went and got some food, watched a liltle T.V. and packed up for the big day that was here. I remember on the car ride to the church trying nto figure out if I was going to get hit with nerves or not. I knew that I had made the right choice, I mean Kadee and I should not have met. It was a total God thing that I went up to CMU the night i did and met her for the first time, so I knew God would not steer me wrong. Arriving at the church around 11 A.m. there wasnt to many people around, then it happend. Standing in the parking lot holding a bag in one hand and, a tux in the other a wasp landed on my chest and started to explore. Now this wouldnt be a big deal except im DEADLY allergic to them and i couldnt blow it off.(which made him a little mad) so I screamed for Cobb to help.... in what seemed like 10 min, he came and saved the day. Wow what a close one!!!So Cobb and I are in the church and I realize that all us dudes have the gym to ourselfs. Man how cool is God I can Play B-ball all the way up till the service starts, yea. Getting changed it started to hit me, Im not at a friends wedding, Im at mine. so I did the only thing I knew to do, I went and played B-ball with God. Shooting the ball while praying was great, I was doing something physical while talking with God trying to calm my nerves. Then little by little my dudes start to arrive, then Jill comes in to tell me that we are going to do pics and it is time to see kadee for the first time. I know that its not right for the groom to see his bride before but, it was are wedding and we did what we wanted to do. As I was walking with Mrs. Border to see kadee I realized that my hand was shaking. I mean come on, I have done manly things at the fire station, I have trainned with the Tac team in our county and im shaking on the day of my wedding. So now Im standing with my back to the pews waiting for kadee and I hear her talking to someone as she walks down to me. I hear her stop not more than ten feet from me and tell me to turn around.The only people in the church at this time is the photo guy, me and, my bride. So I turn around and wow. Im not the person to not beable to talk but, words can not discribe my bride that day. I mean even now I have a slight tear in my eye at the thought of her that day. She was.....perfect, the only way I could discribe her would be; you know in romantic movies when the girl walks down the stairs and everyone stairs at her well that was me. standing with my mouth open looking at my princessin all her beauty. man I just had to sit and talk to her for the 3 min we had alone to compose myself. Then it was back to getting ready for the wedding. more to come about the wedding in part 3, stay tunned.
the Wedding part 3
So now that pictures are done and, it is almost 1hr before the big event Kadee and I go back in to hiding. As I walk back to the gym where we dudes were playing b-ball I only remember the image of Kadee when I first turned around and saw her. It now dawns on me that I should eat something cause, I really do not want to drop in front of everyone. So Cobb and I got some cake, a Mt. Dew(which for all who were there saw that I shouldn't of had) and, took a walk outside. It was such a perfect day out, the sky was clear, the temp was just right and, there was a slight breeze coming in. Now up to this point I have been doing ok, I mean dont get me wrong my nerves were up but, not to bad. Not untill Dad Border came back all dressed up and told me of the large amount of people did I start to freak out. Looking out the door I still saw a huge line of people trying to be seated, crap that is a lot of people.As Justin and Pastor Dave prayed for me right before we went out it all hit me. This is not one of my friends weddings, Im the groom, I am going to walk out of this room and marry Kadee. Lining up out side the door I remember Cobb and Big Daddy talking to me I just cant remember what they said. Walking my Mom and Mrs. Border up to light the candles I got to see just how many people were there. Its funny, in movies I remember how they can make time slow down and even stop. this is what was happening, the next thing I realize is Matt and Jill walking down, then Chewie and Squirt. Then the doors shut, Oh man now comes Kadee and her dad. As her mother stands so does every person in the room, all heads turn in the direction that I am looking. There id Kadee, my bride walking down to me with a HUGE smile looking right at me. Tears start to form in my eyes, and I look away for a mim at lil Jackson Cobb to try to blink them away but it doesn't work. Now she and her dad are right in front of me and I here," Who gives this girl away?"" Her mother and I" Mr. Border responds, and that is that, walking up the stairs with kadee I toke a huge breath. This is it, we are getting married. I dont remember much of the things said, I remember looking at Kadee and saying my vows. I kinda remember the song Matt and Jill wrote and sang, then I remember looking to chewie and him giving me a ring. At this point as I slip it on her finger, it is like I cant even talk. Im trying to repeat after justin but, the words just wont come out.(and the tears were trying to come back) Now I here Justin say I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kidd, you may kiss your bride. Really, I can kiss kadee in front of people, heck yes, and then it is over. From start to finish the whole thing took 37 min, or if you were me 2hr23min. We then turn around to what seems like a million people clapping, yelling, and walk out. I just married my best friend, man the emotions that hit me as we hit the door were.......well indescribable. After dismissing everyone that came we took one min to ourselves while everyone was outside waiting. I remember taking Kadees hand looking her right in the eye and asking,"Are you ready to do this Mrs. Kidd?" "For the rest of my life Mr. Kidd!!!" The doors open to the outside and we leave the and jump right in a SUV and take off to have a few pics taken outdoors. After these are done its off to the second best time of the day, DINNER!
The Wedding Part 4
So on to part 4,After the Pics in the park it is off to the dinner of the year.(for all who was there, you know what i mean.) On the way to the hall I kept thinking, wow im sitting next to my wife! Arriving at the hall I found an old Fire truck wait ting for Kadee and I to have some of our last pics taken on. How cool is that, to have a Fire truck, dude that was sweet. Now its time for us to make our entrance, after the wedding party I hear them call our name. Walking into the hall the number of people there was amazing. as we went up in took our place at the head table it only took 3.6 sec until the sound of tapping on glasses. heck yea ill kiss kadee. after all the kissing, it was time to eat and, man the food was good, i mean 2 plates full good. it was so nice to look out over dinner and see all these people who came to be with us on our day.Now if you thought dinner was all that happened, man were you wrong. After Kadee and I were done with dinner we hit the crowed, after all we wanted to talk to everyone there.(sorry if we missed you) While we were talking I realized that in only a matter of min I would be having a dance with my wife. As the music started all I could see was Kadee walking to me. Then we started to dance, looking around all I saw were friends and family watching my bride. Man she was and still is hott, and she was mine.(just a hint as to what she had put on my ring) How nice, to be dancing with the one you love, then the music changed and the bridal party came out and danced.After this, I was able to dance with my mom, what a nice time. I was able to thank her for all she had done for me and tell her again how nice she looked. After this came the moment everyone was waiting for, Kadee and her Daddy. I must admit I had to leave just for a min, because at the sight of seeing him with his baby I did tear up. I hope Ican live up to at least half the Man he is. What a great site, just Mr. Border and Kadee, one day a long time from now, long time I may know what he was thinking if God blesses us with a lil girl. Then just like that it was over, Kadee and I changed and left to head to Detroit to crash for the night , and fly out for our honeymoon. See that in Part 5
The Wedding Part 5
Well after much food, dance and time with friends and family it was time to leave. As my wife and I changed and said our good bye's, I still could not help but think that my wife and I were now on our way to a cruise ship. We arrived in Detroit around midnight and then were up bright and early at 4 to park the car and head to the airport. Waiting for the airplane I remember sitting by Kadee and thinking that we were finally going on vacation, no calls from the fire dept, sheriff office, work, nothing and, sorry everyone it was a great feeling. Now we land in NYC, what a great city that Kadee and I both have a heart for. This is where we got to have our first romantic breakfast at Mc d's, with a crap ton of luggage to kill time(3 hrs just to let you know) As the taxi pulled in to the dock yard, we saw 2 of the biggest ships we had ever seen. theses things were.......well floating citys, even though our ship wasnt as big it was still huge. The best part was when we arrived 2hrs early they let us in to check in and board the ship, now are room wasnt going to be ready till but, we had time to sit, eat and, explore the ship. now its time to go.Leaving NYC the sky line was amazing, then we passed by Lady Liberty and it was on to open ocean. What a great sunny day to be out and see the coast line. By now we had gotten in our room and unpacked, and were ready for food.After eating we cough a movie and went to bed early. Day 2 was pretty uneventful, we got up around 12 cleaned up and hit the ship. We found out where all the restaurants were, found the stage, and main areas were, and all the pools, hot tubes were. Day three we awoke to be in St. George, this was a nice little town. After eating on the ship, we took off to see the sites. Now I must say there were amazing things we saw, but dude it was up hill both ways for real. Heading to a beach we came across the unfinished church. it was a church started in the 1800s and never finished due to weather and a church split.(go figure) we then hit up St. Cathrine's beach and milked every moment there. It was a great day, 80 sunny and the water was wow. around 3 or so after many hrs in the sun we headed to a place to eat and then headed back up hill to the ship for the night. We decided to clean up and go to a sit down place to eat this night, so we did. waiting in line I so hoped we were sat with cool people and boy did God come through. We met 2 other couples and had dinner with them, they were nice and talked with us for a while. then after they left we had a group of New England Ladies sit down and wow. You talk about all things stereotype they were, their poop didnt stink and they wanted nothing to do with us, so we finished and left. That night we then went and cough one of the live shows and called it a night.The next day we awoke to be in the capital city of Hamilton. We now were in all things urban, it was like being in a small NYC. The only difference was how nice the people of Bermuda were. Day one of 2 here Kadee and I spent walking around and we spent the best 20 dollars of our life's. We bought bus and ferry passes, we could now go ANYWHERE on the island and didnt have to walk.(yea) We then went to a lil garden right in town and mapped out the next day, which was well you will see. Heading back to the ship, we couldnt help but wish we could meet the cool people again, and we so did. We were right in back of them in line and they wanted to eat with us. Yea we had cool people to eat with, no more mean people. Dinner was great, we sat around talking about life, and each other and the decided to change and all meet and catch the show that night. After that it was time to hit up the midnight buffet!!!!!!!Day 2 in Hamilton was packed, we hit up a Botanical Garden that puts anything I had been in to shame. It was huge, Kadee and I spent almost 2.5 hrs in it and didnt see it all.(sorry we did this day 1 my bad) Next we decided to head to the east side of the Island to the Museum, aquarium, and zoo for awhile. They had an amazing zoo/aquarium, we saw everything from snakes, to alligators, all kinds of birds, seals and, a crap load of fish. what a great time, after this we cough a bus back into town(30min ride) to head 30 min to the west to horseshoe bay beach. This was an amazing sight, the sand was pink the water was blue, and my wife looked so hot, could you ask for anything else in life? We spent three of the best hrs so far in our married life there. The waves were huge and knocked us over at times. Although we didnt get to many photos of it with the digital, we bought and underwater camera and got some cool photos ill have to scan and get up that way. We then headed back to the boat to go to a new restaurant without the cool people, it was called Chopsticks.(can you guess what they served?) It was ok, we'll just say that room servise was called that night. We then called it a night, man were we whipped after a long day.The last day we got up early and headed out into town to buy t-shirts and what nots before the ship left around 12. We had a nice lunch and layed out for a while before heading down to our room to clean up and meet our cool new friends for dinner and a show. Dinner and the show were fun, we then sat around and talked then called it a night. we then git up and layed out again but, only for a little while because it was time for the chocolate buffet. Imagine walking into a room to the sight and smell of 750lbs of pure goodness in front of you. Holy crap is all I can say 2 plate fulls we headed up to a deck and sat and eat a lot. wHAT A GREAT TIME. The next day We awoke to the end of a storm and 25-30 foot waves, we'll just say that Kadee stayed in bed for a while. Walking around the ship I decided I would go outside, wow was this different. walking up to the bow of the ship the wind almost knocked me over, im not the smallest person in the world but still had to hold on or hit the ground. In the process of walking I happend to look over at the monster wake we would make and saw a pod of 15-20 dolphins playing in the waves. Isnt it like God to in the midst of a crappy day to still find away to make you smile and show how cool he is. We then had our last meal with our cool friends this night and went to our last show, in the morn would be NYC and a huge layover at JFK.Heading back to the airport in the taxi it was weird to not be in the water. when we arrived around 11 at the airport we killed 5hrs by reading and watching football on the tv. Before we new it we were in the air and in Detroit, then at our car and on the road to our home. Arriving at home we were thrown back to reality, work a leaking roof, and the washer almost catching on fire. Man isnt God good, the following 4 days after getting back we had every reason to fight. But we just prayed, and leaned on God for our strength, held hands and together pushed right through all the problems we had. This has to be the best part of being married, having a best friend to be with you in good times and bad to help you through them. I hope you have enjoyed a look into our wedding and trip to Bermuda. I will try to get the pics up soon, if you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them.