Hoffelds and Jacksons

Ahh, look at the happy family. Here we are in the hotel lobby prior to the wedding. I think our parents were more nervous about this than we were. This was it for both sets of parents; no more babies to send of into the world of wedded bliss (so we better mean it, right). We rode separately to the courthouse, Hoffelds in one car and Jacksons in another. Now to think of it, the juxtaposition of the vehicles his humorous, Jacksons in white car and Hoffelds in a black car, weird. Thankfully, the rain from last week was held at bay by bright sunshine and 90 degree temperatures. All we were lacking the breeze from the ocean air and it would have felt like home. We parked the cars and were walking to the courthouse with the blazing sun beating down on us and Josh's mom and I turned to Josh and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this? Now is your time to back out, last chance." After wiping the sweat from his brow, he said, "I am more nervous about being in front of a judge than I am getting married." I said, "You're crazy, it is not like you have a criminal record!" The judge who preformed the ceremony is a criminal judge, I don't know if that had anything to do with it or not. Maybe my impressions of judges are a little warped, they don't intimidate me at all. My experiences with judges has also been drinking Cuban coffee with them while they puff away at cigarettes and ask what my parents were up to this week.

Oh, look at the cool couple, we are married! This photo was before the tequila and bourbon began flowing like the St. Johns River. Here is Cathy (Josh's mom) after a steak and a couple bourbons down the hatch!

We had dinner at an amazing restaurant here in Wichita called Chester's Chop House. It is the only thing that equates to a Ruth's Chris or Morton's. We laughed, ate well, and had a really good time. All in all, the day was great, I just wish I'd slept better the night before because once we got home, I crashed until it was time for the send off breakfast with our parents the next morning. We wished our siblings and their families could have joined us, but that just means we get to have another great celebration when we see them!