Wedding Recap: Fran is MARRIED!
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And she is married. You guys are looking at a full on. There it is. Yeah. I'm recording from bed. Shine bright like a diamond. Shine bright like a diamond.

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She's still dancing. She's still dancing. Fantastic. I have so many emotions. I am exhausted, but also like wish we could do it all over again, like every day forever. I'm recording from bed right now, which I literally never do, but I just like,

I just don't even know where to... Every time I sit down to unpack, repack for the honeymoon, I just get distracted. I'm on my phone. I mean, what am I supposed to do? I'm going to send all the pictures right now. I'm reliving every moment. Right, you got to soak it in. And if you weren't recording in bed right now, I'd say, honey, pick up your microphone and get into bed. What are you doing sitting at a desk? You deserve to be in bed. I mean...

I'm recording, Jo. Oh my God, husband's there. Oh my God, I'm giddy.

Husband's in the room. Well, I'll start by saying a few words. Okay. You're like, I actually have nothing prepared, but if I must. If I must. No, as a guest of the weekend and the wedding itself, because it was Thursday night was your birth. Your birthday was on Friday. So you had a little something at Thursday night at the bar. Friday was rehearsal dinner and wedding party, welcome party. And then Saturday was, of course, the wedding.

And I already posted this on my Instagram story, but for those who may have missed it, so you might sound repetitive to you, Fran, but it's never enough. You can never hear it enough times. I will say the way that you and Joe carried yourselves through this entire weekend was truly beautiful to see, and I really admired every moment of it. I truly did. Okay, now I'm going to start crying. And I...

Every time somebody asked me how the wedding was, I start crying. I really admired your guys' whole demeanor throughout the entire weekend because it was pouring and it was windy and it, you know,

Was something you were afraid of. And I think that's something. Any bride is afraid of. Leading up to that day. When you plan an outdoor. Specifically you. Because your wedding was fully outside. Ceremony and reception. But the way you carried yourself. With such.

grace throughout the entire weekend and such a positive attitude was so incredibly beautiful to watch and it made me feel so proud of you and you guys as a couple because I think there are so many situations and maybe so many people that wouldn't have had such a positive attitude, but you know, maybe a little cheesy and

your love and happiness was the sunshine of the weekend. And I truly, truly mean that from the bottom of my heart. Just the way your friends and family spoke about you guys,

was so meaningful. You really felt every word that every person was saying. You could truly feel that every person meant it with their entire heart. And I thought that was so beautiful to

Obviously, I have witnessed you guys as a couple and I have witnessed your love. But for everybody in the room to talk about you guys as a couple and the beautiful love and respect that you guys have for each other and your infectious personalities was just incredible to witness the entire weekend. I truly was...

So emotional the entire weekend and so, so, so happy for you guys. And I just admire you both so much because it was a beautiful, beautiful three days. Every single day.

had something special to it. You know, even not just the wedding day, the rehearsal dinner, the welcome party, the night before your birthday. Every moment felt so special to be a part of. And I just love you guys so much. I really do. Oh, thank you. You know we love you. I think, like you said, it's just being surrounded by so many amazing people. I think that's what

helped us because it's like, yeah, we were stressed because there was some moments Thursday, Friday where we were like, I don't know if everybody's even going to be able to get here. It was 30, 40 mile an hour winds. It was wild.

raining like you were texting me you're like i just got off the airplane my my feet are soaked it was the airport was they made us walk through seven inches of uh water when we landed the plane they were like there's gonna be a they didn't even say puddle they were like there's gonna be uh seven inches of water when you get off this plane so everybody's getting wet and i was like i'm just happy to be here fucking soak me up i'm just happy to be here

Exactly that. So I was like, thank God everybody got here. And then truly, like, I just feel so grateful for my family and all the girls and you and my sister and Joe and everybody were like, I felt comfortable enough all weekend where I didn't even feel like I needed to have some sort of freak out about the weather or whatever. Like at a certain point, it was, I was laughing on Saturday because I just said,

You know, it's not like Thursday and Friday were gorgeous. And then we woke up Saturday morning and we were like, oh, no, not on the wedding day. We had two full days to prepare because when I woke up on Saturday morning and I laid in bed and I heard my house like fucking blowing away in the wind.

I was like, all right, fucking sack up. This is the way it's going to be today. And it's going to be great. And we're going to make it work. And of course, there are some things that I wasn't fully able to do and pictures we weren't able to take that I wanted to take and moments. But all the new opportunities that we got to have because of all the shifts was amazing.

a whole new experience and we're gonna look back and and love those moments and have those moments and oh my god it was just so great like you said everybody just had some amazing words um

On Friday, my brother and Joe's sister and our friend Bridget spoke at dinner, which was so great because if you guys know and you've listened, like, it's funny. Big shout out to Grandma CL House because Bridget was like, I am basically making this speech around Grandma CL House, which has been like our cheers bar. But she has really, like, gotten the full picture

She joked during their speech. She's like, you called me girlfriend number two. It was like, we did a lot of stuff together. So that was a lot of fun. And then his cousin, Billy, who was also his co-best man, spoke at the welcome party and he brought the fucking house down. Let me tell you guys. Truly the funniest speech I think I've ever heard at a wedding. Like it was, everyone was dying. This was the fucking funniest speech ever.

I have ever heard. I legitimately almost started rolling around on the ground and like hollering. Like I almost started barking at him. Like that's how much he was making me laugh. It was so fucking funny. Like I can't even put into words how funny this speech really was. Like it was so, so funny.

I've been like reciting some of the lines to my family. I'm like, you guys should have heard this speech. I'm like, you guys should have heard this. It was so fucking good.

It was such a perfect balance of love and sentimental moments. And he and Joe have grown up together. And he's actually the one that introduced the two of us. So that was obviously included in part of the speech. You're talking about me and our relationship. And then he basically wrapped it up by just roasting Joe in a way that was so well done. Because it wasn't like...

it was just the perfect balance of funny and not mean, you know, like it was just like, where it was like, it is his wedding. Like, you know, it was just, it was, it was, he, he nailed it. It was, it was absolute perfection. And I, and I typically don't love like a roast style speech because sometimes people just get straight up mean, but this wasn't mean. It just was so fucking funny. And like, if you are close to you guys, then you really get it.

which I loved because like we you looked over at me a couple of times and I was like I am going to lose it like I am seriously can't hold myself together I'm laughing so hard like it was there there was a part of the speech where he just paused for a second just like in between sentences

And so loud. My grandma just goes, oh, love it. No, Meemaw was highlight of my weekend. Like, oh, my God. So, I mean, I'm jumping ahead to the reception, which was so much fun. Great band. Great. Shout out Mike Benjamin. Great, great band. I mean, shout out to your mom, Laura, for being

Absolutely crushing the decor of this wedding. It was stunning. The flowers, the intricate details, the flowers and everything hanging above the dance floor. Like so stunning. But there was one moment where a shout came on, obviously. But instead of your usual shout, Joe took the mic and performed the

The entirety, not just a little part, the entirety of Shout on stage, which by the way, was my favorite part of the reception because we were all acting like we were at like a Harry Styles concert. Like we were like...

like we're like like literally like screaming jumping up and down you mima was holding on to me for dear life because a lot of tall men hanging around like bumping into me mom like watch out um and she's holding on to me for dear life she's like oh my god he's so good right he's so good i was like i felt like we were at like a legit concert

No, truly the pictures are the, I don't have all the photos yet, obviously, but the ones that I do have are so funny. Cause I might as well be like, I'm like borderline, take your top off. Like I'm like reaching for him. Like, yeah. Oh my God. It's, it's so good. And by the way, you mentioned pictures. Yeah.

I wanted to say this before. The rainy day pictures are just so romantic. And on top of the rainy day pictures, I truly, truly think that because of the rain, it created a very intimate vibe to the wedding. And everyone was so close. And...

I felt that way for the ceremony for sure because obviously like the ceremony we ended up having under a tent which was not supposed to happen it was supposed to be out on the lawn without a tent um and everything be a little bit more spread out so we ended up having to do the ceremony uh under the tent and then we transitioned that quickly into the cocktail tent as well so that everybody was under there for the cocktail party but coming into the ceremony tent

And having it be like, act. Truly standing room only. We didn't have enough seats. So like kind of having that be the ceremony vibe was really, really very intimate. And it felt really special despite feeling like we were also inside of a helicopter the way the wind was blowing the sides of the tent. Um.

No, it was so intimate and so romantic and so special. And you guys, you guys did truly such a beautiful job with your vows. Both of the words that you guys spoke about each other were so special and so beautiful. And you can really feel the love in that moment. And I love you guys didn't take your eyes off each other the entire time, just fully in the moment, embracing it all. And I loved witnessing it.

I said this to you, too, because we were texting about the weather after. And I was just like, you know what? It sounds cheesy, but I was just so excited to get married. Yes! The day was funny. There was such a build-up, such a lead-up. All the planning, the calls. Just, like, finally pulling up to the venue and being like, oh, my God, it's happening. Like, if my, you know, my dress is trashed. All these things that are just like, oh, whatever. It is, like, it's... I had...

There was actually a couple moments that were really, really nice. One of them was the vans pulled up and we were going to do our first look at my house, but we changed it to do it at the venue because of the weather. So I got out, everyone got out of the van and they are planning the team that we had there, which was also amazing.

playing at Martha's Vineyard in Nantucket. They do weddings up there. They were amazing. We worked with Dorianna. She was fantastic. And her guy, Rob, who was like a wedding coordinator vibe. He says he's an execution guy, and he absolutely was. He was like, here's what we're going to do. We're going to stay in the van. We're going to bring everyone inside. We're going to go get Joe. We're going to do the first look.

So for like five minutes, I was just in the van with the driver silence. He's I think he was afraid to say anything. I was just sitting in silence. There was no mute. Like there's nothing on the rate. Like it was just, but it was actually so nice.

Because I just had, like, five minutes to myself. Absolutely. And I actually got to watch them, like, bring Joe out of the building. And obviously I had not seen him since the night before. We stayed in separate places the night before the wedding. And we didn't really talk at all leading up. So, like, I just got so excited even just to see him come out, which was –

So great. And then we had our first look. And then before the ceremony, when everybody was lined up, we also had like five minutes in one of the rooms in the museum that we could just kind of regroup and talk to each other and have that moment. So those were really, really, really, really nice. And it's funny because Joe and I keep saying like, oh, it couldn't have gone better. It's just everything went so well. And it's funny because people are like,

oh, but you know, the weather. And we're like, oh yeah, I mean the weather, but like. Right, but that's something that is so out of your control. Yeah, it really was. And there's some things that like, I'm sad I didn't get a full, and of course this always happens. I think this happens to a lot of bride and grooms is they don't get to like fully experience their own wedding. You know, they're taking pictures. They're off doing other things. Like there was parts of the cocktail hour that I was like, oh my God.

I wish I got to fully experience all of it. But I got my martini because we did have a martini bar with special martini, martini, special martini menu, which, oh my God, also, by the way, could not, I'm going to, I have to send her something and I'll, obviously you'll, you'll probably see it on Instagram as well. But my cousin, Grace, did all the,

you know, graphic design for the drinks, the menu, the schedule of events, all those things. She did all of those. That's incredible. So talented. That's amazing. Nobody in my, like me, JB and Gia did not get one inkling of the artist gene. It's,

Like the Mariano side of our family, we have one family. They're like all amazing musicians. Shout out my Heckleman cousins. They're like all amazing musicians. Grace is an amazing artist. So it was just really cool. That's amazing. That's so special that your cousin did that. And like see that, that vision come to life in those moments. Everybody.

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That's T-H-E-O-U-A-I.com code CHICKS. All I know is I just, I walked into the cocktail tent and I was like, I need my dirty martini. Yep. And I looked at my mom and I was like, mom, please get me a plate of oysters. I don't even know where the raw bar is in here. There's so much facts. Right. She was like, I'm on it. So thankfully those were, those moments were had and then, you know, got to take amazing photos. I could like,

Could not be more obsessed with my photographer. I could kiss her on the mouth. I love everything about her. She was incredible. She was so sweet too. So, so sweet. She is just, she has the best energy. She's such a doll. Oh, Emma, love you. Aw. She is.

And it was so nice because we did get to take engagement pictures together and all those things. So it felt like we already had that relationship. So that when she came in, I was like, oh, comfortable. And I knew, funny enough, we actually had a kind of a rainy day for our engagement photos. It was rainy and cold. Yeah.

So I was like, look, I know she's going to crush this. Yeah. No, she did. I mean, it's just incredible. And her whole vibe was just great to add to the wedding. You know, I know I can't like rave enough about all of our vendors. We kind of like girl boss pretty hard. I'm not going to lie. Like everybody, a lot of great, great ladies are, are, are flowers from Aubrey catering from Buckley's catering.

on Friday and Saturday night, the food was so good. It was so good. So good, really. Joe was joking. He was like, I think I had two and a half entrees. It was...

It was so good. And Aubrey, like, just every vision that my mom and I had of what we wanted the flowers to look like, she delivered and then some. Like, she went above and beyond for us. And it really showed with how magical everything looked. And just having, like, my grandparents there. I got to dance with my grandfather. Oh, my gosh.

sneaky better dancer than my dad love you dad but my heart watching you dance with your grandpa oh I have a video I have a video of me ma just watching everything go down if you want the real inside look was me you know me ma I watched when we were in the van on the way to the wedding I was me ma I was sitting in the front seat I was behind her I'm looking I could see her phone

And my aunt's texting her. She's like, how's everything going? She's like about to text all these pictures of me to my aunt. I'm like, I'm like, stop. I was so shocked. I go, Mima, she's about to see me in 20 minutes. Walk down the aisle. You don't need to send her the picture. Right, right. Oh my God, there's so many Mima with the pictures. Oh my God, the pictures. I know, it was actually very funny. Of course, like you just can't control. I know some people say, oh, no phones during the ceremony, all these things, you have rules. And I just like,

People get so excited. They want to document things. I get it. Like, I get it as a guest when I'm in the seat. Like, I'm like, oh, God. Like, I wish I could take a picture of this. Like, it's... You know, you... So, it is what it is. But it is actually... It's very funny. I waited a little bit, obviously, to post stuff because I just wanted my real photos. Like, my photos from Emma. And...

There are like the fucking gall of some people. Truly. No, no. You're telling me. It's out of this world. I agree. And I'm going to put her on blast. Sorry. Like I, I'm, I, if you listen, like love you, but like wild move. She, I don't know from whoever, one of my family members, social media, which once again, cannot control. She texts, she tweeted at me. Oh,

A screenshot of text that her mom sent her of me in my dress with my aunt and I forget who else, and tweeted it at me. I think she tagged you. I think she tagged Barstool Sports. I think she tagged you. I was like, girl, come on. I haven't posted one thing yet. You're going to tweet with my dress? I don't know how people don't realize this because I...

Quite frankly, I had enough at one point. I responded back to somebody who, you know, once again, love you. But people were messaging me constantly like, why haven't you posted Fran? Why haven't you posted Fran? Why haven't you posted Fran? And I'm like, I responded back to someone because they were like, you better give us updates. You have to post Fran. Why are you posting Fran? And I said, why?

I understand your... I wrote back and I said something along these lines. Like, I understand your excitement, but I won't be posting anything of Fran until she does. I want to respect that. Like, to me, that's wild to think I'm going to post you in your dress before you do. I was like a fucking...

I was like security out there making sure people weren't blowing up your spot. You know, I obviously I wasn't telling your family and your friends that I was like, I was like, no, you know, cause you, you had expressed to me that you weren't going to tell people not to post that, but you weren't necessarily going to repost them. Yeah. Um, initially. And so I just wanted to respect that. And I, and I just felt like it would be the most insane fucking move. If I was like, Oh my God,

my god I'm going on Instagram live at Fran's wedding follow me here's Fran and her like I just couldn't believe that people would assume that I would or were like mad that I wasn't posting you and I was like I know they were going to my like my siblings too yeah no oh no J and JB JB said something to me too JB was like they keep messaging me to show them I'm

am I an idiot? I'm going to show my sister's dress. Like what? Like, I just like, obviously it's pretty standard that like you wait for the bride to share her photos and then it's, and then it's open season. You know what I told everyone? I was like, look, I'm so fine. Like post, like my bridesmaids, a lot of my friends, like they're, they're on, they have private Instagrams. Like of course, whatever things it's, it is what it is. Um, but like,

of course where it's a bigger public platform. I'm like, well, I'm going to post my pictures. Just fucking, I'm not going to wait weeks, but it's only Monday. Just insane to get mad at me and be like, why aren't you posting front? First of all, I was living in the moment, honey. I barely have pictures on my phone, which part of me is upset about. I have some really, really cute, good ones. And part of me is upset about it. But part of me is,

Is like damn that shows how fucking fun it was and how much we were all living in the moment that I don't even have that much to share from my phone because we were so in it like I just wanted to enjoy the moment with you guys and I feel like we all did that and I feel like it was once again it was.

so much fun like truly so I was sad it was over on Sunday I texted you I was like damn like I'm so happy for you going on your honeymoon but like I'm sad this is over like it was so fun but it's it's it's so amazing there's so many special things to come I mean I'm so happy for you guys I'm so excited for you guys to have this foundation of husband and wife and um

life to come after this you know like there's so many that this is just the beginning there's so many beautiful moments to be had and even just the quiet moments of just everyday life as husband and wife are just so beautiful and I couldn't be happier for you guys and your love just it really shined through the entire weekend it was in it really really was incredible to watch you guys and I I know I'm sort of repeating myself because I it it

it's true like I listening to the words that everyone had to say like I I just was in awe of everybody I mean JB and Gia they crushed their speeches they really did it was great an amazing job I was mentioned in both and in your dad's speech so you know I feel honored

I guess full mention and my dad too. And he walked down the aisle with JB. Yeah, I did. Well, JB had three runs, okay? So JB, my man was used and abused by the time he got to me. He walked your mom down and then he walked...

Meemaw down, your grandma. And then he walked me down, which to be... Elite group. No, I really... You have no idea how honored I am that you put me in that group. Because obviously how special your mom and your grandma are to you. Obviously, it goes without saying. And to have your brother walk them down and also me...

I just was, I was so incredibly touched. I was so honored. And I did joke around. I was like, by the time you get to me, you better still put pizzazz into this walk. Cause I know you're going to get tired by the time it gets to me, but this walk still matters, JB. It still matters. Uh, but we were laughing. We were, we were like, this is a big photo op moment for the two of us. Um,

No, 100%. You know JB's trying to up his social media. Oh, JB was like, this is... He was like, this is going to be great for my Instagram. Yeah, great content. He's already... He's posting videos of him dancing with my little cousin. Oh, no, it's crazy. You know exactly what he's doing. He's eating it up. But I really felt...

so honored to be a part of your day and i was not expect i wasn't expecting to be mentioned jb and gia's but i definitely wasn't expecting to be mentioning your dad's and i was like oh my god and and i was like oh full maria i was like oh oh yeah no both going both jb and your dad went full maria i was like oh that's me um government name for sure for for speeches but no i they had such beautiful words to say about you and and joe which i just love to hear so much

It really was. It really was waterworks because they just they really they really nailed it. And Gia was so, so great. She really was so great. Such a great speech. She was a great maid of honor. She fulfilled fulfilled her duties wonderfully. She made me this beautiful scrapbook.

of notes and letters from my mom, both my grandmas, all my aunts, all my bridesmaids. Really, really, really, really special and something that I will have for the rest of my life. And

You know me, like it's, and my mom and I are both kind of like this where it wasn't until like everybody left that my mom has not stopped crying. Like it was, you know, game face until it's kind of over. And I sometimes have those moments too where it's like,

When I'm thinking about it now alone, like in the moment, I'm like so focused. And I was, as we were getting ready, it's like you have 9 million thoughts going through your mind. But it was, I was going through it again on Sunday. And it was just so, so sweet. And everybody just, I'm just the luckiest gal in the world. And I also really, truly could not think twice.

you enough, you personally, because you just like, you show up in the best ways. You know exactly what I need. You know exactly what I'm looking for. You know, you show up with little slippers for me. You got my cake cutting knife, like all these little things that other people would probably forget about and not realize are important. You realize are important.

And that means so much to me. Those were all these little things that I was like, I was running around being like, Rhea got me this. Rhea got me this. I'm like, oh, you like my slippers? Rhea got them for me. Oh, you like this? And he's like, oh yeah, the knives? Rhea got these for me. I immediately, we cut our cake. I immediately be lying to you. I was like, we cut our cake. Cause now like the cake cutting is like a three second thing that you do like alone. Like it's not as, you know, obviously everybody does it differently, but I ran over to you. I was like,

Okay. Um, deal. I'm like, don't let anybody get you your knife now. Cause I gotta get you your knife. Yeah. I have a picture of us. So it's basically locked in gold. Right. I have a picture of us shaking on it. Um, Oh, thank you so much. I, I really just wanted you to have the most special weekend that you could possibly have and have it be the best weekend ever. Um, and I feel like,

You had that. I really do. Thank you. I felt that. I mean, we were cracking up nonstop, even just getting ready. I mean, we've talked about Haley 9 million times on this show. We love her to death. Our makeup artist. She's the best. And she is just the best. And I texted her and I just said, you know, I don't think you like... And I'll say it again here, but I just...

Don't think she can fully understand how comforting it is to have her at these big moments because she is such a rock and we trust her so much. Like,

You know, there's... It can be... I know it's a superficial thing to worry about, but it's such a big thing where, like, you want to feel the most confident on your wedding day. Of course. And you want your makeup, you want your hair to look beautiful. Of course. And you just want... You want to love it. Right. So knowing, like...

Without a doubt, I never had one second of worry that I wasn't going to love everything that they did. And Taryn as well with my hair. Amazing. These girls crushed it. All the bridesmaids look fantastic. Selena, Mariah, everyone that helps with like everybody's hair and makeup looked

so good everybody looks raving about it I'm not getting everybody looks so good me and Haley were actually texting um the next morning Haley really has become um not just like she's an incredible makeup artist but really has become such a good friend um as well

And I literally trust her with my life. And we were texting the next morning and I was like, I have never seen a group of bridesmaids look as good as everybody did. Like they crushed the hair and makeup.

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Everybody crushed their dress because you left it up to us to pick our bridesmaids' dresses. You gave us color and we all sent you the dresses before. Probably should have sent it to your aunt who wore the same- I was waiting to see if you were going to bring it up or not. Who wore the same fucking dress as me. Ah. Ah.

Only one of the funny... Is this like a go down as one of the funniest moments of the day, truly? Like...

I, you came into the room and you were like, there is somebody. And I don't know who it is, but we are in the same dress. I couldn't believe it. It's so, and I feel terrible because honestly, like, I know she is a, it's a family member of mine. I know that she had to have been mortified that that was the scenario. Because it's like, truly, that is so hard to do. Like,

she doesn't know the color of the dress. Like everybody got to pick their own dress. Your dress is beautiful. So like people love that dress. And I was, I was, I'm sorry. Like, I'm sorry. I just immediately laughed. Like I was like, that is so hard. And if I'm being dead honest, like if I'm being, if I'm going to be completely honest, like,

this was no cheap dress I shelled out for your wedding. So in nowhere in my brain did I think someone else was going to pay this amount of money to...

To wear this dress at your wedding. Like I, I did not even for a second think there could be a possibility. And that's not to say, I'm just saying like when you're a guest at a wedding, you don't shell out this amount of money for a dress when you're brought, you know, this was such a special wedding to me that I was like, I'm going to, I'm going to shell out for this. Yeah.

Would I have shelled out that money to be a guest? You know what I mean? Like, no, but this was your wedding. So I was like, this is going to be a special dress.

And she had the same thought, I guess. She had the same thought. Hey, great taste. Great taste. It's all you could say. Great taste. But everybody... Really, because it is a beautiful dress. It's a beautiful dress, but everybody was making fun of me out there. I was like, all right. I understand. It's the talk of the town. Moving along, people. The worst was when I heard your nieces were talking about it. They're so young. Leave my ears. Oh, my God. Oh, it's funny. No, it's funny. It was just...

And then truly an absolute highlight was that I was just cracking up. Like, I love my grandma so much. My mima is, you know, she is 30 years old at heart. Like, it is really incredible. She was in the middle of the dance floor all night having the best time. But we were cranking up because any of Joe's friends, like, she's just...

The matchmaker in her, she's running around. She's like, he's cute. He's cute. Like I can just see which one she's targeting. And I'm like looking over. I'm like, oh my God, I got to rescue. I got to rescue Joe's friend. Like they're just, and it got to the point during the reception that I noticed my grandma, she's my mother's mom. So she is pulling one of my cousins on my dad's side. And I'm like, who's in high school? And I'm like, what is she doing?

And I go over, I'm like, Meemaw, what are you doing? She goes, I'm going to introduce him to one of my cousins on my mom's side. I was like, Meemaw.

we're not setting up cousins that's not what we're doing on the on the dance floor she goes they're not what do you mean they're not related i'm like oh my god but it's it's my cousins on my mom's side with cousins on my dad's side right yes i understand they're both related to you they're not blood related but weird they have a mutual cousin you know what i mean i'm

Imagine two people getting together and they have the same cousins. They have a mutual. I know I started throwing examples at her. I'm like, that would be like me and blah, blah. She's like, oh, no, no, no. I'm like, no. No, it is. We're not. I was like, Friday night. You want to try and set up the single people at the wedding? Go ahead. She's dragging my friend Lauren around the welcome party left and right. Go ahead. But you can. But we're not doing cousins. The funniest part to me was Friday night.

She's tried setting up your friends with each other's boyfriends and your friends had to be like me ma That's so-and-so's boyfriend and she was like, ah, well, they're not married Oh God Oh shit, it was funny

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And she loves Bridget. And she's been in her mind imagining setting up Bridget with one of my second cousins, like one of her sister's grandkids. Like she's always brought up. It's never, they don't even know each other. They never met. It's just like in my grandma's mind. And Bridget is now in a relationship and she's very happy.

And my Aunt Rose was at the wedding, who is the grandmother of my cousin. And my Aunt Rose has heard Mima talk about Bridget for years.

I overheard Aunt Rose being like, oh, I gotta meet Bridget. And Meemaw being like, forget it. It's done. It's over. It's done. It's it. It's out the window now. It's just so funny. You know, she...

She had such a beautiful marriage. And she and my grandfather had such an unbelievable relationship and marriage. And they loved each other so much. And I just feel like after, especially after he's passed, like she just wants...

other people to be in love and like be in relationships. That is so sweet. No, she's the best. She's just the best. She really is just the best. But it was, we were cracking up. We really were. I was like, we cannot be setting up cousins with each other. That is not, that is just, that is just not going to happen. But God, it was, it was,

It was a beautiful, oh my God, you would have died, Rhea. When we left the, first of all, the after party, the DJ, people thought we hired him. We did not. He was just the DJ at the bar and he crushed it. So much fun. Oh my God. We were acting like we were back at the club. We were acting like we were at 11 in Miami. We were like acting like it was your actual bachelorette party again. 100%. We absolutely were. It was amazing. It was so much fun. And yeah,

We, you know, we were drinking and Joe and I hit the point where we were like, all right, it's time to go. We like, we run back to our hotel, which we're staying right in town so we could walk. And I have this dress. My second dress has so many, so many buttons and

And Joe would do like two buttons and be like, I can't do it anymore. And I was like, you literally, I don't know how much time passed. I was like, you have to keep unbuttoning. I'm stuck in the dress. You have to keep going. Yeah.

You'd be like, oh, I can't get them all. I'm like, you have to get up and take them. Oh, my God. I feel like that is such a good post-wedding story, right? Because it's like everyone has this image of the post-wedding story. Oh, yeah. You're like, you put on your little lingerie and you get into bed. Right, right. No, it's like, meanwhile, you're like, I'm fucking exhausted. Get this dress off me. He's like on the couch and I'm like shaking him like, you need to finish on by next week.

Oh my God, that is so funny. That's incredible. It was really... Spectacular, Fran. Noah, did you have a good time? Yeah, I didn't want to interrupt you guys. This has been great, by the way. Oh, thank you. Thanks. But yes, I had a fantastic time. Very happy for you, Fran. Thank you. There were some tear-jerker moments, too. I was dancing with Mima. Dancing, yeah, yeah. Noah somehow evaded Mima.

Yeah, you said that to me at the end of the welcome party. You said she's going to find you. And then, yeah, I don't know. I don't know how. Yeah, very impressive. But I was going to say, Joe and I did open a lot of our cards. And Noah wrote us a very lovely card. That's so sweet. Keep that between us. Oh, wow. I didn't know if you were going to open it before you left.

No, I just wanted to publicly acknowledge that he wrote us a beautiful card. And I chuckled multiple times, Noah. Thank you. That's so sweet. It was very well done. I was impressed. I read it to my whole family. Noah's a great card writer. Yeah, it was really good. He threw a Jonas Brothers reference in there, too. Oh, my God. That's amazing. You have to.

Oh, that's amazing. Oh, that makes me so happy. Noah and I stayed in a house together all weekend. Yeah. Oh my God. And now you're in Chicago together. Yeah. Oh wait, that picture, is that we're going to talk about? No, I wasn't going to talk about that. I was going to talk about how the night after the welcome party, I always talk about this. I don't, I don't smoke anymore, but it's like every two months you'll catch me in a situation where I will. And we smoked after the welcome party.

And I just started playing every Cheetah Girls song I could find. And I was like, Noah, how haven't you seen this before? And I was just playing every single video for him. Then we started... Bet on it. Yeah, bet on it. So obviously Matt and Kelly were with us as well. And, you know, me and Kelly, we were singing every...

every word to every song and it got to a point where i started getting annoyed at both of our voices i was like all right let's play the quiet game when bet on it is on let's just watch zach efron perform and so because i was so high i was like i just want to watch zach efron fucking perform this i was like and you know i don't really like something i'm taking the moment i was like i really want to take in the moment um which was which which was funny

And fun and then we got into Hairspray and we went right into Hairspray Which Noah and Matt both haven't Seen Hairspray so that'll be The next movie I watch with Matt I'm definitely gonna show him Hairspray That's a must we obviously Played Hairspray as we were getting ready Duh Duh

I can hear the bells. Oh my God. Oh my God. It was so good. Makes me emotional. Yeah, Fran, I went up to Joe at one point after like the band basically did like a Grateful Dead set and was like, that was the best thing I've ever seen. Like I was just standing next to the band like off the stage because I was like, I just got to get a good view of this. No, we saw you just rocking out solo. Um,

There was a no that was so it was such a good boy thing. Like I was like, all right, Joe, I'm happy because all the boys were like running up to Joe being like, that was amazing. Like, but right. Like, I'm like, yeah, of course. I gotta be honest. I didn't know those songs. I still dance, but I didn't know them. No, completely. I mean, he's he's. Yeah, they were great. Checks in the office is sponsored by BetterHelp.

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There was a moment where I heard Matt and Joe tell each other they love each other. And I was like, oh, that makes me really happy. Isn't that so nice? It was so nice. It was like, love you, bro. Love you, bro. Yeah. I was like, yeah, classic. Just feeling the love, feeling the love. But oh, God. It was all right. Yeah. I mean, I could go on and on and on. I really could. But I leave at.

I have to be, I have to leave for the airport at 8 a.m. and I don't have a single thing. Yeah, you got to pack. You got to pack. But my last note I want to say is just also one big acknowledgement. And you said it before too. But my mom and Joe's family, amazing. I love them so much. Joe's mom is the absolute best. She is.

Plan this little surprise cake dance performance with the groomsmen.

That was so funny. I was like Chippendales. She is so cute. I really do love her so much. I had some good conversations with her this weekend, some good laughs together. I really love her too. Yeah, really. I cannot thank them enough. Joe's whole family, his dad, his brother-in-law officiated the wedding. Fantastic job. We love him. He did an amazing job. But my...

mom really just crushed it. Crushed. She deserves all the love in the world, all the kudos. We mentioned it multiple times, but she worked her ass off getting...

everything together, putting together these welcome bags and everybody got sweatshirts and every like all this, all this, she just really went above and beyond. And it was so beautiful. And she, I just, it was just amazing. I just love her so much. She's just so good. She really did such an incredible job and you can tell how much she put her whole heart into everything.

everything like her whole entire heart and soul into that wedding she did it such a phenomenal job it was so beautiful um and I watched her get a little emotional when your dad

you know, acknowledge that in the speech. And I could see in her face that she was like, this was all worth it. You know, like it was, she started sobbing as soon as everybody left the house on Sunday. Yeah. And rightfully so. She deserves that moment. She held it together so perfectly the entire weekend. And she deserved to have that moment to just like let it all out and acknowledge that she really did such an amazing job. Like she is an incredible woman. She, she crushed it.

It was amazing. So I love you guys. I love you so much. Have so much fun. Have so much fun. I'll see you on the other side. Have the best, the absolute best time on your honeymoon. Soak up every single moment. Okay? Don't worry about a thing. Soak up the moment.

I know it's hard to not, you know, look at your phone with all the beautiful pictures, but I know Joe is great at putting the phone down. Mr. Disconnect. Yes. So I think he will be a great help as to helping you disconnect as well. And you guys are going to have the best time and I can't wait to hear all the stories and see what's

all the pictures. And once again, a big congratulations to our Franny girl and Joe. I love you guys so, so, so much.

Truly just an incredible weekend. Amazing. No, I would. I'm going to request that if you're including a thumbnail of the way that I look right now, I want it to be just this. So I'm covering my face. Thumbnail, I think, should be a picture of you in your wedding dress. Yeah, you can just. Yeah, that would be nice to you in your wedding dress. I got some pictures. Maybe just not me like in bed like like this, you know? Yeah.

Yeah. All right. I love you guys. I love you so much. Have fun in Chicago and I will see you in October. Oh my God. I'll see you in October, but I'll text you. Okay. We'll talk. Okay. All right. I love you. Bye. Love you. Bye.