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0:10
- Can you believe that this little girl, Paula Deen,
0:17
is fixing to take the adventure of her life?
0:22
She's getting married! (Paula laughing)
0:27
I realized that I've bitten off a lot.
0:32
I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.
0:34
Before I can walk down that aisle,
0:36
before I can even get to the church,
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I've got a lot of things I've got to do.
0:41
And I'm gonna be counting on a lot of people
0:45
to help me get there. (gentle music)
0:50
I started cooking when I was 18 years old.
0:55
I came from a family of very good Southern cooks.
0:58
And that love of food was passed on down to me.
1:02
I was 42 years old.
1:04
And in order for me to move on,
1:07
I had to be able to tend to myself and my sons.
1:10
And the only thing I had,
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and the only thing that I really loved was my cooking.
1:16
So I turned to my stove. (gentle music)
1:19
I started a business called The Bag Lady.
1:22
The Bag Lady will be 15 years old its next birthday.
1:27
And when I think back over what all has happened to me,
1:31
15 years is a very short time for a meager little business
1:37
with the value of $200 to wind up where I am right now.
1:45
I have a 15,000 square foot restaurant
1:50
that's been blessed with a lot of guests.
1:55
I have two fabulous sons.
1:58
I have a wonderful brother that I couldn't do without.
2:02
I have my Aunt Peggy, which,
2:06
she's been there through this whole thing.
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I have my own cooking show. I'm fixing to be in a movie.
2:17
I mean, come on. I don't have this good of an imagination.
2:22
I could not have thought all that up.
2:24
I've already been way over blessed.
2:27
And just when I think that, God answers one more prayer,
2:32
and sends me this wonderful man named Michael,
2:35
and two more beautiful, wonderful children.
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Look at that.
2:43
- What is that?
2:44
- It's half of a wing.
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(Paula laughing)
2:52
About three years before I met Michael,
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I added one little line to my prayer at night.
3:01
And that line was, "God, please send me a neighbor."
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'Cause that's my only hope, is a neighbor.
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At the time I lived in downtown Savannah.
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And one day I got up and got a wild hair
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that I wanted to live on the water.
3:18
I only looked at this one place.
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And I moved in and I said, okay, to my animals,
3:23
"This is where we're gonna stay the rest of our life."
3:26
Well, I had actually taken a hiatus from the restaurant
3:30
to write my third cookbook.
3:33
And my cousin Don and I were sitting over at the computer
3:35
just working around on that cookbook,
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when Otis and Sam, the dogs ran over
3:40
to let me know they had to go outside.
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So we did just like we did every other time.
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We went to the back door on the water side.
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We always took a ride, and went to the square.
3:52
Well, this particular day, they got to the back door,
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turned around and looked at me, turned left.
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And here I was, chasing these dogs, hollering,
4:03
"Y'all, please stop. Please stop!"
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Well, they ran around this big, big wall,
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and there was just enough room to shimmy around this wall,
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trying not to fall into that water.
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And they took me straight up to this man
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that was outside propped on his fence,
4:22
talking on his cell phone.
4:25
- When Paula and I first met,
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about two weeks later, she came back,
4:30
and Paula asked if I knew anything about boats.
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I think she had done some investigating,
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knowing that I did know something.
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So eventually we took a ride out to Wassaw Sound.
4:40
It was a beautiful sunset,
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and we've pretty much been dating ever since.
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We hit it off right away.
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I tell her it was love at first sight.
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- [Paula] He's such a great guy. It's just been amazing.
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(gentle music)
5:00
- I didn't think marriage was in my future.
5:03
And I think Paula's about the same way.
5:05
And maybe that's what the big draw was,
5:07
is I wasn't looking, and Paula wasn't either.
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I'm what they call a docking pilot.
5:15
Docking pilot goes aboard a ship and directs the tugboats
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and the ship's movement to create maneuvers of the ship
5:23
to power or the tugs power can't do by themselves.
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So I'm like the valet parking for ship.
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My younger brother, Nick, is a river pilot.
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And Hank is a priest. He prays that we don't hit anything.
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- He and Paula are real happy together.
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And I'm thrilled. I'm delighted.
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- Love is so much better the second time around.
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By the time you get my age,
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you know what the important things are.
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He loves me for who I am, and I love him for who he is.
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If he didn't have a nickel, I really could care less.
6:03
But the fact that he is accomplished in his own life
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just makes it more secure.
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So I'm marrying my neighbor.
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(Paula laughing)
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(gentle music)
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I am feeling more and more bogged in,
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between the restaurant and the show and home,
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and trying to spend time with you,
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and trying to spend time with all of our children, and,
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- [Michael] Oh, you may need some help.
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You may need a, maybe a wedding planner.
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- [Paula] Well, maybe you're right.
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- Oh, we've got 20 people coming in
6:44
at a quarter to three today,
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so let's just make sure we carry through the push.
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Couldn't be worse timing for a late big party.
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I so hope y'all are enjoying the show.
6:53
And if you do.
6:55
Be sure to click like, subscribe and
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notification bell so you'll never miss a video.
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And we'll be right back after the break.
7:07
- There's a lot to do
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before I'm able to walk down that aisle.
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(gentle music)
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Well, I'm going to check out the restaurant.
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- But if you step foot on the floor,
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then you're gonna be stuck there for the night.
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(Paula laughing)
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- I just needed this, 'cause I'm stressing,
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I'm stressing, I'm stressing.
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So I had to just touch my comfort zone.
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- [Speaker] Right. - See you, baby!
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- Depending on where you have 'em in the oven,
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- Right. All your ovens have hot spots.
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And that's why you have to rotate your pan.
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Are you sure you baked it?
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- Yes, ma'am.
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- Well, it looks scrumptious!
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(gentle music)
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- [Michael] Well, how are you feeling?
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- I hate thinking that I can't handle it all.
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That I can't do it all.
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- [Michael] Well, I think your plate's pretty full.
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So I don't think- - It is, it really is.
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- Don't think you're a failure
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if you're not not doing it all, you may need some help.
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- And my dress! My dress.
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Can I tell you how torturous it is
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to walk into that wedding shop
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and seeing all those dresses about this big around?
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And dresses that fit me look like grandmother of the bride?
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- Well, I know it'll be beautiful.
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- It's still, I don't, it's just a,
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- Granny. - Now, you don't help any!
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And I finally broke down and shared with Michael
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that I was on the verge of becoming overwhelmed.
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And at his suggestion,
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he thinks I should hire a wedding planner.
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And we don't ever like to admit that we can't do everything,
9:10
that we're not superwoman, but I think he's right.
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So I'm gonna contact a wedding planner.
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Trish Windom, she's great. She'll keep me in line.
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She'll snatch and jerk me. Make me do what I'm supposed to.
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- Tell me what kind of wedding you want.
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- I want this being a second marriage,
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being a Southern woman, I want it in very good taste.
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- [Tricia] Okay.
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- I want you to keep me from making any big bad faux pas.
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- [Tricia] All right.
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And you're gonna marry at Bethesda Chapel.
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- [Paula] Yes.
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- [Tricia] Which is a wonderful place.
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One thing you gotta think about
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is it will only hold 100 people.
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- [Paula] Yes.
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- Now how about your cake at the reception?
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I just happened to think about the cake while we're talking.
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- We getting to the best part now.
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- We're we're getting to the good part now.
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Well, we gotta get you married first
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before we get to the good part.
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All right. Mollie Stone does by far, the best cake.
10:00
- Yes. I'd love for Mollie to.
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- Okay, you're gonna have to have a pretty big one,
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because you're gonna have a lot of people.
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(upbeat music)
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- You know, I'm so glad I didn't have lunch today,
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because I think I remember Trish telling me
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that Mollie always gives you a sample size
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to try of your wedding cake.
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I tell you what.
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- You want me to do it? - You know me.
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- Yeah.
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- So you pick the cake that matches my personality.
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- All right. You pick the shape.
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Are you feeling round? You feeling square?
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- Some days I feel...
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- Well, what do you feel like?
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- Let me see what I feel like today.
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- Yeah. How do you feel?
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- I feel pretty round. - Pretty round? Okay.
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All right, now look at this.
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That to me, is the most simple, tailored and elegant cake.
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- Well, listen, I ain't here to make this simple on you.
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- It ain't simple to do! (Paula laughing)
10:51
- You wanna eat some?
10:55
- Well, what you think? You offer a fat girl cake?
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- Yep.
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- You think she's gonna turn it down?
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- The fat girl is gonna cut the fat girl some cake.
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(Paula laughing)
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- [Mollie] It is a sour cream pound cake,
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with an almond and orange extract.
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- [Paula] It's my favorite wedding cake.
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- And an almond buttercream.
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That's better.
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- Michael's gonna love this wedding.
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- Yes!
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- On the groom's cake, believe it or not,
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Michael is not a real huge chocolate cake man.
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- What does he like?
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- [Paula] His mother used to make him like a banana nut.
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- Like a banana nut bread, but a cake?
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- Yeah, yeah. And she made a cake.
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That's his all-time favorite.
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- What kind of icing? - Cream cheese.
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Can you do something like that?
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- Yeah, I could. Let's figure it out.
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- You'd make him a happy man.
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- That'd be fun. I'd like to lick that bowl.
11:53
- Would you believe I've just eaten wedding cake
11:56
and got to go try on the dress?
12:01
Sitting here now,
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I wish I hadn't eaten as many pieces of fried chicken
12:06
and whole cakes as I did! (Paula faux weeping)
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'Cause I still think of myself as being 18,
12:15
and that cute little body I had.
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And then I face,
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- [Michael] Well, you're beautiful to me.
12:20
- Well, thank you. But no, I saw in that mirror.
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I saw in that mirror with those wedding dresses and I said,
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"Oh my God!"
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By the way, I was just thinking,
12:31
what is that cake you told me
12:35
that your mother used to make for you,
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it was your favorite cake?
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- Oh, banana nut cake. - Banana nut.
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- Yeah, she used to make it for my birthday.
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- Did she? - Yeah.
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- And what was it like? What did it taste like?
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- Banana nut cake. (Michael laughing)
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- Tasted like bananas and nuts?
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- Yeah. - Was it moist or was it,
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- Real moist, yeah. - Dense?
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- Moist, and had a white icing on it.
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Like a cream cheese icing.
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- Oh, really? - Yeah.
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- Mm. I don't know what made me think of that.
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I was just wondering.
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My mind, it just jumps from one crazy thing.
13:13
(gentle music)
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I want the food to be very representative
13:18
of a Southern wedding.
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I wanna prepare things that the staff is good at.
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I think I want to go with more traditional.
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This is by far the hardest part to get married.
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I hope y'all are enjoying the show
13:39
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13:41
Tell me what recipes or videos you'd like to see me
13:44
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Now, let's get back to the show, y'all.
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My biggest concern at this point probably is the guest list.
13:59
- But we got 600, 700 names on this thing, Paula.
14:05
What are we gonna do?
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- We've got 20 people coming in at a quarter to three today.
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- This is by far the hardest part to getting married.
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- Why do we need to be stressing?
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- All right, you call off.
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- [Speaker 1] Okay.
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- Couldn't be worse timing for a late big party.
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- Okay. Got him.
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- [Speaker 1] Okay. Andrews.
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- Bobby, did you ever find mom?
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Is she gonna come down and sign?
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- You know, I'm marrying Michael,
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and I never get to see him.
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Because I'm so caught up in all this stuff.
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So I just want to get through,
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get through so I can see my man.
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- [Speaker 1] This is the hardest part.
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- Yeah.
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I gotta run out to the church now and meet the guys.
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I mean, since I couldn't fix your supper,
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the least I can do is cut you a banana, couldn't I?
14:54
- Mm hmm.
14:56
- So okay. Look over the paper.
14:59
(gentle music)
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There it is!
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It makes me weepy just to, just to see it.
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Hey, guys! - Hey, mom. You excited?
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- What, oh!
15:19
Makes me wanna cry.
15:21
- Don't cry yet. - You're not inside yet.
15:23
It's beautiful. - I know.
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It made me wanna cry when I pulled up and looked at it.
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- [Bobby] Ain't it gorgeous? - Oh, look at it.
15:33
Oh, it's perfect!
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- [Jamie] What do you think, mom?
15:37
- And I've already got your dresses picked out.
15:39
(all laughing)
15:43
And guess what color I picked out?
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A pale yellow for you. I think it'll be beautiful.
15:50
- So what do you think, mom? - Oh, I love it.
15:52
Who's gonna give you away?
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- [Paula] Bubba. - Bubba's gonna.
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- And y'all are the bridesmaids.
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- [Bobby] That's what we figured.
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- I was sitting there in the chapel thinking,
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"I know that I'm doing the right thing marrying Michael."
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I know without a shadow of a doubt that I found my soulmate.
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Without a shadow of a doubt.
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We're building up a wonderful home on the water
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where the dogs led me to Michael.
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That's very exciting too.
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To know that you finally found your permanent nest.
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Oh, I tell you what, I just 10 years ago I would never, ever
16:36
have thought things could be this way.
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- Oh, me neither. And most people at our age are downsizing.
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- Yeah. And we're upsizing. - We're upsizing!
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That's 'cause I'm gonna get pregnant
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on our wedding night, aren't I?
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- Ah, I'm not sure about that.
16:53
- [Paula] Oh, gosh! It's beautiful, Michael.
16:57
- The house looks beautiful there, huh?
16:58
- It does. It's gonna be gorgeous.
17:02
- I'm excited.
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You know, I just don't sit down and think about,
17:04
"Wow, mom's getting married." - [Bobby] Yeah.
17:05
- I think, oh, we've got 500 people
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are gonna hit the front door at seven o'clock Saturday,
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- [Bobby] Yeah, yeah. - Downtown.
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- [Bobby] Yeah. - With no parking.
17:14
- [Bobby] Yeah.
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- And we gotta get 'em up and out.
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And with the live music and the,
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we're having three bars run and all the food.
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I'd say around 7:30, two cocktails in, I'll be fine.
17:28
- Yeah. AM? (Jamie laughing)
17:34
- There was no question at all
17:37
that the reception was gonna be at the restaurant.
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(indistinct chatter)
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- Go ahead and count out 30 settings of silverware.
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- How you holding up, brother? You all right?
17:46
- Not a salad fork. Just a hard fork, and a knife.
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Go ahead and get those downstairs too.
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- Food's on the way down right now?
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Perfect. Perfect!
17:56
- Second napkins. We got 28 this evening at 12 o'clock.
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All right, beautiful. Thanks, guys.
18:01
Look, let's just try to take all of the restaurant work
18:04
off of Mom.
18:06
There's several good caterers in town.
18:08
You just wanna contract it out
18:10
and not have to worry about it?
18:10
- No! No!
18:13
- What kind of food are you thinking about, Mom?
18:18
Southern stuff, kinda like what we do?
18:19
- Yeah, yeah.
18:20
I want the food to be very representative
18:24
of a Southern wedding.
18:26
I wanna prepare things that the staff is good at.
18:29
- [Jamie] Well, shrimp cocktails and crab cakes for sure.
18:32
- [Paula] Yeah.
18:33
- [Jamie] Carving station, for sure.
18:35
- [Paula] Maybe some shrimp and grits and tomato sandwiches.
18:38
You know, you can't have a party without tomato sandwiches.
18:41
So that'll take a tremendous amount off of me.
18:45
- [Jamie] How about if we did a little hand sandwiches?
18:48
- [Paula] Sounds great.
18:50
Are you talking about using the...
18:52
- [Jamie] The wing drumette, instead of the chicken leg,
18:54
and do smaller. - I think that's perfect.
18:57
- Let me play with that and see if we can pull that off.
18:59
Wouldn't that be neat to have hand sandwiches?
19:02
- I don't know, son. It may be 800 people.
19:05
Could be that many.
19:07
But if you'll work with Theresa and Brandon.
19:10
- I will.
19:11
- Just let these people know that you're there for 'em
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to help share the responsibility.
19:18
- Of course.
19:19
- Yeah? - On set.
19:21
- Okay. Dad gummit.
19:24
I love you guys, but I gotta go.
19:25
- Love you too.
19:26
- I gotta get on the set. - Love you. See you in a bit.
19:29
- I'll see you during break.
19:30
- Okay. - Thanks, guys!
19:31
- All right, mama.
19:36
- About the bridesmaids dresses.
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(Jamie laughing)
19:41
- I was serious.
19:43
- I'm sure you were.
19:44
- How about you? You in?
19:45
- No, no. Final answer.
19:50
I'm not doing it.
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- If, believe me, if I can do it. Come on, Jamie.
19:55
- I'm not bridesmaid's dress ready.
20:00
You know, that could unhinge
20:01
my whole presidential campaign thing.
20:03
I'm not doing it. (upbeat music)
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(Paula screaming)
20:15
- Oh, no! My bridesmaids!
20:26
I so hope y'all are enjoying the show.
20:29
And if you do.
20:31
Be sure to click like, subscribe and
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20:38
And we'll be right back after the break.
20:47
Well, between all this planning,
20:49
my friends threw me a bridal shower,
20:52
and my boys decided they were gonna surprise me.
20:56
(upbeat music) Hi, girls!
20:59
(friends cheering) (upbeat music)
21:11
(upbeat music continues)
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I've got two days to back out.
21:19
(Paula laughing)
21:24
(Paula screaming)
21:28
Oh, no! My bridesmaids! (upbeat music)
21:35
- I told Bobby he should have gone strapless.
21:38
(Paula laughing)
21:41
- Aren't you all beautiful?
21:44
- I feel beautiful. (Paula laughing)
21:47
- It just worries me though,
21:49
that y'all are prettier than me!
21:51
(Paula laughing)
21:54
- [Speaker 2] Hi, y'all!
21:57
- Hey, guys!
21:59
I mean girls.
22:01
Oh my gosh. Those boys are crazy.
22:04
And I guess they get it from me.
22:09
My friends couldn't believe that I had time to get away
22:13
and sit in the sun when they saw me.
22:16
And when I told them it was a spray on tan
22:18
that only takes a half an hour, well, they all wanted one.
22:22
So we all left the shower together,
22:24
went to the tanning salon,
22:26
and I felt like I was 16 again.
22:31
And when we get up there, y'all,
22:33
we gotta take our clothes off, okay?
22:35
- Okay. All right.
22:36
- Are y'all, - Do we put these on?
22:37
Can we put these on? - Yeah.
22:39
No, not while they're spraying us. We gotta get naked.
22:42
We gotta stand like this, and stand like that,
22:46
and do like this, and do like that, and do like that.
22:48
And then we can put these on.
22:50
- Okay, all right.
22:52
- Y'all ready? (upbeat music)
22:58
We're so stinking silly when we get together.
23:01
Anne Hansen is the world's worst.
23:03
She'll embarrass the mess out of you.
23:07
Right here. Here's the camera.
23:11
(Paula laughing)
23:13
- She's buck naked.
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- God!
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Oh, lord. (upbeat music)
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And you know, a girlfriend is,
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it's kinda like marriage.
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You get to pick your friend, which makes it so special.
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And I just love 'em. Just love 'em.
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Well, after I went and got my spray tan,
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I couldn't be a block away, and not go into the restaurant.
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They were unbelievably busy.
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They had been working themselves silly.
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It was packed, and I felt a little guilty,
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'cause I had been off getting a spray tan
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and acting like a silly 16-year-old, and having so much fun,
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while that wonderful staff was there
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working themselves silly.
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Preparing hundreds of pounds of food.
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Not only for the diners that moment,
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but for the wedding the next day.
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- Second please.
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- [Paula] And thank goodness
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Mollie finally got the banana nut cake recipe
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for Michael's groom cake.
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And she had so little time,
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she actually had to bake it right here at the restaurant.
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- The groom's cake,
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according to any history I've read about it,
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started in England and Ireland,
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and it was a fruitcake with white icing.
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And it was taken home by people in little boxes
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in the hope that they would dream of the person
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that they would marry.
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Michael is a docking pilot,
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and so we have to have something to do with the boat,
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and he likes banana nut.
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So I've gotta make up something that's banana nut cake
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with a cream cheese and nut icing and make it look nautical.
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- I don't know.
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If you want to go check, you can talk with Brandon,
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make sure that all the flowers and everything
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are going okay, or...
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Flowers for the wedding.
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- Yes.
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- Are they gonna be here? - Yes. They're on their way.
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- I'm trying to nail down.
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I wanna make sure that everything's put together
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for mom's wedding tomorrow.
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We do know that we've gotten all the seafood
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and everything and all the staff is lined up?
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- We're looking at five or 600 people.
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- Uh huh.
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- Have y'all got everything that you need?
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Is things falling into place?
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- Everything, - Food's here.
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- Everything.
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- I'm doing too much.
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- Seven o'clock in the morning,
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that bar should look completely different.
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We got the round tables out, all the table,
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and I don't think it's gonna take that long.
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If we just hold over, I think Dustin said
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he was planning on holding over like 10 guys.
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- Plus everything else going on,
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we invited all the out of town guests
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and of course the family to come into the bar
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and have kind of an informal rehearsal dinner celebration
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with us.
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So the poor staff, they had several things going on.
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- [Staff] Is there ketchup? - [Staff 1] No.
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- How y'all doing, folks?
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- At six o'clock this evening, we're going out to Bethesda,
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then go through our rehearsal.
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And then I understand after the rehearsal,
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we're gonna come back here to the Lady and Sons,
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and we're gonna go upstairs to our bar,
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and we're gonna have some fun.
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We're gonna celebrate Paula's last night as a single woman.
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(bright music)
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♪ Walk down ♪ - It's time. It's time.
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♪ On your finger ♪
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- I can't believe it.
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(indistinct chatter)
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- [Speaker 3] Facing this way, when they get,
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- This is the last time I'm gonna give you away.
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- [Speaker 3] Turn in, watch your back.
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- Wait, wait, now I'm supposed to-
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- You forget my kiss.
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- Do I shake his hand?
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- I don't care. I'd just be nice.
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Do it like you like him!
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- I love him!
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- Well then, (all laughing)
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- Okay.
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Okay, okay. - Okay, now,
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then if you'll just automatically put your hand in here.
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There you are.
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- [Speaker 4] Did Mike get the spray tan?
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- No, I think his blood pressure's up!
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I think we're really married, aren't we?
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- Yep. That's it.
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- Shouldn't we really be married now? I thought we were.
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'Cause he's a judge and he said it.
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- He said it.
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- He said it, so we don't have to come tomorrow, right?
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I remember exactly what my thoughts were
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before they opened that door and let me in.
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I thought the sand gnats were gonna take my hair off.
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I remember thinking, "Open that door and let us in!"
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28:44
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When I got in that carriage
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and they rode me down to the church,
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yeah, I felt like Cinderella.
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Just praying that 12 o'clock wasn't going to strike.
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- [Speaker 5] See? That's easy, Luke.
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- [Bubba] Hey. - Hey.
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- You look gorgeous!
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- Thank you.
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Oh my goodness.
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- You are. You look good.
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- Thank you, Bubba.
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- Happy wedding day.
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- Thank you.
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- I know you're probably real nervous,
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so I just want you to calm down.
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- I'm not nervous. - Okay. Would you rub me?
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- I know you're probably nervous.
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- Yes.
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- But if you would just calm down.
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- I would. But you look beautiful.
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- Thank you. Thank you.
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- You ready?
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- You look so handsome. - Thank you.
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♪ And when I told them ♪
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♪ How beautiful you are ♪
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♪ Your lips, your eyes, ♪
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♪ Your cheeks, your head ♪
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♪ Are in a class beyond compare ♪
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♪ You're the loveliest bride that one could see ♪
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♪ That in this great big world you've chosen me ♪
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♪ That in this great big world ♪
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♪ You've chosen me ♪
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(grand music)
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(grand music continues)
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(grand music continues)
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(grand music continues)
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- Dear friends, we're here assembled in the presence of God
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to unite Michael Anthony Groover,
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and Paula Hiers Deen in marriage.
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Who gives the bride to be married?
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- Her family and I.
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- I love you.
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- [Pastor] Love is patient and kind.
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Love is not jealous or boastful. It is not arrogant or rude.
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Love does not insist on its own way.
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It is not irritable or resentful.
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It does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
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Love bears all things, believes all things,
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hopes all things, endures all things.
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Love never ends.
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Michael, will you take Paula to be your wife?
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Will you promise to love, honor, trust, and serve her
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in sickness and in health, in adversity and prosperity,
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and to be true and loyal to her,
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so long as you both shall live?
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- I will.
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- [Pastor] Paula, will you take Michael to be your husband?
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Will you promise to love, honor, trust,
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and serve him in sickness and in health,
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and in adversity and prosperity,
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and to be true and loyal to him
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so long as you both shall live?
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- I will.
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- [Pastor] As a token of your vows,
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you will give and receive the rings.
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Michael, you will give the ring and repeat after me.
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- Good.
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- [Pastor] Paula. - Paula.
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- [Pastor] With this ring. - With this ring.
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- [Pastor] I pledge my life. - I pledge my life,
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- [Pastor] And love to you. - And love to you.
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- [Pastor] In the name of the Father,
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- In the name of the Father.
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- [Pastor] And of the Son. - And of the Son.
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- [Pastor] And of the Holy Spirit.
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- And of the Holy Spirit.
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- [Pastor] Paula, you will give the ring,
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and repeat after me.
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- I got it. (Paula laughing)
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- [Pastor] Michael. - Michael.
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- [Pastor] With this ring, - With this ring,
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- [Pastor] I pledge my love, - I pledge my love,
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- [Pastor] And life to you. - And life to you.
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- [Pastor] In name of the Father.
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- In the name of the Father.
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- [Pastor] And of the Son, - And of the Son,
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- [Pastor] And of the Holy Spirit.
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- And of the Holy Spirit.
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- By the authority of the laws of this state,
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I declare that Michael and Paula are husband and wife.
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What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.
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You may kiss your bride.
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May I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Anthony Groover.
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(crowd applauding)
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("Wedding March" playing)
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("Wedding March" playing)
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(gentle music)
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- [Paula] You know, I could just feel the love.
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I could feel the love from the people on the street,
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as well as the love from all of our friends and family
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inside the restaurant.
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- We were able to pull something over her, you know?
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That on this night,
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when it's probably the last thing she wanted.
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I so hope y'all are enjoying the show.
36:28
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And we'll be right back after the break.
36:52
- When Michael and I got outta that limo,
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in front of the restaurant,
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and all these people were lined up in the streets
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with cameras and yelling and cheering,
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I felt like a movie star.
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Oh, look at everybody. Thank you!
37:15
- [Jamie] You know what?
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I was actually at the front door,
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when mom and Michael pulled up.
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There had to be 60 or 75 people,
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just standing out on the sidewalks around the building,
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waiting on them to get here to the cheers.
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These people were going nuts. They were everywhere!
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- We did it! (crowd laughing)
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- It was just almost breathtaking,
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walking in the door, to the reception.
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It was just almost breathtaking.
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I felt like I was saying stupid things
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and I was babbling like an idiot.
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This reception was what, probably four or five hours long.
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And I swear it was, it seemed like five minutes.
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It was unbelievable.
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There he is! (gentle music)
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(crowd cheering)
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- The young lady's name is Meghan Shanley from Nashville.
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And she's a beautiful young country artist.
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And they put together a song for mom and Mike,
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and we thought it'd be a really neat surprise
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to have them come out at the end and sing for mom, so...
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I thought,
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- [Bobby] And it was beautiful.
38:29
- [Jamie] It was really nice.
38:30
- [Bobby] It was beautiful.
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Didn't you think? Mom had no idea.
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- [Jamie] It's gorgeous.
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- We were able to pull something over on her, you know?
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On this night, when it's probably the last thing she wanted.
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- [Paula] Do you know I never saw a camera
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during the whole ceremony?
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I never saw a camera.
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I was just into the moment.
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And having all of our children up there with us,
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and my brother giving me away.
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I remember standing there during the ceremony,
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but I felt like my feet weren't quite on the floor.
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Not much went through my head,
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other than somebody would have to slap me hard
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to slap this grin off my face.
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I knew I had done the right thing. I knew it.
43:03
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