Theyre getting married. And kat suggested they get married right here on the plaza. It seemed like a good idea at the time. What is happening today . Theyre going to get married right here in studio 1a. Since wedding season is here, bobbie will be here for personal and creative gifts for the big day. And sugarlands Christian Bush is here, hes written a beautiful song called forever now. It happens to be perfect for a wedding day. So hes going to perform it for our awesome couple coming up in just a little bit. But its so cool you know whats funny about this couple . We met them face to face a little bit ago. I remember i was working on sirius radio. The phone rings, and we take calls and the girl calls, and it was jan. I was like, i wonder who this is. Do we have the audio . Can we play what she said when she called in. Right off the bat, if it werent for you and kathie lee, i would notav what . Would you please tell me that story . Five and a half years ago my daughter who is also a big kathie lee fan and hoda fan especially, and i were in new york and she says, lets go to the plaza and watch kathie lee and hoda. And i said okay, lets go. While we were standing on the plaza, my fiance was there with a friend. He started talking, and five and a half years later we are still talking and were engaged and what . What is going on . What kind of an interviewer you are. My next question was ah wow. How cool are they . Theyre darling and so are you, hoda. We rarely do this, but this is the something blue cocktail from the knot. Com. Its got vodka, blue and lemonade. Boy, thats good. Its going to be a lot of fun. We cant wait, were going to have a lot going on. I say cannes, you say cannes, what are we going to call it . The Cannes Film Festival kicked off yesterday. Some of the red carpet fashions were quite gorgeous. Blake lively showed off her glittery baby bump. Oh, my gosh, shes perfection, right . Thats a versace baby bump. And Julianne Moore with givenchy couture. Naomi watts, in armani prive. And Jessica Chastain in armani. I cant get enough of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake singing together. Its a mashup for you for your next music so this is the story that were not 100 sure it happened. But were going to go with it, anyway. Because its too fun. Its too good. The daily mail reported story about a bride who got wedding presents from some guests, she was not happy with the gift. The gift was cash. They gave, the couple gave her and her husband, 100 pounds, which seems like a lot of, a pretty good gift. Right . Its like 150, 175. It depends on what their situation was. Youre supposed to say thank you. The bride was not too keen on that gift. She was not impressed. What did she write . She said in gifts, the gift didnt seem to match the warmth of the good wishes on a big day, if you want to send an adjustment what are you doing . Im doing australian. Do it again. The gift, didnt seem to match the warmth of the good wishes on their good day. If you want to adjustment, it would be thankfully received. Thats what can you imagine . That means youre saying like send more. Now, somebody said in one of the articles that the couple who gave the 100 pounds came upon a whole bunch of money. So i guess they thought well, is that all theyre giving us . 100 pounds . They just hit the jackpot and were getting change . Wed love to know what you all think. Heres the thing the thing about getting a cash gift, you know how much the person actually gave. But if somebody is on a reg t regist registry, you know how much they gave, anyway. A lot of people were so upset about this story. They said they should stop payment on the gift. How about a little ihoda. This is a good one. All of these negative wedding stories. You know, we never really thought it through. Bee here. Justin timberlake as we said has got a new song out and a lot of people are calling it the song of the summer. His video is coming out soon. This is his song. You get moving to it its called cant stop the feeling. Im hearing it for the first time and youre singing heres the song. I like it im participating with justin and the people from the movie. Good for him. Now just to remind you, you can find us on sirius xm, channel 108. I know why would you want to hear hoda every monday and wednesday at 2 00. Yes. A sad thing happened in our life, this it was actually mothers day in the afternoon. We had a great mothers day. Both of my kids are home and we found our precious dog louie had gone on to be with frank and my daddy in heaven and so i want to thank all of you for theres louie on your lap at your 50th Birthday Party at your house. There is he with my mom. Hes such a good dog. He is such a sweet dog. There he was, two days before he passed away. He wasnt feeling so well. 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Right around 10 00 we decided to go back by 30 rock. They were doing a live taping of the today show. I happened to be there at the same time. Because i had been in the city with my mom and daughter for spring break for the week and we decided we wanted to go over and see kathie lee and hoda. And they were interviewing Kelsey Grammer live on the air. Very sarcastically i said to my friend, oh yeah, my loiflong dream to see kathie lee gifford. I couldnt resist the opportunity to say im so glad i was there while he realizationed his lifelong dream. We started talking. We realized how much we had in kbhon. We exchanged phone numbers. I think the first night we talked three and a half hours. He was living in pennsylvania virginia. We started meeting in baltimore at the inner harbor and thats where we started dating. It was a good halfway spot. And here we are six years later getting married. We had the opportunity to be on with kathie lee and hoda in december. We would like to offer that we host your wedding right here. Which caught us offguard. Totally caught us offguard. Here we are. Yeah im trying im trying to remember if i was supposed to offer it to them. I think i was. No, you were spontaneous. Imagine that. On to the makeovers, jennifer and her maid of honor katie spent the morning getting wedding ready with our fabulous glam squad. We have hair stylist to the stars, louis liccari, la la la la la. And our fashionista jill martin. Hi. A little bit of a changeup. It was a little bit of a changeup and a very glamorous one and a great fun morning. All right. So first you chatted with jennifer this morning, right . Lets take a look at that. Yeah, morning of, how are you feeling . Im feeling great. Im excited. Im feeling a little like im in someone elses life. Its a lot of fun and im waiting and ready to be a princess. Were going to turn a princess into a bride. So how excited are you to get married . Im so excited. I cant believe six years ago i met lane on the plaza and now today were getting married here. Were excited. Dont you love jen . Yeah. Shes adorable. Here we have waiting here dad, charlie, his wife, peg. Her mom lynn, lynn, raise your hand. Please keep your blindfolds on for just one second. Okay . Lets get Jennifer Mendez before. All right. Jen, lets see you on your weddingy. [ cheers and applause ] take off your blindfolds, take a look at your aw . Dont cry weve got kleenex. You can take your blindfold off. You want to see yourself. Jen, youre going to love it. Turn right around. Im not going to need those kleenex. Not . You look beautiful. That dress is gorgeous. Look right at camera 12 so we can admire you. Louis . The girls are pretty perfect. I just made jens hair a little bit brighter and emily, i called her elaine in last weeks makeover. Emily, i gave her hair a little more volume, she wanted to keep it simple, but glamorous and thats what she did. Her makeup looks so beautiful. God bless her. Jill, i love she picked everything on her own. I want to say a new trend in wedding wear if youre garied soon. Its either sneakers if you want to be comfortable or a bright shoe, or not a high heel and she went with sparkles. Jen, why dont you join your family. And our second lady is the maid of honor of course, katie mendez, shes 23 years old. Katie is not only jennifers maid of honor, but her daughter as well. Lets see how she was feeling earlier this morning. Daughter, maid of honor, how emotional is today for you . Really emotional, so many emotions going through my brain. But my mom is even more emotional. Im here for her support. Its going to be an exciting day, because hoda and kathie lee, part of the wedding. Its so exciting for everybody, especially me, i feel like im getting to meet so many celebrities. A big day for your family, were so excited we could give this to you. Thank you, im so excited them. We also have joining us her boyfriend, mike. Hi, mike. Jen, youre turned around. Well give you the green light. One last look at katie before and now we bring out the weddingready katie. [ cheers and applause ] spin around, jen everybody want to take a look oh, my gosh, how beautiful. Gorgeous. You want to see yourself . Yes. Ooh, i love the hair. Thanks. Turn around so everybody can see the beautiful neckline. Look at the boyfriend in the back. Mikey liky thats for sure. Emily was thinking and accented the asymmetric neckline. She lifted one side braid and left the other side in soft waves. Her hair color is natural and i didnt touch it. This is what puts me out of business. Natural beauty. What am i going to do . And the makeup again was all just touchup, very minimally. Its perfect. I cant even take credit. She picked it out. We you didnt really need anything. Its from davids bridal. And mom picked the shoes. Because theyre fun. Jen why dont you come over. 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Eel be ab, well be able to gets answer. Earlier we asked lane to answer some questions about you. Were going to ask you the question and you answer and well see what lane had to say. Heres the first question for you, jen, and your sound man. Here we go. Number one. Who is your Favorite Singer . Martina mcbride. Say . Seriously dear, not lane stowe . Come on this doesnt bode well for the whole marriage. All right. Were going with number two. He has a beautiful voice. Sing something, lane. Youre my angel my sweet angel you should have gone with him. Martina would be okay with that. Number two, what is your favorite food . Bread and butter. Absolutely. Every time we go out to eat i dont have a sign, but i can tell you a story, every time we go out to eat, the first thing she does when we walk into a restaurant, bread and butter and water. What is your biggest pet peeve about lane . I have to go its a tossup. Either hes always on his phone or no disrespect, sam. Hold on ladies and gentlemen, america, check this out. Its not that im on the phone a lot. Its because im a giants fan. And jen, i always answer it after four rings, four rings. Unlike your eagles, zero, zero. But by the way didnt we know that was their remember, kath, last time, eagles versus giants. And quickly, what is your favorite type of wine . Moscato. Absolutely, moscato. Lane and jen, are you ready . Youll be saying your i dos, in a few minutes in front of family and friends. And take their first dance as husband and wife by sugarland. Thank you so much. Did you say honey . Hey, try some . Mmm that is tasty. Is it real . Of course. You know im always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well youve come to the right place. Great, mind if i have another taste . Not at all mmm youre all right bud . Never better i dont know if he likes that. Yeah part of the complete breakfast make. With color vibrancyt. From loreal paris, the 1 brand for color treated hair. 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And lane is obviously our groom and were accompanied by the couples pastor. Sarah manor from the Beverly HillsCommunity United methodist church, but the one in alexandria, virginia. Is everyone ready to begin . Lets start the music, im so excited. Walking down the aisle right now. We have the made of honor. And best man. Maid of honor is katie mendez. Katie is jens daughter. Who was with her on the plaza the day that jen and lane met. The best man is lee stowe, lanes older brother. Lee likes the giants, too, just so you know. Good man. All right. Now to the moment weve all been waiting for. Everybody. Here comes the bride. The brides father, charl