Memories from our wedding...

So yesterday Andy and I had our reception party and it was amazing! We feel so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. There was lots of good times yesterday and it was a great day! More on that later though.

I really wanted to talk about our wedding day on June 3, 2009. I will always remember it but I thought it would be nice to share some of the details from our special day. Seeing pictures just isnt enough and you get my (our) perspective of the day! Soo lets start with me constantly checking the weather like 3 weeks in advance. Of course that is way to far in advance to really know what the weather was going to look like but I was nervous about it so I kept checking everyday. About a week before the wedding the weather started to look like it was going to be bad. Every day I would check it would change from chance of rain to slight rain back to chance of rain to slight rain. Up until the day before I was still hoping it wasn't going to rain. Andy and I had originally planned an outdoor wedding at Tuhey Park in the small circular grass area.
as you can see in the picture this was back in april and andy and I wanted to take a look at the spot. A family is having a picnic on this beautiful spring day :) well as it turned out we wake up on Wednesday, June 3rd that is and look out the window and see that it is pretty much raining on our big day. We were disappointed but even rain couldn't stop our excitement. We first had to try to figure out what we were going to do as a backup. We had previously talked to Andy's parents and suggested maybe getting married at their house. So we were thinking we were going to do that.
We went along and started to get our things done, we first went and picked up our little wedding cake at Concannons and here is a funny story. So we go in wednesday morning. The morning rush is already over and we are literally the only people in the store. We walk up to the counter and tell them we have a cake pick up for Gregory (my previous surname) their pickup station is literally right behind them and I see about maybe 3 cakes on the shelves. Since its a wednesday it's not very busy. The lady goes to those first and looks at the names. She then checks them again and by this time has a very confused look on her face. She is then like "I'll go in the back and see if its back there."
By this time Andy and I are already like "What the heck?!?! Its the only wedding on a wednesday where is our cake?!?!" The lady then comes back out even more confused because there is no cake back there and we start to think we won't have a cake at all. I notice though that one of the cakes is in a bigger box and one smaller one and I start to think it is ours. I ask the lady if that is our cake and she goes over to it and says "Well it says Mike Robertson on the box, do either of you know him?" We look at each other and are both like "No." She then goes back to the baker and finds out that that name was written on the box instead of ours. So we were very relieved to find out our cake had been made it just had the wrong name on it, but it was definitely a freak out moment for us. We'll never forget the name Mike Robertson whoever he is.
After that we load the cake up and head to Dandelions to pick up our bouquet and boutineirre.
Luckily there were no problems for us in that area and were absolutely delighted with what we got.
One amazing thing about my bouquet was it smelled absolutely wonderful! I was literally smelling it all day. With our bouquet and cake in tow we then headed to Vera Mae's where we were having our dinner party at after the ceremony. When we got there we met with the head caterer Dave. He knew we had been planning an outdoor ceremony and suggest using the Boardroom. He led us downstairs to the private room and showed it to Andy and I and we immediately asked if it would be possible to move the ceremony down there as well as have the dinner. He was so helpful and said absolutely. So we were no longer worried about that and immediately started calling everyone to tell them to only go to Vera Mae's. I then had to get my makeup and hair done. So we went to the clinique counter and the lady there applied my make up for me. She did a wonderful job at least I think so. I never wear much makeup so I definitely felt done up.
Now the bad news. I hated my hair. The lady was a very nice lady but after all was said and done I just hated my hair. To describe it would be mean but if you can imagine there was lots of hair spray and my bangs were curled in an unflattering way. When we got home I told Andy I hated my hair and he being the gentleman he is said "It doesnt look that bad." Which in guy speak means it's pretty bad.
I started to try to just brush it out but it was so hairsprayed I was getting flakes in my hair. So finally I just stuck my head under the faucet and wash out the poor lady's hard work. We still had plenty of time so I wasn't too worried but I was worried about my make up so I was very careful washing my hair out. I had to shampoo it really good to get the hairspray gunk out of it.
So then I comb my hair out and proceeded to do it myself. I just did a simple half up half down and my bangs brushed to the side. I'm not the greatest with hair but I loved how simple it turned out, and it felt like my hair! No hairspray in it at all.
Finally it was time to head over to vera mae's so Andy and I got ready. We didn't do the not seeing each other thing before hand because we only had 1 car so we had to go together but I got ready in the bedroom and he got ready out in the living room. Him being a guy was ready before me so he waited until I was ready and then I announced I was coming out. I got a very good reaction :)
We then headed over to vera mae's where we met up with our photographer Lance, we immediately started snapping pictures everywhere around the restaurant. Since it was a wednesday and inbetween lunch and dinner there wasn't hardly anyone even at the restaurant.
If you have never been in vera mae's it is definitely a unique place. It's very reminiscent of a time long ago, with it being a pretty old building an all. We took pictures upstairs, by the fireplace, downstairs and outside the building as well. After a little while everyone started showing up. Our officiant started organizing where the ceremony would be held and put chairs together, and our wonderful friend sean started playing his guitar.
Pretty soon it was time to actually do the ceremony. So everyone sat down and Cheryl told me to go just out the door and we would begin once I walked in.
The ceremony itself was wonderful. Andy and I had picked every thing we wanted Cheryl to say as far as the ceremony goes and wrote our own special vows to each other. We inlcude this little excerpt into our ceremony.

Excerpt from
The Bridge Across Forever
~ Richard Bach ~
A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

It was a heartfelt ceremony with Andy and I both trying our best not to cry. But soon enough it was over and we had exchanged our vows. We were now married.


From there we thanked Cheryl and took some more pictures and had a small cocktail hour with Meatballs and fruit and cheese kebabs. Andy and I took more pictures and then got ready for our dinner with our family and best friends. We decided to have everyone just be able to pick what they wanted off the menu instead of forcing them to get what we wanted. So everyone got a little different things. A couple people got a really yummy pork chop dinner, the pork chop was huge! Some got steak and Andy and I both picked Salmon. After dinner we all had a good time and talked and soon enough our big day was over. Finally now after everything was over it had finally stopped raining! It was one of the best days of our lives. There was so much love that day!
I hope that even though some of you might not have been able to be there that you can feel like you were! Next up the reception party!

Our First Post

This being our first post you might even be wondering why even keep a blog? I have friends who have kept a blog and loved the idea that even though I don't get to see them all the time I can keep up in their lives. Read little funny stories of things that have happened. See pictures and videos of babies who don't stop growing, sharing their lives with us.
I want more than anything to share our lives with those we love and are lucky enough to call friends. So with that said I am starting a blog. I hope that maybe my husband will want to occasionally want to post in here but we will see how that goes.
Of course right now Andy and I don't have much going on, but a lot is going to change in a few months. Andy is signing up for the Air Force and we have no idea where that will take us. We are excited to start a new chapter in our lives together.

On a side note, I just had my wisdom teeth removed. I still feel a little nauseous but I think that's from all the drugs they gave me. I've been trying to cut back and feel lucky that I took it so well. There is some swelling and my jaw is sore but other than that no other complications!

This next week looks to be an exciting one. Andy is finally going to go in and talk to a recruiter and try to get started in the enlisting process of joining. We are also having a small reception party to celebrate our marriage as we didn't have a big wedding and invite all the extended family. It's crazy to think that 81 days ago we were pronounced husband and wife. Time seems to be flying by really.

Until next time!