The Honeymoon

I feel like there is just too much to talk about, and I couldn't possibly put it all in one blog. Our honeymoon was great! We definitely have some great stories to share and memories that we'll treasure. Here are a few pics:

 

 

We cruised to Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas

Saw Fort Fin Castle

Saw the Queen's Staircase

Soaked up the sun at the beach

Drank cocktails and watched the stars

Jet skied with Bahamians

Saw a baby sand shark

Visited the Atlantis Resort

Haggled at the Straw Market

Gambled at the ship Casino (won $10)

Spent time with family in Venice, FL

Ate with the Amish

Gather sea shells in Sarasota

Allowed the sea to rock us to sleep

...it was great!

 



The Wedding

I can't say enough about our wedding - it was absolutely perfect! I wouldn't change one thing. I have zero regrets, and I do not suffer from wedding amnesia! We were surrounded by family and friends who love us, and I'm so incredibly thankful for those who helped make the day perfect!

 

That morning I grabbed breakfast with my bridesmaids, and we headed to the venue. While they got ready, I started decorating. The tables and chairs had been placed the night before during the rehearsal, so there wasn't alot of heavy lifting. On each table was a navy linen, a lantern surrounded by three smaller candles, flower petals, and confetti hearts that were punched out of old comics. On the dance floor cocktail tables we had silver linens with a raised print, vases with floating candles and blue stones, flower petals, smaller candles, and more of the confetti. The cake table had a linen with raised silver roses, and the cake was very nice - three tiers, white with "glitter" and navy icing beads at the bottom. The grooms' cake was a soccer ball of course. We settled on cheese, crackers, sandwiches, chips, fruit, veggies, cocktail wienies, and other bites for food. Our bartender Max was great! We had two kinds of wine and two kinds of beer with not a lot left over. The music was great as well; our friend Brian did a great job, and folks danced all night!

 

We of course had a father/daughter and son/mother dance. At the end of my dance with daddy, I let my mom cut in. Richard let his brother cut in at the end of his dance - it was so beautiful. We were really overcome with emotion while watching our friends and family all join together - there were nothing  but smiles and laughs all evening.

 

Our ceremony was outdoors and we did write our own vows. I may share them later. We both cried, the wedding party cried, our parents cried... everyone basically cried. I walked down the aisle to "Somewhere over the Rainbow" played by our friend Kurt. He also played "I'm Yours" for the other folks walking down the aisle. We had a reverse flower girl situation as well, where Margot chose to pick up the petals in lieu of throwing them LoL! That's okay - she's still adorable.

 

After we said "I do", we had a few seconds alone, and were just completely in awe of each other and what we had just done. I can't describe the feeling.. This was simply an incredible day.

 

More pictures to come!

Our friend Megan did a great job as our photog!

 

The Party

I have so much to talk about!

Today is 9/14/15, but I'm dating these entries as they occurred.

I've been out of town/country since last week, so I've not been writing, but so much has happened. Of course you know that the wedding was on September 4th, and it was perfect! More about that later. Let's start from the begging of the festivities - the bachelorette party!

The Wednesday of the wedding week was the bachelorette party, and no kidding... my friends are better than yours LoL! They not only made a creative game to play all night long with custom cards and stickers, but they made me all kinds of tacky things to wear. My friend Tara is a graphic designer, so most of the printed matter for the party and the wedding was custom designed.

 

There were a number of challenges including:

Find another guy named Richard and take a photo with him.

Get a condom from a stranger.

Ask strangers for marital advice

 

We visited The Honest Pint, CBC, World of Beer, Sing it or Wing it, and Hair of the Dog. Each place brought another challenge and another shot. Before heading to each place, there was also a riddle that told us what was next. It was great!

I don't drink much, so I was taking it easy most of the night. I made the mistake of mentioning something about being sober though, which caused my friends to then over-compensate by buying me a ton of shots. My night ended with throwing up in my front yard and going to bed with my veil on. Don't worry, that was the goal. (kidding, of course)

 

Besides the last half hour of the night, it was a blast!

And just so you know, none of us drove.

Don't drink and drive kids!

 

Richard's friends took him out as well, and from what I heard he had fun. It was more tame - Arcade, dinner, and beer at a friend's house.