~Wedding~

So I guess I'll update with an actual wedding day post! I know most brides barely remember the day because it goes by so fast, but I actually remember quite a bit of the day. So...here we go!!

Morning
My maid of honor and I got up and had free breakfast down in Aleatheas (where our reception would be held later on). We then hoped in the car and headed to the Hair Cuttery and met my mom, grandma, aunt, cousin, mother in law, and sister in law to get our hair done. It took a while for the stylists (2 of them) to get us all done, but they did a FABULOUS job.


We got back to the room and our flowers had arrived! The pink and orange daisies were my bouquet, the orange bouquet was the maid of honors, and the yellow daisies were for the bridesmaids. They also gave us a smaller toss bouquet. I actually didn't toss it at the reception, so after the reception I tossed it and my maid of honor caught it before she left (she was the only one to throw to, lol). There were also orange daisies for the men and white roses for the ladies.

Afternoon: Pre-Ceremony
So afternoon came and we spent most of the time...chilling in the room. My friend Lindsey came to hang out with Jessie and I while my aunt fixed my hair up until the ceremony (my curls kept going flat, lol). We got me in my dress, and Jessie made sure to bustle it and fix it so I didn't have back flab (they showed her how to do it at the seamstress). We waited for my cousin and my sister in law to arrive, then we all headed downstairs. People staying at the hotel kept staring at us, or congratulated me, felt great. We got down and had to walk through the restaurant so we could walk up the aisle. My dad was hanging out waiting for me and we goofed off until it was time to walk me down the aisle.
Let me mention, our officiant was awesome. She played some music from her iPad as a surprise, and she had the guys positioned so they couldn't see me until I got up there. It didn't rain!!!



Ceremony
So the ceremony went great. I kept standing and moving around, and afterwards my mom said they were giggling because I was doing what I did as a kid when I would have to be in front of crowds of people (I was nervous), so it made her feel nostalgic. A friend I made here in Michigan actually wrote our vows for us. The officiant had written some but they didn't feel like us, so with some input from me, Heather wrote them. She did a fantastic job. Afterwards, I mad dashed down the aisle with my new hubby...and I tried
not to sink into the grass (I was wearing heels, the ground was still damp=sinking while walking.

Post Ceremony: Photo Op
I'm just going to leave some photos of the wedding party, here ya go!

Reception
The reception was nice. There was no dancing allowed, but that's another story. Hubby and I danced to "I See the Light" from Tangled for our first dance (which was actually our first dance...LITERALLY. We don't dance..lol). I danced with my dad to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong (inside joke with my dad: He's a singer, and the first time I saw him perform he sang this song. I made funny faces at him the whole time. The end.)
Hubby and his mom danced to "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart. It was very sweet. We cut the cake, and had some difficulties doing so, but we got it. After dessert, we went with the photographer and he took some shots of just the two of us. We ended up at an arcade down the road and took photos playing games in the arcade (something we like to do).



All in all, the day went well. I do have some things I would have done differently (like had more decision making in the process. My mom planned a majority of it because we are in MI now and they're closer to where we were getting married). Other then that, it was a good day and we had fun.
After the ceremony, I got a free Shirley Temple from the bar, and then Hubby and I walked to Wawa for hoagies, yay hoagies!