(Preface: Just a small shout out and thanks to everyone in my life who made my wedding day the best and easiest thing in the world. I'm lucky enough to know people who took photos, decorated spaces, got flowers, and made our cake for us and with our best in their hearts. This day wouldn't have been perfect if it wasn't for those people. You know you are. ;) xoxoxo)
It started off early. Really early. I was tired because I should've gone to bed earlier. Not that it would've mattered, I didn't really sleep anyways. 6:00 AM came with excited, anxious jitters for the day ahead. Megan and Tilo came by to finish off my hair and bringing my future husband with them. The amount of butterflies in my stomach from seeing Nathan on the day of the wedding almost made it hard to eat the breakfast he had made. But who can resist a man who cooks for you and your friends?
11:30 AM came too quickly and we rushed out of the house ready to face the day ahead. The schedule called for non-stop wedding action until 9:00 PM at night. I was constantly crossing my fingers that nothing would go wrong. We didn't have much wiggle room.
The opportunity to go through the temple and be sealed for time and all eternity was a moment I will never forget. As the two of us sat in the celestial room waiting to meet with our sealers I couldn't stop smiling. This was it! This was the day that I had been waiting for since I was old enough to understand what Happily Ever After was! And I was lucky enough to have found my prince charming sitting right next to me, loving me and always treating me like a princess. (Sorry for the sappiness, but it's true). Walking into the sealing room surrounded by friends and family and the love of my life truly was a little piece of heaven.
After the sealing, I changed into my wedding dress a married woman! Everything was perfect. Outside of the temple were all our friends and family waiting to greet and congratulate us. It was so fun! Words cannot describe how grateful I was to all the people who came to see us. We had friends cross oceans and states to come celebrate with us. It was amazing. One of my favorite things was the missionary cut out my family got of my brother. He wasn't a huge fan of the idea, but I'm glad he's in the photos. Plus, my friends had WAY too much fun carrying him around from the temple to the luncheon and at the reception.
After more photos and video footage we were whisked away to the luncheon. Delicious Italian food, a classy environment, friends and family and endless Diet Coke is basically what my own slice of paradise would look like! And that's exactly what I got. All of our friends sat at our head table which was lovely. It gave Nate and me the chance to hang out with our friends that we haven't seen in a long time, and it was so perfect.
After the luncheon we took a small break, checked into our hotel, and went to the Ivy House where our reception was held. (And when I say small break, I mean REALLY SMALL. We only had time to check in, drop off our bags, hit the bathroom, and run back to the car to get to the reception. Nothing else. ;) )
The reception hall was set up and decorated beautiful. It was a gorgeous space on it's own and adding our own little flare made my the image inside my head translate to reality. It was perfect. We took even more photos and got ready for the reception. The amount of people that showed up made us feel so very loved. The outpouring of support as we started our life together definitely made us feel special.
We tossed a bouquet, I did a surprise hula, we cut the cake (I got it smashed in my face), and we danced until no one wanted to anymore. (Which wasn't very long. lol) As we headed out to a sparkler and (surprise) silly string send off, I couldn't have wished for a better day. If I could pick one day in my life to relive over and over again, it would definitely have been this one.
This is my life now. There's 2 of us which means I'm driving in the carpool lane. Or at least Nathan's driving and I'm sitting very comfortable in the passenger seat, soaking up the fast lane.
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