Wedding Recap: Reception

if ya havent read my other recaps make sure to read them: Rehearsal, Getting Ready, and Ceremony

Reception:

after pictures were done, we packed up n left the church. however, we kinda forgot to plan how we were going to get to the reception. and the only people left were my parents who couldnt fit us in the truck cuz the back seat was loaded up, my bro and photographer, and my sister and her husband in their van. so basically we had to stuff in the van and head out. my niece kept me entertained.

once we got to the reception, the wedding party was introduced and then me and jamie were introduced and led into our wedding song. we danced to Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Appartaus, it fit us well. it was a sweet song, but had a touch of rock for jamie.

 

after me and jamies dance, it was time for me and my dads dance. we had a little surprise up our sleeve that only me, jamie, my parents, my brother, and the photographer knew about. when me and my dad were searching for our song to dance to, we found this video, and kinda used it to plan our dance. we started with "i loved her first", then broke out into dance for "the twist", "staying alive", "ymca", and "the chicken dance", then ended back with "i loved her first". it was awesome. i have it do on video, but my dad asked me not to post it. poo :( but we got some good pics of it.

 

after that it was time for the mother and son day. they danced to "simple man". it was so sweet. jamies soft heart got the best of him again :)

 the rest of the reception was eating, the money dance, cake cutting and shoving in faces, garter and bouquet toss, and lots more dancing!

 

but after all the fun it was time to head out and start enjoying our honey moon and life as newlyweds.

it was the greatest day of my life, and i cant wait to have many many anniversary's to celebrate!

Wedding Recap: Ceremony

if youve missed my other recaps so far, check them out:  Rehearsal and Getting Ready

Ceremony:

after the priest said a prayer with me and my girls and jamie and his boys it was time to start! as my girls left me to go and take their place and walk, me and my dad were left to wait in the cry room. i could hear the music going on and wished i coulda peeked through the blinds to see everyone walk down the aisle. it felt like 10 mins before they came and got me and my dad for our turn. i thought i was going to be super nervous, but i actually felt really calm. i was more nervous about worrying what i was suppose to do than what was actually happening!

 

once we were let in and walked to the center aisle, we began our walk down the aisle. it was quite nerve wracking with everyone watching me. i had my "dont look at me" smile on. the priest then let jamie step into the aisle to see me. i still remember the smile on his face and i could tell he was getting teary eyed. he later told me he had to bite his cheek to stop from crying. :)

from that point to the vows, its kinda hazy now. prayers, readings, my priest "lecture" on us being married. (it was like 8 months ago, i dont remember it that well) then it came time for the vows. my favorite part of the whole wedding. as it should be. i was surprisingly strong when i did my vows, jamie on the other hand is a softy, which i love about him. we got tear eyed saying his vows to me and when i was saying them to him.

 

 the priest picked on him calling him a cry baby. we all got a good laugh. :)

jamie also nervously went to grab the ring before he was suppose to. the priest swatted his hand and said "those arent yours yet" the priest was about to bless them :) loved the funny moments of the day!

after more prayers and blessings, it was time to introduce us as Mr. and Mrs. :)

and we were out the door to party! (well kinda. family pictures followed before we could leave!)

Wedding Recap: Getting Ready

if you are just tuning in, check out my Wedding Recap: Rehearsal

Getting Ready:

after tossing and turning all night  from nerves, it was time to get up and start getting ready. me and all the girls planned to get ready separately, which im now regretting. i got up and showered and washed my hair so i could head to the hairdressers house so i could get my hair done. the main reason we didnt all get ready together was because the hairdressers salon in the back of her house was tiny. it was crowded with just me her and my mom. i last minute changed my mind on my hair from the last 2 times i had it done, and im glad i did, it came out so good. (sadly i have no pictures of anything until we got to the church and my lovely bridesmaids started snapping pics)

after me n mom got our hair done we made a mad dash to the church to meet the florist who was delivering the flowers. my dad had already gotten there before we got there. and then we found out that they were having choir practice in the church. my bridezilla started to kick in, because they wouldnt allow me to put my flowers on the alter like i wanted because they were practicing. excuse me?? please do not mess with a bride on her day! we told the priest about it cuz we needed them out because we had planned on doing pictures before the wedding to cut back on time for pics after the wedding. we had to leave to go grab the things to come back to the church, so we hoped things would be settled by the time we got back.

we quickly ran to my parents (thankfully they lives right down the road from the church) and i put my makeup on and grabbed all the things i needed. the photographer met us at my moms and then me my brother and the photographer (a friend of my brothers) all headed to the church cuz my bridesmaids were suppose to meet me at 12. when we pulled up jamie and his boys and in the inlaws were all standing outside, so we had to make them go to the church hall so i could get out the car and decorate the church. and guess what... THEY WERE STILL PRACTICING. by this time i was livid. but eventually i said 'screw it' and went on with what i needed to do.

 

thankfully my girls started to show up one by one and helped calm my nerves. why? because halfway thru decorating i realized i forgot half the decorations! so i called my mom, who was still at home getting ready, to tell her to bring that too, where she discovered i forgot half my dress! seriously, we forget the most important part? so me and the girls goofed off until my parents got there so i could finish decorating. after i finished decorating they made me stay in my hole (i had to get ready in the church cry room)

 

when it was time to get ready, i told mom i wanted to go pee before putting on the dress. cuz peeing with my big ass dress would be a pain! so we walk outside to the bathrooms just outside of the church. i spotted jamie outside, but i didnt want him to go inside since the bathrooms werent far, so i ducked behind mom and we started walking. well jamie's grandma was pulling up as i was walking so i turned and waved to her, and missed that the sidewalk changed levels. i stubbed my toe and thought i was gonna go down, i stuck my arm out to grab the pole i was about to run into. since my mom wasnt sure what happened she yelled really loud "yall get inside" and the boys went inside. seriously i couldnt help but laugh. i barely scratched my toe and everything was fine. but it lightened the mood a bit. then it was time to get ready!

i was told to mostly get ready and then photographer would come in to take pictures of them zipping up my dress, and putting on my garter and veil.

everything was going lovely. until we realized we had forgotten the veil at home too. daddy to the rescue ran home and got my veil for me. surprisingly this didnt make me nervous, or upset, or anything i expected. i was too excited about my day and wasnt gonna let anything get me down.

i was finally ready except for my shoes. which apparently the dad is suppose to put them on a daughter? well.. i had barely worn these shoes so they were a tight fit. and well, dad had trouble putting them on me. so he did enough just for pictures and i put them on the rest of the way.

while dad was putting on my shoes, the priest came in and couldnt believe my dad was putting my shoes on me (we have a close relationship with our priest). he was coming in to make sure i was ready to go and to do a prayer with me, my parents, and my girls. a special moment for me before i walked down the aisle.

i was now ready to go meet my man at the end of aisle...

wonder what the boys were doing while all this was going on? they goofing off in the church hall while finishing getting ready and taking pre ceremony pictures.

 

yes, they wore chucks