HalloweenBride
11-08-2006, 01:00 AM
October 30, 2006
Our Wedding Story
So, my mind is a leetle fuzzy after that roap trip to Lost Wages, but I'll do my best.
The night before (after the rehersal) my bridesmaid Jennifer (from Alaska!) and I helped mom make all of the bouquets, boutineres, and corsages. They came out pretty well, considering that we're not
florists!! We had tons of flowers so we made lots of corsages, and it's a good thing too! This way Steve's aunts for out of town all got one, and they all were SO happy that we remembered them. We made all of them different. After that Jen and I carved more pumpkins and around midnight I took her back to her hotel.
I was a little nervous, but when I got home I took a bath and shaved my legs (I knew I wouldn't have time in the morning!) and just relaxed. I fiddled around the house and watched some tv, and got to sleep around 2 am!
I got up at 7, showered, helped mom organize stuff that needed to go to the venue then went to pick up Jen for my hair apt. We arrived early so we got some Starbucks (I KNEW there was a reason why I chose that salon!) and after I paid for it, Jen mentioned that it was my wedding day, so they said, oh we would've given you free coffee had we known that! I wasn't too nervous at this time, because I had alot of stuff to do before the ceremony.
At the salon, Tisha dd my hair and makeup and she was fabulous! It took like, 2 hours which isn't so bad, but it was kinda boring. Jen was there to chat with and she took tons of pix of me.
Now it was 11am and we needed to be at the venue at 11:30 for "getting ready pix"! eek! We got there as soon as we could, but the whole wedding party and steve were waiting outside because my mom had the key and they couldn't get in at ALL. oh well. They ushered me upstairs to the bridesroom where my mom set out a feast of fruit, breads, cheeses, popcorn and winecoolers! They waited on me hand and foot (a girl could get used to this!) the photographer came in and asked if it was time, so we suggested having him do pix of steve first while the girls and mom got me into my corset and slip. The photog. came in before I had my dress on, but that was okay, i was bascially dressed. He took pix of me diving into my dress, and being laced up (i know he got some great pix of that, we were being really silly)
They got me all ready and then it was time to go downstairs for pix with steve. They had me walk down the stairs and meet him at the bottom, and he had his back turned. They told him to turn around and I'll never forget that look. He looked so sweet I almost started crying and he told me how beautiful I am (not looked, am.) we went outside on the porch to do a million pix. I will let the prof. photos speak for themselves when I get them. They are going to be so cool! It was a little chilly outside, but everyone was a trooper and didn't complain. We did bridal party and family pix after that.
At about 3:30 they made me go upstairs to rest before the ceremony, The Offficant came to talk to me, and told me the dj was there, and i tried to explain the pre-ceremony music and song to her to tell to him, but in the end he only played about 10 min of the 30 which was a little annoying. Everyone got in line and walked down stairs when the ceremony music started. I started down by myself and saw my Dad waiting there, and he took my arm and pattted my hand, I think I might have been shaking a little, I don't know. I know I was smiling freaking HUGE (from the pix I've seen). I had to walk through a doorway, and my veil got caught and I think it fell off, because my dad jammed it back on my hair! I thought it was off for the ceremony, but it was on.
I kissed Dad and he "gave" me to steve along with mom, and steve was just SHAKING. Poor dude. The ceremony went really well, only we didn;t realize that there was a part in it that said ".,...for all the years you've known each other..." SNORT! I snickered and so did steve , my parents and my moh. it was pretty funny. The kiss was great and we kind of waited for a sec after she announced us, because I wanted to walk back down to the certain part of the song (theme from Beetlejuice) and when we got back to the doorway? I just burst out laughing. It was so funny to me. We had had a receiving line, and met everyone. I was little disapointed that alot of my family wasn't there (and they live in town, nearby!) didn't come, and some of my friends weren't there. :snide: There were alot of people though.
everyone went down stairs and left steve and i wandering around upstairs...finally the dj came up and said he wanted to announce us, and i suggested the theme to "Tales from the Crypt" We went down and got to eat first, then everyone was just chowing down for like an hour. People really pigged out! After that it was a whirlwind of the first dance "Spooky", my dance with my dad "My Girl" and then Steve was supposed to dance with his mom, but she mysteriously disappeared when it was announced. We did the Monster Mash and the Time warp and then it was time for the cake cutting. It was so pretty I didn't want to cut it, but we did, and yes, we did smash it. it was so fun! Our Best Man, MOH (she did a really great speech, very funny), my dad and the flowergirl did a speech. Yes, the flowergirl...it went like this "I've known Lauren since I was a baby....and I love her!" AWWWWW!!!!!! she made me cry.
We danced and danced, did the bouquet toss ( i had a "breakaway" bouquet that split into 6 pieces, and it was all the women, not just unmarried ones.) it was supposed to be to Just a girl, but ended up being to Girls just want to have fun because the dj couldn't find the CD. After that was the garter toss where he again used the wrong song (it was supposed to be "Oh yeah" like from the end of Ferris Bueller, but he played Another one bites the dust instead.) We danced some more and then after a coupla hours after the ceremony, people started leaving, but it was a school night. Steve and I kind of hung out while everyone left, and eventually the wedding party and my parents changed clothes and started cleaning, but we weren't allowed to help, and I started to get a little annoyed because no one would tell us what we were supposed to do.
After a while, we were told that when we left, jen was going to come with us??? we couldn't figure it out, but when we went outside there was a big stretch limo! It took Jen to her hotel (she loved it!) and then drove us around the city for an hour, then on to the hotel.
and the wedding night is a story for another day..lol. I will try to post pix in my journal as I get them, ok ladies???!!!
Our Wedding Story
So, my mind is a leetle fuzzy after that roap trip to Lost Wages, but I'll do my best.
The night before (after the rehersal) my bridesmaid Jennifer (from Alaska!) and I helped mom make all of the bouquets, boutineres, and corsages. They came out pretty well, considering that we're not
florists!! We had tons of flowers so we made lots of corsages, and it's a good thing too! This way Steve's aunts for out of town all got one, and they all were SO happy that we remembered them. We made all of them different. After that Jen and I carved more pumpkins and around midnight I took her back to her hotel.
I was a little nervous, but when I got home I took a bath and shaved my legs (I knew I wouldn't have time in the morning!) and just relaxed. I fiddled around the house and watched some tv, and got to sleep around 2 am!
I got up at 7, showered, helped mom organize stuff that needed to go to the venue then went to pick up Jen for my hair apt. We arrived early so we got some Starbucks (I KNEW there was a reason why I chose that salon!) and after I paid for it, Jen mentioned that it was my wedding day, so they said, oh we would've given you free coffee had we known that! I wasn't too nervous at this time, because I had alot of stuff to do before the ceremony.
At the salon, Tisha dd my hair and makeup and she was fabulous! It took like, 2 hours which isn't so bad, but it was kinda boring. Jen was there to chat with and she took tons of pix of me.
Now it was 11am and we needed to be at the venue at 11:30 for "getting ready pix"! eek! We got there as soon as we could, but the whole wedding party and steve were waiting outside because my mom had the key and they couldn't get in at ALL. oh well. They ushered me upstairs to the bridesroom where my mom set out a feast of fruit, breads, cheeses, popcorn and winecoolers! They waited on me hand and foot (a girl could get used to this!) the photographer came in and asked if it was time, so we suggested having him do pix of steve first while the girls and mom got me into my corset and slip. The photog. came in before I had my dress on, but that was okay, i was bascially dressed. He took pix of me diving into my dress, and being laced up (i know he got some great pix of that, we were being really silly)
They got me all ready and then it was time to go downstairs for pix with steve. They had me walk down the stairs and meet him at the bottom, and he had his back turned. They told him to turn around and I'll never forget that look. He looked so sweet I almost started crying and he told me how beautiful I am (not looked, am.) we went outside on the porch to do a million pix. I will let the prof. photos speak for themselves when I get them. They are going to be so cool! It was a little chilly outside, but everyone was a trooper and didn't complain. We did bridal party and family pix after that.
At about 3:30 they made me go upstairs to rest before the ceremony, The Offficant came to talk to me, and told me the dj was there, and i tried to explain the pre-ceremony music and song to her to tell to him, but in the end he only played about 10 min of the 30 which was a little annoying. Everyone got in line and walked down stairs when the ceremony music started. I started down by myself and saw my Dad waiting there, and he took my arm and pattted my hand, I think I might have been shaking a little, I don't know. I know I was smiling freaking HUGE (from the pix I've seen). I had to walk through a doorway, and my veil got caught and I think it fell off, because my dad jammed it back on my hair! I thought it was off for the ceremony, but it was on.
I kissed Dad and he "gave" me to steve along with mom, and steve was just SHAKING. Poor dude. The ceremony went really well, only we didn;t realize that there was a part in it that said ".,...for all the years you've known each other..." SNORT! I snickered and so did steve , my parents and my moh. it was pretty funny. The kiss was great and we kind of waited for a sec after she announced us, because I wanted to walk back down to the certain part of the song (theme from Beetlejuice) and when we got back to the doorway? I just burst out laughing. It was so funny to me. We had had a receiving line, and met everyone. I was little disapointed that alot of my family wasn't there (and they live in town, nearby!) didn't come, and some of my friends weren't there. :snide: There were alot of people though.
everyone went down stairs and left steve and i wandering around upstairs...finally the dj came up and said he wanted to announce us, and i suggested the theme to "Tales from the Crypt" We went down and got to eat first, then everyone was just chowing down for like an hour. People really pigged out! After that it was a whirlwind of the first dance "Spooky", my dance with my dad "My Girl" and then Steve was supposed to dance with his mom, but she mysteriously disappeared when it was announced. We did the Monster Mash and the Time warp and then it was time for the cake cutting. It was so pretty I didn't want to cut it, but we did, and yes, we did smash it. it was so fun! Our Best Man, MOH (she did a really great speech, very funny), my dad and the flowergirl did a speech. Yes, the flowergirl...it went like this "I've known Lauren since I was a baby....and I love her!" AWWWWW!!!!!! she made me cry.
We danced and danced, did the bouquet toss ( i had a "breakaway" bouquet that split into 6 pieces, and it was all the women, not just unmarried ones.) it was supposed to be to Just a girl, but ended up being to Girls just want to have fun because the dj couldn't find the CD. After that was the garter toss where he again used the wrong song (it was supposed to be "Oh yeah" like from the end of Ferris Bueller, but he played Another one bites the dust instead.) We danced some more and then after a coupla hours after the ceremony, people started leaving, but it was a school night. Steve and I kind of hung out while everyone left, and eventually the wedding party and my parents changed clothes and started cleaning, but we weren't allowed to help, and I started to get a little annoyed because no one would tell us what we were supposed to do.
After a while, we were told that when we left, jen was going to come with us??? we couldn't figure it out, but when we went outside there was a big stretch limo! It took Jen to her hotel (she loved it!) and then drove us around the city for an hour, then on to the hotel.
and the wedding night is a story for another day..lol. I will try to post pix in my journal as I get them, ok ladies???!!!