Hi All!Finally back to the real world, well, yesterday was my first day back to work but I was trying to catch up that I didn't really have too much time to get on. The wedding was wonderful!!! I was so stressed on the wednesday before because of the weather and last minute things, but I went and bought myself some cute umbrellas and managed to calm myself down and enjoy the next few days. Friday was awesome, me and my BM's and my mom and bro's girlfriends went and got our nails done and then to lunch at PF Changs (Mmmmm...we kept joking that this was the best part of the whole weekend!) My MOH got nauseas/sick at lunch and had to leave, she was so upset she had to leave, but we just wanted to get her some rest so she could enjoy everything else! So the rest of us went back to my parents house to set up for the RD, we had the cutest, most intimate little RD in my parents basement/back yard area...of course as soon as we went out in the back yard to practice it started raining so we did it indoors. And thankfully MOH was feeling better and was able to join us for the RD festivities. My older brother cooked the dinner for us, oh man can he cook! You just can't get that kind of food in a restaurant (especially to feed 25 people for the amount that we paid in groceries!). He was definately the super star of the night!The morning of the wedding I woke up at 7am, which is so odd for me, I sleep in as late as possible, but even the day before I got up at 7 am and it never phased me. So I got up, had some coffee with my mom and smiled at the sunshine we saw out the window. Then I decorated my bar chalkboard menu with my chalkboard markers (talk about a last minute DIY project!). My girls came over and we had some lunch and Nicole and Mindy got there around 12:30 for hair and makeup. We had an absolute ball getting ready, Mindy and Nicole are so talented and fun to be around. And we got done early! (probably bc I made them come early bc I was paranoid). So we packed into my sister's Yukon (aka our limo) and headed up to havre de grace (passing one dark cloud on the way up that was not over head of the venue!). Walking down the aisle was definately my favorite part of the night, I was so nervous to do it, but as soon as I stepped out of the doorway it was an undescribable feeling. Our ceremony music was just so perfect, and DH was waiting there with tears in his eyes. I don't know how, but we totally lucked out on the weather, bright blue skies through the ceremony and a beautiful purpley-orange sky at sunset. We even had two bald eagles fly over head during the ceremony - how cool is that! We didn't even realize it though, everyone kept coming up to us asking if we paid to have them fly over (DH loves bald eagles, his bachelor pad was 100% decorated with them) - DH was tickled by this!I think that everything after that was a whirlwind, DH and I flew through our dinner to get out and start talking to our guests, then the dancing started and I don't think either of us left the dance floor all night after that! The storms finally hit during the reception, but we didn't care! It was hot and sticky though, everyone on the dance floor was sweaty pigs! We weren't going to do the whole put the garter on the girl that catches the bouquet, but we rigged the toss so that my BFF/MOH (I had two MOH's one BFF and my sis) caught it (she's getting ready to move in with her BF of 5 years so we like to tease them). So of course the guys parted like the red sea to make sure her BF caught the garter!I can honestly say we didn't really have too many problems issues during the wedding. A couple of wardrobe "malfunctions" ...my one earring fell out right before I was getting ready to walk down the aisle, luckily we recovered both pieces and it staying in for the ceremony, it fell out two more times after that at the reception, the last time it went right down the front of my dress and that's where it stayed bc I couldn't retrieve it
. Then my bustle broke on the dance floor at like 11 pm, not too much longer to go so I just held it. Minor issue with a floral arrangement I made for the placecard table, it got put on the sweetheart talbe for some reason instead, and the thing was huge, we had to throw it to the side.Sorry so long!! Feel free to skip to the end to see the pics!Here's some non-pro pics I put on facebook, I have more, but haven't got the chance to put up yet:[url]
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24143&id=1579052251&l=e436547cb2[/url]Mandi white also has some posted to that are linked to my FB page, there's no link for that so I think you just have to friend me or her to see them.