DH and I are back after 2 wonderful weeks in Hawaii. The wedding was everything we hoped for and then some! It was amazing to spend so much time with our 80 guests in a gorgeous destination. I don't have many non-pro pics yet, but my florist posted some pictures of our reception area on facebook. You can see my BMs and me off to one side in a couple of the shots:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=168679&id=341338980974&l=88dc909d20As you can see from our florist's comments, the weather forecast for our wedding day and the following day was 90% chance of rain. 90%!!! We had planned to have the wedding and reception completely outdoors. The night before the wedding, I had horrible, vivid nightmares about terrible storm clouds chasing me across the ocean. There wasn't a cloud in the sky the morning of our wedding, but the papers and newscasters still said 90% chance of rain. We decided to move forward with plans to have everything outdoors under the trees. I didn't want to put everything under tents, because it would have drastically changed the feel we wanted. Our coordinator added a tiny tent to one side so everyone could run under it if it started pouring. The tent cost us a whopping $500 (nice unexpected last minute cost), but I'm thrilled to say that the money was wasted because we didn't get a drop of rain.
The next day it dumped all day long. We could see the wedding location from our hotel, and it was drenched. I'd never seen rain that heavy for that long in Hawaii. I'm still thanking God that he held it back for 24 hours.
Side note: I'm happy to say that after 9 years of dating and a 4-year engagement, being married really does feel different. I wasn't sure it would.
