Puppy and I got married!
Our 57-guest June wedding was perfect, fantastic and wonderful. 🙂 The wedding party, pictured above, was all family so everything felt very comfortable and loving from start to finish. Very Aho! And although it was difficult to trim the invitations to about a third of the original guest list, it was worth it because a) that’s what we could afford and b) it ended up being the perfect number. It wasn’t so large it became impersonal, not so small that it wasn’t fun and the perfect size for our venue.
Quote necklace from “Love you Forever” by Robert Munsch
Other than taking a bit longer than expected for hair and makeup (we had extra time in the schedule in case this happened) everything went perfectly. My makeup even stayed on all night even though Mom and I started crying almost immediately after getting our makeup done when I gave her a mother-of-the-bride present. It’s a quote from “Love you Forever” by Robert Munsch, which she used to read to my brothers and me when we were younger.
Then I continued the crying when Puppy and I had our first look before the wedding. I just saw him standing there looking all handsome and when he turned around and smiled at me I got overwhelmed. He’s such a good Puppy and I got to marry him!
And I continued tearing up at the altar and a little bit at the reception when the maids of honor and the best man gave their speeches. I seriously did not expect to turn into a water fountain but that’s what happened. Puppy thought it was cute and apparently I made other people tear up as well, notably my cousin who was getting married the next week. Puppy’s family and friends couldn’t remember her name and referred to her as the bridesmaid who cried during the entire ceremony. (She’s the one on the far left in the top photo)
We had fun with the music too:
- Grand entrance: Let the good Times Roll by Ray Charles
- First Dance: All I Want Is You by Barry Louis Polisar
- Cake Cutting: Count on Me by Bruno Mars
- Last Dance: Island in the Sun by Weezer
The whole day was just one big happy and I was so excited that I could hardly sleep the night before, woke up at about 5 a.m. the morning after and still didn’t feel tired. But since Puppy was still asleep and my Clif Bar wrapper was bothering him, I waited a little bit and then went down the hall and woke up my mother and grandmother to hang out until Puppy was ready for breakfast.
Sorry if this post got a little long. I tried to reign myself in… but wedding! And I wanted to post more photos but my laptop has decided that discs are yummy and must be eaten and Puppy’s computer doesn’t have an optical disc drive… so we’ve got some things to figure out.
P.S. All these awesome wedding photos were taken by this guy.
leners' lens 