Rehearsal Dinner at Mad Art on Friday was perfect. Ron surprised me with gorgeous centerpieces of my favorite flower, cock's comb (celosia) and dinner was fantastic. It was the perfect relaxing environment for our families to meet and for friends to mingle. I can't imagine trying to do that in a restaurant. Ron and I shopped for all our ingredients on Wednesday and he took it from there. Everyone raved about how nice it was.
On Saturday, my mom, Kelly, and I all got ready at my house. My hair/makeup gal came to my house and did their hair then worked on me. I'm glad we did it this way. It was relaxing and we had a good time. Kelly gave me a scrapbook with photos of us together since childhood and letters we'd written to each other when we were kids. It was hysterical.
The weather was predicted to be very stormy on Friday and Saturday, but there was just minor rain. Lindsey and I were able to have our photos taken at Lafayette Square Park before the wedding afterall and we were able to have the cocktail hour in the courtyard at the Ninth Street Abbey. I was elated about both of these things.
Ceremony went off without a hitch. Didn't fall, didn't cry, didn't laugh, rings went on fine. I was feeling very relaxed and happy. I promised myself I was going to try to stay as "in the moment" as I could and I did. When we came inside for dinner--the place looked gorgeous. I LOVED my centerpieces and bouquet. They were a real highlight. My dad, Ron, and I made the bases and Fleurish did the flowers. Oh and my branch altar pieces rocked. I loved them (Fleurish again. Becky is the best.)
One of the best parts of the night was when the DJ "announced" us and we walked into the room of all of our seated guests. During the planning, I was reluctant to do this, but Alexa (the Abbey's coordinator) persuaded me and I'm so glad she did. Walking into a room of folks wildly cheering for you--felt pretty stinking good. I never felt so happy and so loved and so full of love than I did at that moment. We were blown away.
Lindsey's dad said a beautiful prayer. Dinner was fabulous. Everyone had a great time on the dance floor. And the photobooth was a HUGE hit. (Thanks to Tim & Katy for the fabulous gift.) The whole night was just incredible. We have just great family and friends. Everyone was having a good time.
On Sunday we had a little open-house/brunch at our house so the out of towners could see our new place. I am so glad we did this. It was a wonderful chance to really thank everyone again and we were of course, walking on clouds anyway.
My photos are in so I'm in the process of figuring out how to go about sharing a few. More to come.
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