| Sep. 5th, 2009 @ 11:30 pm UPDATED: My wedding day! |
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I'm writing this a few days after my wedding day, as I've been a bit busy actually. Not honeymooning, like everyone thinks, although it hasn't been a bad past couple of days off. We got a couple of gift cards from Wal-mart, and went and spent those already. We bought a lot of things for the house that we needed, like a shower caddy and a rack to go in the bathroom. Miscellaneous stuff that was necessary but unaffordable at the time and with the help of the gift cards was affordable. Yay. Then we had to put them together. Oh joy, lol.
I also got the bright idea to just put the library and all my miscellaneous stuff upstairs. So, Justin's been working on that.
But anyway! The wedding. It was great. I can't believe the day came and went so quickly. When I got up, it seems like all I was doing was going going going! Really, though, I didn't do too much. All I did was get ready. I helped my mom and did her hair (I had straightened mine the night before and we found that curling straight hair isn't the easiest thing to do!), and then got myself ready. I put on press on nails and then kept putting them on as they kept falling off, lol. I did my make up and then put the corset and dress on. That was a chore, lol, because it laces in the back all the way down.
Once that was done, we were on our way to the park and I was being ushered into the women's restroom to wait to walk down the aisle. Brenda, Justin's mom, had a bouquet made for me, and boutineers (or however it's spelled) made for all the guys, so the guys went and got theirs. Then there was an issue of the music player not working, but they got it working after a bit, but I have no idea what I walked to. LOL!
My dad and I struggled a bit to figure out which side he was supposed to walk on, but we got it done and I was walking down the aisle, towards my love. I could barely see anything through my veil, it was the oddest feeling. Everything happened so fast! The bishop asked us to take each other's right hand and we said our "I do's" and exchanged rings. My mom was holding Justin's band, and I have no idea who was holding mine for Justin (apparently, the bishop had it, I just asked him). Poor Justin was shaking like a leaf, I had to help him get it on my finger. And then we were kissing.
We took endless amounts of pictures. I still need to get the pictures from the rest of his family, but I have the ones people took with his camera. I wish I had taken mine. I love the way pictures come out on my camera. Justin's camera is a bit tempermental. Anyway, the pics came out all right and I've posted them onto my Facebook profile, as well as my Myspace page.
Then we signed the license and certificate and were barbecuing soon after! The bbq was a huge success. We had plenty of food! The only problem was that not many people were there. Justin's aunts and cousins came, his uncles, and grandparents, his parents, and my parents and that was it. A friend of mine from work showed up with her kids, and that was great, but not many were there for me. A couple of people from the birthday club were there too, but just not as many as we expected there to be. We have a LOT of food left over, not to mention cake! It was a fun day though and everyone had so much fun!
And the gifts! LOL! I told everyone that a gift wasn't necessary and yet there were still gifts to unwrap!
I have a lot more to write, so I'll have to update this at another time, when I'm less sleepy.
UPDATE:
Okay, I'm ready to finish my update, because I have a major rant afterwards to do.
Anyway, after we ate, Justin and I cut the cake. No, we didn't smash the cake into each other's faces like everyone thinks is so funny and fun to do. I don't find it particularly fun to smash cake into anyone's face, or have it smashed into mine, especially when it could fall and get smeared on my pretty and expensive white dress. :P He did shove a huge piece in my mouth, and I him, but that was about it. lol. The cake was huge! We got a sheet cake (thinking all these people were going to show up and eat it with us), and Justin bought a cake topper for us, which was really beautiful. Hm, I guess I will post a couple of pictures of the cake:
 
Once the cake was done, I decided to change out of my big white dress, and that's when Mandy showed up. LOL! She at least got to see me before I changed out of it. I put on my sun dress and was much more comfortable. The dress I was wearing wasn't that uncomfortable, but very heavy and getting dirty with every step I took.
And once I was out of the big white dress, Justin and I tackled the gifts! We got a steamer and colander from his grandparents (on his mother's side). There was a quilt, kitchen towel set, washcloths, baking sheets, lingerie, and money from his grandmother (on his father's side). The quilt was really great! Some parts of it were made from old t-shirts Justin had worn, which I think is really great. It's really pretty. When I get a pic of it, I'll post it here. His uncle Clyde got us a slow cooker! A really nice steel one, too! We've already used it. Justin made us a roast yesterday, it was so good! More on that later!
His unlce Georgie and aunt Merrilyn gave us a $50 card to Wal-mart. I'm trying to remember everything (mostly so that I don't forget who gave me what so I can send out the thank you cards)! A couple of girls from the birthday club came and gave us a bunch of stuff! We got this really pretty set of swan decorated picture frame, decorative box, and a bell. Also, they gave us a pie making set, which has a pie dish, pie cutter, and a kitchen towel. I think there was something else, but I really can't remember... My mom and Phil got us a Blu-Ray player, and Wall-E on Blu-Ray! I saw Wall-E the other day on TV and fell in love with it! The cables that came with the player though are way too short! They don't even come up around the back of the TV! So, I found an HDMI cable I bought, so I'll hook it up on the TV upstairs, since Justin's TV doesn't even have an HDMI hookup on it.
Overall, it was a really great day, and we all had so much fun, but we were pretty much finished by about 2:00! Actually, earlier in the day, a guy came over and was asking if we had reserved the park, and I was like, um, yes. I reserved it months and months ago, like back in April. I had called and canceled the kitchen, because we decided we didn't need it, but I was quite clear that I still wanted the park for the wedding. Well, later on in the day, the same guy came over and was apologetic, because somehow things got mixed up, but they did have my reservation. Well, they had booked another party to come in at 5 that night, so it was good that we were done by 2, so he had plenty of time to clean up, which I'm sure he appreciated. But we were supposed to be there all day and a few of my friends were going to stop by on their lunch break. Oh well.
Afterwards, Justin and I just came home and started putting things away. We were getting the food put away when we heard a knock on the backdoor. We both just thought it was like my mom or Phil bringing us something we forgot, but when Justin answered the door, it was my uncle Charlie!! I was so happy! We showed him around the messy house, and then just sat and talked. Apparently he got to the park just right after we all left, because it was empty, and he drove past mom's house, but they weren't there, so they were probably still here helping us bring in things. He ended up going over to Natalie's house and she told him where we lived, he saw my mom and she also helped him to find our house, and that was that. We just told him what was going on around town and how the wedding was. We let him see the pictures that were on Justin's camera and took a few pictures to show that he was here! LOL. It was really nice seeing him.
He was surprised that my dad was already gone, oh, and I forgot to mention that. My dad ended up leaving shortly after the ceremony, because he's doing remodeling on his condo and there were people that he needed to get back for to let them in the condo. I was super happy he came, but a little sad to see him go. It was just a turnaround trip for him, and for Charlie too. Charlie only stayed a few hours and then was back on the road to Salt Lake, because he had an early flight back to San Francisco the next morning.
So, overall, I was very happy with how everything went on my wedding day. I am super glad that I wore the big white dress instead of the sun dress. I loved how it felt being a princess for a day, in my big dress and tiara. It was a magical day and I am so so happy. :D
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