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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Wedding ReCap: Day of the Wedding Part 5

You can catch up on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Day-Of Part 1, Day-Of Part 2, Day-Of Part 3, Day-Of Part 4!!

Once we were introduced, we went straight in to our first dance!
We danced to Nat King Cole, "When I Fall in Love"



After the first dance we had the first course (salad) and listened to the toasts!

Our cake

MOH Toast

Best Man Toast
What a view of the reception


At the end of the toasts one of my very best friends surprised us with a video where she interviewed our family and guests and asked them questions about us compiling video clips. 

It was extremely special and I will hold that video close to my heart, forever!
(Plus, it will be pretty hard to top at her wedding...we have already started brain storming!)


The video was funny at some parts....!
After the toasts, I danced with my dad. We danced to Stand By Me ~ Ben E. King


After I danced with my dad, Rich danced with his mom to What a Wonderful World ~ Louis Armstrong


We ate dinner and then cut the cake


We promised to be nice ;-)
After we cut the cake, we did the money dance. We danced to Dancing in the Moonlight ~ King Harvet

After the money dance, we opened the floor to everyone to dance!

Love this shot of my dress!

Looks like people were having fun!

Stop making us all look back your pros!

My Alpha Gamm Sisters!
In the midst of dancing we squeezed in the Bouquet and Garter toss

Garter toss

The gorgeous Caitlin caught the bouquet
Garter toss
Where is it?!
Colin caught it!
Then of course, we were put on the spot and asked to make a speech!
Then back to MORE dancing!

We had the BEST time!
We stayed and danced the night away until the last guests left and then we had the town car pick us up and take us back tot he hotel!

We drank champagne, ate yummy chocolate and truffles and talked and laughed the night away!


What a special and magical night!

Wow this was a lot of fun!
I loved reliving this!! How fun!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Wedding ReCap: Day of the Wedding Part 4

You can catch up on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Day-Of Part 1, Day-Of Part 2, Day-Of Part 3!

After the pictures at the church, Rich and I got into our town car and headed over to the reception site - The Blackhawk Auto Museum

We took some pictures out side before we went inside. 


I was having too much fun!

Love this picture!


After the photo shoot, I got my dress bustled by the lovely Melissa & Christine

The dress was heavy and it was pretty intricate! 

Love the dress bustled too!

My mom did the centerpieces! 
The gorgeous reception room!




After all of the photos, we headed in and were introduced to the guests as Mr & Mrs by my Mom and Dad!


Tune in tomorrow for the last part of the updates!!

Monday, June 4, 2012

Wedding ReCap: Day of the Wedding Part 3

You can catch up on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Day-Of Part 1, Day-Of Part 2!


So we got to the church and because the guys were all welcoming our guests, we gals went into the side room of the church and waited for everything to get started!

The church!
yes, my mom did these! Amazing!

The girls helping me out of my shoes while we waited
LOVE!

My girls!

One of my best friend's brothers played the piano at the ceremony, it was amazing!
Scott did the most AMAZING job! 
I could not have asked for more!

I walked down the isle to "You Look Wonderful Tonight" Eric Clapton
And at the end, we walked out to "500 Miles" The Proclaimers!
Yes! He played 500 Miles on the piano! It was phenomenal! 

My handsome honey!!
I had both of my parents walk me down - it was so special!
Yes, I made this face...!
We had three passages read during the ceremony
One of my best friends from college read 1 Corinthians 12: 31, 12:8a from the New Testament
And Rich's cousin read Song of Songs 2: 8-10, 14, 16a, 8: 6-7a from the Old Testament
Father John read Mark 10: 6-9 from the Gospel

I love this picture!

One of the most popular photos of the evening!
After we walked down the isle, we stood in the entrance and greeted all of our guests. It was so wonderful!
Once the guests left and headed to the reception site, the bridal party stuck around and we took some pictures then headed to the reception sites to take pictures and get our party on!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Happy June!



Happy June!
May June bring you closer to your family and friends!

Wedding ReCap: Day of the Wedding Part 2

You can catch up on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Day-Of Part 1!

We got back to the hotel, relaxed a bit and waited for the photographers. The ladies all got dressed and the photographers took pictures of the dress, the shoes, the rings, everything!

Loved these napkins!

My dress!

Getting the garter on just right..so it didnt show through my dress!

My lovely ladies!

The guys!


One of my favorite pictures from the entire day!

My family!

My family!

My new family!
After the pictures at the hotel, we drove over to the church...

The car ride to the church


Sooo excited!! I was pretty much sweating and just BEAMING with excitement!!
Check back Monday for more! :-)