we got weddinged!

I suppose I should get my wedding commentary out while I still remember it...

Here's what happened.....

the world caught on fire

the cake exploded

half of the flowers froze overnight in the fridge, Jamie remade all the
boutonnieres 10 minutes before people arrived because she rocks

and well, it wouldn't have been our wedding if Lucy hadn't Houdinied her way into some sort of packaging and eaten something she shouldn't have!

M kissed the bride and we got weddinged!

and then we got our shine on

But here's the way it all went in my head.....

I thought ordering bulk flowers and doing everything myself was a great way to save money.....

so I spent Friday night making 8 million centerpieces

....and stabbed myself six times making boutonnieres, corsages, and bouquets.

Then I slept as good as Lucy does

I woke up early, walked Lucy, killed ten thousand and twelve ants with my ghostbusters spray thing, made some cole slaw, bought a football at the dollar store and went and got my hair done with three of my favorite ladies.

the world still caught on fire

Daddy walked me down the aisle 

(...And I had no idea that I had horrible, awful tan lines.)

Family members drove for hours and hours and miles and miles to come show their love and support. And dear friends showed up and endured the heat with us as well. P.S. we got weddinged on the hottest day of the year (at the time, I'm sure we've passed it now)

Some very important folks were missing, but they all had reasonable excuses, I suppose. (I'm only kidding guys, I know you were out protecting our nation's freedom, training to squish terrorists, and fighting forest fires.)

We had a beautiful, funny ceremony completely handcrafted by my amazing brother

We ate and I actually had the chance to visit with everybody who showed up. I think. I even had the mental capacity to serve mygrandfather a diet soda. Ha! take THAT, David Tutera!

I stressed over leftover food

Remi helped me serve a delicious, made-with-love cake

and then we got our shine on

Some really awesome people put in a lot of time and energy, and I will never ever be able to thank them enough! The world may have caught on fire, the cake may have exploded, Lucy may have shanghied the sandwich buns, and I might have had the worst tan lines this side of the Mississippi...but the cake still tasted divine, the flowers all died eventually anyways, and it was a wonderful day spent with family and friends which means that

every single little thing was absolutely perfect.