4/30/2011. our day. entrance and food.

the ceremony was now over and it was time to party!

the NOW husband and i decided we wanted to have fun with our entrance. 

so we had our wedding party enter to the Ghostbusters theme song. 

insert random fact here: Ghostbusters is the mister's like all time favorite movie. he knows the words. and dressed up as one as kid once.

the entrance was quite memorable.

no one was expecting ghostbusters. not even our wedding party.

it was fantastic. we loved it.

can you tell how surprised i was by the look on my face?

i had not seen ANYTHING in the reception hall that day.

so decor, set-up, everything was a total surprise.

it was great and i loved it!

the food.

oh my goodness!
the food!

we had everything! well just about.

pasta salad (somehow i missed this one)

chicken breasts

fresh fruits and veggies

meatballs in the oh so yummy sauce that i absolutely LOVE.

cold cuts for small sammies.

and more. sadly i cant remember it all.

if people went home hungry, it was their fault.

seriously!

we had so much food. and from what i hear there were plenty of leftovers!

up next.. dancing. dancing. and lots of partying at the reception!

4/30/2011. our day. the ceremony

the ceremony has finally arrived.  its time to get seated and the show to begin.

it seemed like forever for everyone to get seated so i could come out of the bride's lair.  lol



while my dad and i waited to make our grand entrance, we killed time by telling jokes - see bottom right picture.  people still ask me what was so funny... sadly i have no idea.

it was time for the girls (& boy) to make their ways down the aisle.  everyone was ready.. or so we thought.  emilee, our flower girl, had been talking about her role since she found out she got to wear a pretty dress and throw flowers.  that was until those doors opened and it was her turn.

it took some slight coaxing from my mother & the event coordinator, but she eventually made it down.  she was so nervous, she forgot to throw the petals.  and poor thing, stumbled up the alter stairs in front of everyone.  luckily enough, she only had a bruised ego for a few minutes and continued being our happy flower girl.

here's some of my favorite shots from the ceremony itself.  this was the first time i was going to see the now husband in almost 2 days.  ugh!  and if anyone knows us, we are never apart, except for work.  so the long wait was terrible!

once the doors opened, i felt the largest weight come off my shoulders.  the hugest relief in my life seeing him, waiting for me just a few yards away.   lots of tears were shed - i felt like a blubbering idiot, but i know everyone feels that way at that moment.

funny story... dad and i get down the aisle.. my dad gives me over to the mister.  i proceed to try and kiss the mister..  ALREADY! the minister was like wait wait wait.  i'm telling you, i missed him!  i always kiss him first thing in the evenings when i see him and first thing when we wake up.  bad habit maybe?  lol i dont know, but it sure eased the pressure and gave everyone a good laugh during the ceremony. 

after the vows were said, rings were exchanged and a prayer about a loving and happy marriage for all, we were MARRIED!

walking out of the chapel, married, hand in hand, pure elation and happiness consumed my whole body..  i couldn't stop smiling.

up next..  the reception begins... first up.. the entrance & dinner!

4/30/2011. our day. our parties

after getting ready, both parties made their ways to the chapel and outside to have their group shots taken. me being the lucky bride was restricted to chapel photos only, while the boys had their fun outside.

being in dresses, you can tell the ladies' photo session was more "formal" and "structured," while the men threw their texas rangers fan spirit into the photos.  i think those photos are some of my favorites.

i was still nervous like crazy during these photos.  i even forgot my earrings for these.  oops. 

at this point all the guests were arriving, so all eyes were focusing on me at that point, which made the nerves even worse. 

i was definitely ready to get the show on the road. 

these were some of my favorite guy shots. they knew exactly how to be themselves.

up next... the cermony!   (eeps! so excited!)

4/30/2011. our day. getting ready.

i'm a little jealous in the time difference it took the mister compared to me to get ready for our day.  between hair, makeup and getting that monstrosity of a wedding dress on i was beat.   thank goodness we had a run through beforehand so we knew exactly how much time we needed to get ready. 

my bridesmaid showed up ready and my MOH got ready in no time flat, so it made our room less chaotic than it could have been. 

i'm not sure exactly how long it took mister to get ready, but based on all the "fun" the boys had, plus all the goofing off they did before they got ready, i'm thinking it wasn't very much time.  :)

luckily they had the dads there to help with cuff links and getting the ring bearer ready, because it sounded like they needed all the help they could get in those departments.

after all the party members were fancied, it was time for group shots with them.
without the bride and groom getting a peek of each other.
those are up next!

and we become one..

so we FINALLY got our wedding disc with all our wedding photos. 

be prepared for wedding picture overload the next several days. and years.

i will do several posts capturing our wonderful day.
i hope you stick around and enjoy them.

4/30/2011.  our day.