Oh yeah, I got married last Friday, in case you didn't know;)
Over all it was a good time:) I got married this weekend, went to a con, and had an overall awesome time. Great friends were seen, and great memories were made.
Thursday was a little bit stressful. In the morning I ran over to the county clerk's office to pick up the wedding license (nothing like waiting until the last minute!). I paid for a few last-minute things, since I figured having the cake would be nice. Back at the house I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to make sure that I had everything all packed and ready. Jer came home, and he let me open some wedding presents! Even though we had received presents weeks earlier he wouldn't let me open them until wedding time. We packed everything up in the pouring rain and I went to go pick up the kids. It was a little stressful picking up Amber, since I had never been inside her school before and I ended up wandering around half the building in the rain looking for a door that was open. Good times.
We went to the hotel and got everything packed in. Jer cursed my Dr. Horrible props-apparently they were a bit unwieldly. I dropped Cody off with his Grandparents (jer's parents) and did Amber's nails. In the midst of this I got a frantic phonecall from the county clerk's office. They asked me to look at my wedding license, and lo and behold-it was the wrong license. Amusingly enough, I had actually double checked my license to make sure that everything was spelled correctly, and the woman at the office had taken it back to add something or another to it, and gave me the wrong one. Luckily, even though I had the wrong one, mine was still at the County Clerk's office. I guess there was a third one out there that they were still looking for. Eventually Amber got her nails done, and we did the whole wedding rehearsal thing.
The rehearsal mostly just involved us hashing out a few last minute details to make sure that the important people got to sit in special spots. Since my family was taking up most of the place, we really couldn't have a bride and groom side. My parents met Jer's parents for the first time, and it seemed like everyone got along quite well. We went to Bob Evans for the rehearsal dinner (thanks dad, for being even pickier than Sken) Where we had dinner with the bridal party that was there, sections of people's family, and got to see Josh and Katie! Dinner was fine, and I was much amused by watching my Oma (grandmother) steal rolls and hide them in her special food bag in her purse.
I met up with more of my family members in the hotel restuarant (thank god that the waiter didn't remember me from the last time I ate dinner there...with dawn, greg, kilts and whipped cream) and everyone sort of moved up to Jer and my suite. We were all amazed by Josh's duct tape flowers, and he did an awesome job of entertaining my family. My cousin Kate noticed how stressed I was getting, and ushered my family away.
Friday morning I woke up relatively early and did some beauty stuff:) My cousin Gina (maid of Honor) and my Mom showed up around 8am, and we spent a few minutes relaxing waiting for Katelyn to come do our hair. Everything was pretty relaxing while we all got ready for the wedding. Jer and I did see each that morning (in fact, we spent the night together) and it made everything a lot easier. I'm really glad we decided not to spend the time beforehand apart, considering how much he was my rock. I gave my bridesmaid's their gifts, they each received different amethyst and silver earings and necklaces. Greg Croft and Jennifer Campbell came and started taking pictures, and from what I've seen, they are amazing.
Something old: My shoes, I had redone some old ones with purple glitter. Yeah, they were stripper shoes.
Something new: the dress, the jewelry, other stuff...
Something borrowed: I borrowed my cousin's white gold and pink saphire bracelet that went with my engagement ring perfectly! (note to self: must give that back)
Something blue: so...as part of my bachalorette party Amanda had given me a blue thong that had a blue bow on the back with tulle coming out. Guess what didn't show under my wedding dress?
We walked down and waited for the wedding to start. Greg Williams, aka Guido, our officiant, gave me a little pep talk beforehand. I was a little confused by Orvan the Ox hanging around, but I didn't give it much thought. Everyone walked down, and my dad and I walked. It was a little funny watching people be confused over whether or not they should stand, but they did. Something I didn't realize until later was that no one sat down-everyone stood for the entire ceremony! I find that funny:) Greg did an amazing job with our ceremony, and he held a copy of Lamb, The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Obviously, there was no religion in this ceremony. We didn't even mention Thor to give my mother a heart attack.
I didn't cry too hard during my vows, but I definitely got choked up. Jer only pulled out his phone once, and that was a part of his vows, so I guess that it was ok. It made me laugh, which helped me to pull myself together. During the exchanging of the rings, we remembered why Orvan the Ox was there. Way back when, Jer and I had talked about having Orvan deliver the rings, but we had consequently forgotten about it. Luckily, our friends did not. Much hilarity ensued when Orvan delivered two packages that included two "rings." Everyone who helped make that happen-you are awesome!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/croftandcampbell/
Something that I hadn't told any of my friends was that when I was a little girl I would plan my wedding, and I would have one of my pet cows in it. I'm glad something from my childhood was able to make it:)
After the wedding we took a very limited set of formal wedding shots while the hotel did the flip for the reception. Jer had to run off and do some hotel/con managing, and I followed him around a little bit as some photos were taken. I got snagged by my family for big family shots (which I insisted that my photographer would not be taking, I really wish they hadn't seen me walk by the room they were in. Oh well, it made them happy, and lord knows they all had enough cameras.) Hehe, little did my family know that they were taking pictures in the room that the mayday/beltane ritual was going to be taking place in.
The reception was a lot of fun, very casual. My mother and Aunt Margret did an amazing job of decorating, everything looked beautiful. I loved Gina and Nick's speeches, and I loved watching everyone interact and have a good time. I'm so glad that we were able to have turkish coffee for our toasts (thank you Jer and Al Sultan!) since it was a part of the first time Jer and I met. And since I couldn't have Geoff and thatguychuck I might as well have the coffee. Jer and I never really had planned out a cupcake ritual, but we both knew that we didn't want to cut one up and shove it in eachother's faces. So the next best thing? Shove as much of the cupcakes into our own faces!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/croftandcampbell/
The best possible arrangement:)
Jer and I walked around and hung out with our guests, and we did a little bit of dancing-I had never realized before how long our "special" song was, holy cow. The reception was fun. My Uncle Arend got me a cosmopolitan which helped take the last little bit of stress and nervousness from me. After most of our guests had left I sat and hung out with some of my family members. Other members of my family wandered the convention, and from what I hear they had an amazing time; which was Jer and my goal.
Friday evening I wandered the con in my wedding dress. If you ever want to be told how beautiful you are, wear a wedding dress to a large public area. I don't think I've ever felt prettier in my entire life:)
Friday night around 9 I finally took the dress off (it was difficult to do...I was very tempted to wear it the entire weekend. At that point I'm sure people would be disturbed by the odor, and nobody would tell me I'm pretty at that point). Jer and I hung out together in our suite while friends and family wandered in and out. All in all, a good ending to a good day.
The Thank yous:
Amanda: I don't think I can stress how much help you were throughout this entire process. From throwing a bachalorette party to driving three hours with me across the state to hang out with a bunch of people you didn't even know...you took care of so many things for me, even when you were dealing with some pretty big life changes yourself (yay new house!) You have my eternal gratitude, and this wedding would not have been anywhere near as good without you there. Hell, my relationship with Jer probably would never have happened without you there to prod him along.
Nick: Thank you for keeping Jer sane! Out of everyone I know, I think you know Jer better than anyone, and it really showed this weekend. The speech was great, and thank you for giving the "tame" one. You were great, and thank you for taking care of so much.
Josh: The flowers were so amazing! You totally charmed my family, as well. I can't believe you thanked me for asking you to make them...I will be keeping those flowers for the rest of my life. Anyone who asked if I was doing a bouquet toss got a very angry no, lol!
Greg: Thank you so much for officiating. I know it was last minute, but you did a great job:) The kilt was perfect, as well. Do they make walking kilts?
Dawn: Thank you so much for the cupcakes! You have been a big help during this entire process; having someone there that I know I can ask anything and they will help is an amazing gift to have.
Sheryl, Bridgette, Brenna: Sheryl, thank you for all of your help! Bridgette and Brenna, you two were beautiful flower girls, and I'm so blessed to have you two in my life.
Mom and Aunt Margret: Thank you for taking care of so many things; I'm sure you were both sick of the last minute phonecalls! The wedding was so pretty because of you two!
Gina and Elizabeth: Thank you so much for being in my wedding! I know timing was a bit hard for both of you, and knowing that you both moved things around in your life to be in my wedding means more to me than you can even know.
Amber: I'm so glad that I get to be your stepmom:) You were beautiful, and I'm looking forward to our life together.
My guests: Thank you everyone for coming and making my wedding so special. It would not have been anywhere as amazing and as special without you there. So many of you pitched in and helped out in so many ways. I'm so thankful that such an amazing and diverse group was able to come together and have a good time for Jer and me.
Jer: Thanks for asking:) You worked so hard to make sure that I got the wedding that I wanted. I could not ask for anyone better than you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/croftandcampbell/
Thursday was a little bit stressful. In the morning I ran over to the county clerk's office to pick up the wedding license (nothing like waiting until the last minute!). I paid for a few last-minute things, since I figured having the cake would be nice. Back at the house I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to make sure that I had everything all packed and ready. Jer came home, and he let me open some wedding presents! Even though we had received presents weeks earlier he wouldn't let me open them until wedding time. We packed everything up in the pouring rain and I went to go pick up the kids. It was a little stressful picking up Amber, since I had never been inside her school before and I ended up wandering around half the building in the rain looking for a door that was open. Good times.
We went to the hotel and got everything packed in. Jer cursed my Dr. Horrible props-apparently they were a bit unwieldly. I dropped Cody off with his Grandparents (jer's parents) and did Amber's nails. In the midst of this I got a frantic phonecall from the county clerk's office. They asked me to look at my wedding license, and lo and behold-it was the wrong license. Amusingly enough, I had actually double checked my license to make sure that everything was spelled correctly, and the woman at the office had taken it back to add something or another to it, and gave me the wrong one. Luckily, even though I had the wrong one, mine was still at the County Clerk's office. I guess there was a third one out there that they were still looking for. Eventually Amber got her nails done, and we did the whole wedding rehearsal thing.
The rehearsal mostly just involved us hashing out a few last minute details to make sure that the important people got to sit in special spots. Since my family was taking up most of the place, we really couldn't have a bride and groom side. My parents met Jer's parents for the first time, and it seemed like everyone got along quite well. We went to Bob Evans for the rehearsal dinner (thanks dad, for being even pickier than Sken) Where we had dinner with the bridal party that was there, sections of people's family, and got to see Josh and Katie! Dinner was fine, and I was much amused by watching my Oma (grandmother) steal rolls and hide them in her special food bag in her purse.
I met up with more of my family members in the hotel restuarant (thank god that the waiter didn't remember me from the last time I ate dinner there...with dawn, greg, kilts and whipped cream) and everyone sort of moved up to Jer and my suite. We were all amazed by Josh's duct tape flowers, and he did an awesome job of entertaining my family. My cousin Kate noticed how stressed I was getting, and ushered my family away.
Friday morning I woke up relatively early and did some beauty stuff:) My cousin Gina (maid of Honor) and my Mom showed up around 8am, and we spent a few minutes relaxing waiting for Katelyn to come do our hair. Everything was pretty relaxing while we all got ready for the wedding. Jer and I did see each that morning (in fact, we spent the night together) and it made everything a lot easier. I'm really glad we decided not to spend the time beforehand apart, considering how much he was my rock. I gave my bridesmaid's their gifts, they each received different amethyst and silver earings and necklaces. Greg Croft and Jennifer Campbell came and started taking pictures, and from what I've seen, they are amazing.
Something old: My shoes, I had redone some old ones with purple glitter. Yeah, they were stripper shoes.
Something new: the dress, the jewelry, other stuff...
Something borrowed: I borrowed my cousin's white gold and pink saphire bracelet that went with my engagement ring perfectly! (note to self: must give that back)
Something blue: so...as part of my bachalorette party Amanda had given me a blue thong that had a blue bow on the back with tulle coming out. Guess what didn't show under my wedding dress?
We walked down and waited for the wedding to start. Greg Williams, aka Guido, our officiant, gave me a little pep talk beforehand. I was a little confused by Orvan the Ox hanging around, but I didn't give it much thought. Everyone walked down, and my dad and I walked. It was a little funny watching people be confused over whether or not they should stand, but they did. Something I didn't realize until later was that no one sat down-everyone stood for the entire ceremony! I find that funny:) Greg did an amazing job with our ceremony, and he held a copy of Lamb, The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Obviously, there was no religion in this ceremony. We didn't even mention Thor to give my mother a heart attack.
I didn't cry too hard during my vows, but I definitely got choked up. Jer only pulled out his phone once, and that was a part of his vows, so I guess that it was ok. It made me laugh, which helped me to pull myself together. During the exchanging of the rings, we remembered why Orvan the Ox was there. Way back when, Jer and I had talked about having Orvan deliver the rings, but we had consequently forgotten about it. Luckily, our friends did not. Much hilarity ensued when Orvan delivered two packages that included two "rings." Everyone who helped make that happen-you are awesome!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/croftandcampbell/
Something that I hadn't told any of my friends was that when I was a little girl I would plan my wedding, and I would have one of my pet cows in it. I'm glad something from my childhood was able to make it:)
After the wedding we took a very limited set of formal wedding shots while the hotel did the flip for the reception. Jer had to run off and do some hotel/con managing, and I followed him around a little bit as some photos were taken. I got snagged by my family for big family shots (which I insisted that my photographer would not be taking, I really wish they hadn't seen me walk by the room they were in. Oh well, it made them happy, and lord knows they all had enough cameras.) Hehe, little did my family know that they were taking pictures in the room that the mayday/beltane ritual was going to be taking place in.
The reception was a lot of fun, very casual. My mother and Aunt Margret did an amazing job of decorating, everything looked beautiful. I loved Gina and Nick's speeches, and I loved watching everyone interact and have a good time. I'm so glad that we were able to have turkish coffee for our toasts (thank you Jer and Al Sultan!) since it was a part of the first time Jer and I met. And since I couldn't have Geoff and thatguychuck I might as well have the coffee. Jer and I never really had planned out a cupcake ritual, but we both knew that we didn't want to cut one up and shove it in eachother's faces. So the next best thing? Shove as much of the cupcakes into our own faces!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/croftandcampbell/
The best possible arrangement:)
Jer and I walked around and hung out with our guests, and we did a little bit of dancing-I had never realized before how long our "special" song was, holy cow. The reception was fun. My Uncle Arend got me a cosmopolitan which helped take the last little bit of stress and nervousness from me. After most of our guests had left I sat and hung out with some of my family members. Other members of my family wandered the convention, and from what I hear they had an amazing time; which was Jer and my goal.
Friday evening I wandered the con in my wedding dress. If you ever want to be told how beautiful you are, wear a wedding dress to a large public area. I don't think I've ever felt prettier in my entire life:)
Friday night around 9 I finally took the dress off (it was difficult to do...I was very tempted to wear it the entire weekend. At that point I'm sure people would be disturbed by the odor, and nobody would tell me I'm pretty at that point). Jer and I hung out together in our suite while friends and family wandered in and out. All in all, a good ending to a good day.
The Thank yous:
Amanda: I don't think I can stress how much help you were throughout this entire process. From throwing a bachalorette party to driving three hours with me across the state to hang out with a bunch of people you didn't even know...you took care of so many things for me, even when you were dealing with some pretty big life changes yourself (yay new house!) You have my eternal gratitude, and this wedding would not have been anywhere near as good without you there. Hell, my relationship with Jer probably would never have happened without you there to prod him along.
Nick: Thank you for keeping Jer sane! Out of everyone I know, I think you know Jer better than anyone, and it really showed this weekend. The speech was great, and thank you for giving the "tame" one. You were great, and thank you for taking care of so much.
Josh: The flowers were so amazing! You totally charmed my family, as well. I can't believe you thanked me for asking you to make them...I will be keeping those flowers for the rest of my life. Anyone who asked if I was doing a bouquet toss got a very angry no, lol!
Greg: Thank you so much for officiating. I know it was last minute, but you did a great job:) The kilt was perfect, as well. Do they make walking kilts?
Dawn: Thank you so much for the cupcakes! You have been a big help during this entire process; having someone there that I know I can ask anything and they will help is an amazing gift to have.
Sheryl, Bridgette, Brenna: Sheryl, thank you for all of your help! Bridgette and Brenna, you two were beautiful flower girls, and I'm so blessed to have you two in my life.
Mom and Aunt Margret: Thank you for taking care of so many things; I'm sure you were both sick of the last minute phonecalls! The wedding was so pretty because of you two!
Gina and Elizabeth: Thank you so much for being in my wedding! I know timing was a bit hard for both of you, and knowing that you both moved things around in your life to be in my wedding means more to me than you can even know.
Amber: I'm so glad that I get to be your stepmom:) You were beautiful, and I'm looking forward to our life together.
My guests: Thank you everyone for coming and making my wedding so special. It would not have been anywhere as amazing and as special without you there. So many of you pitched in and helped out in so many ways. I'm so thankful that such an amazing and diverse group was able to come together and have a good time for Jer and me.
Jer: Thanks for asking:) You worked so hard to make sure that I got the wedding that I wanted. I could not ask for anyone better than you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/croftandcampbell/