The wedding week was a whirlwind, so the best I can do is list a few highlights:
- An incredibly thoughtful bachelorette party with my favorite ladies. They created a customized scrapbook for me, each creating a page that represents our unique friendships. It is a treasure. And the party even included embroidery, resulting in three awesome free-hand designs on cotton dish towels - yet another treasure! The party also included homemade infused gin (YUM) and a sweet game that brought many smiles to my face. I am incredibly lucky to have all of these women in my life.
- Rehearsal: the lady in charge was kind, and took her job VERY seriously... :). It felt good to practice, and gave folks a chance to meet the priest. My niece was a rockstar flower girl - making it down the aisle despite being very shy and only 2 years old.
- A delicious groom's dinner with a plentiful amount of beer and meat! :) Fun to get a lot of friends and family together more intimately.
- Wedding day! AMAZING flowers from the farmer's market in the morning, successful and easy hair styling that suited me well, setting up of venue was smooth and easy, bouquets were made beautifully, great photo opportunities on the porch of the reception venue, incredible chauffeur (best man), terrible nerves at the church before the ceremony, stunning duet by best friends during the ceremony, perfect homily thanks to our soulful and articulate priest, fun stop at nostalgic bar in Uptown with dozens of friends, mingling with friends and family, great tunes, complete exhaustion and then bouncing back (at least five times during the weekend), rescued by my comfy backup dress, seeing people dance was so fun, hilarity of the photo booth, ending with Mr. Tambourine Man - a moment I'll never forget.
- More time celebrating with friends and family the day after the wedding, and also packing up for our honeymoon.
- Honeymoon! Big Sur and San Francisco. I finally caught up on sleep, although unsurprisingly my body crashed and I got sick for a few days before finally returning to equilibrium. We had a few rustic days hiking and hitting the beach, followed by a few days of full days of walking and sightseeing in a huge urban environment. SB gazed at his ring and called me "wife" dozens of times on the trip. :) Cuddling up on both flights was struck me as particularly sweet and memorable.
Dare I say that now life will be returning to normal? My email inbox is probably 70% wedding-related - hard to believe that those emails can now be deleted. Time to get back to my online coursework and job-hunting. And cooking! I miss cooking. And writing thank you notes. Can't wait to thank people from the bottom of my heart one last time. It was a nerve-wracking event, but also such an outpouring of love. I hope that everyone had a lot of fun.
Many people told me how much they enjoyed it and I know I sure did! It was so sweet. All parts of the wedding and reception reflected the two of you and your sweet love. Everyone appreciated that.
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