Things I will never forget about our wedding:
1. Staying at a beautiful beach resort and going to dinner the
night before my wedding with my family.
2. Waking up on my wedding day to the sun rising over the
water.
3. Enjoying a moment of solitude, sipping coffee, and feeling
the warmth of the sun.
4. A hummingbird (something that my Grammie loved) flying up to
my face and hovering there. I know it
was Grammie wishing me nothing but the best :)
I felt her immensely that day.
5. Getting ready with my bridesmaids, sister-in-laws, and
parents in my parents’ suite while listening to music and getting dolled up by
our fabulous hair and makeup artists.
6. Putting on my wedding gown.
7. The looks on my bridesmaids faces when they saw me.
8. How beautiful my bridesmaids looked.
9. How gorgeous my mom looked.
10. How handsome my daddy looked in his tux.
9. How gorgeous my mom looked.
10. How handsome my daddy looked in his tux.
11. Riding in a white hummer limo with my parents and my girls
to the venue.
12. Seeing our handsome ring-bearer, my 2 ½ yo cousin with
blonde curly hair. He looked so cute in his
tux and black Vans shoes!
13. Standing with my dad arm in arm before walking down the
aisle, and him whispering to me how much he loves me and how proud of me he is,
and how he couldn’t imagine a more perfect man for me to marry.
14. Seeing my groom for the first time standing under our
beautiful ceremony arch with green rolling hills as the backdrop…he looked so
handsome and unbelievably happy. He was
all I could see :)
15. My dad giving me away to this wonderful man and so
eloquently saying, “She gives herself freely with her mother’s and father’s
blessing.”
16. Sean taking my hand and whispering “I love you. You look so beautiful.”
17. My two sister-in-laws and Sean’s godson each reading a poem
on love. One of the poems was read at my
parents’ wedding 32 years ago.
18. Sean and I saying our vows.
19. Our unity Sand Ceremony.
It was perfectly us.
20. Our first kiss as husband and wife. The world stopped.
21. Taking our photos as the sun set behind the hills and how beautiful everything looked.
22. Being introduced as “Mr. and Mrs. Sean O’Neil” at the
reception’s Grand Entrance and Sean dipping and kissing me! Everyone cheering!!!
23. Our first dance.
Everyone around us blurred and it was just me and my husband.
24. My dad’s speech. It
was incredible…I laughed, I cried.
25. Best Man speech from Sean’s brother. Memorable.
26. Maid of Honor speech from my best friend Lisa. Like a fairy tale.
27. The father/daughter dance.
Dad and I took lessons and we rocked!!
“Father and Daughter” by Paul Simon.
Beautiful song.
28. Trying to say hello and thank you to everyone! It was such a whirlwind!
29. Dancing and laughing with family and friends all night. We tore up the dance floor! My 12 yo nephew was even doing flips!
30. Our photobooth. Such
a hit!!
31. Cramming into the photobooth with my NYC girls. Pure awesomeness.
32. Dancing the night away in my wedding gown and pink sparkle
TOMs shoes!
33. Fun shoes! I changed
into pink sparkle TOMs shoes, I gave my bridesmaids black sparkle TOMs and
sisters silver sparkle TOMs. Sean made
himself and his groomsmen custom Vans shoes.
We are cool!
34. Our sparkler Grand Exit!
35. Being whisked away in a limo to an incredible beach
front suite at the resort, and enjoying the moment alone with my husband while
we talked about each moment of our wedding day.
It was more than a dream come true. Thank you to everyone who was there to
celebrate with us. Thank you to my
parents-in-law for welcoming me into your family with open arms nearly five
years ago. Thank you mom and dad for
giving Sean and I our dream wedding, for all you’ve done for me and my
husband. I love you.
I love that your grandmother was there in spirit with the hummingbird. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove love love. This is a great post you'll love looking back on after the months tick by :) So happy for you and Sean! Congrats and lots of love!
ReplyDeleteHow nice! You paint a very pretty picture from the stuff you've listed down. Yeah, getting married is an amazing, magical experience. Planning for the event and seeing it happen for real is a very lovely experience for the bride and groom. Congrats to ya!
ReplyDeleteThank you guys :)
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