Happy Anniversary to ME!

8 Years ago today, I married my amazing husband.

It seems insane to think that 8 years have passed as it went by SO quickly.
It was the most amazing day in my life.(aside from the birth of my four children)
It was a fun wedding, it was a beautiful wedding and it was romantic *at least I think so ;) *

When we were planning our wedding, we caught A LOT of flack.. "What a wedding without drinking?" We even had some make secret plans to have smuggle it in.. We also caught flack because we would not have a Dj or a Band to dance the night away. We were told we wouldnt receive as much money if we didnt do these things. We said " We arent getting married for Money" and so, we stood our ground and had the wedding of our DREAMS!
It was a beautiful Saturday morning. I remember getting my hair done with my girls and heading to the church.
I put my dress on and the weepiness started so, I from that point on, I wouldnt allow anyone to say that I looked beautiful or good, I didnt want to mess up my make up after all so, when I saw someone and they went to say something, I would put my finger up and say "Dont say it, say I look ugly" and they would smile and tell me how UGLY I wasnt :P
It was the only time in my life that I guess you could say I was vain. I really did feel like a beautiful Princess that day and it was my ball. And short of the glass slippers *I wore satan slippers instead of shoes* I was a princess and it WAS My ball.
My dad, had a very hard time that day. Giving away his baby girl as he called me my entire life. Often, the photographer would say "where is the father if the bride" and he would be found in the restrooms weeping. If anyone knows my dad, they know this is NOT in his character and so, when we took our pictures together I just couldnt look at him.. even when the photographer instructed me to do so.
After all the "pre" pictures and me hiding out in the churches fellowship all the time to start my wedding had come and gone. I was ready, the bridal party was ready but the ushers were seating people one by one and so, you can imagine that it was taking some time with almost 300 people in attendance.
Me, anxious to get a look at my soon to be handsome husband ask my dad to find out what is going on.. he came back and told me that they were seating the guests and I asked him to instruct the ushers to have the people sit.. I was ready, I wanted this show to start~!!!!!!!!!
After they were all seated the bridal party went out. They were all so beautiful as well. They wore the prettiest pale yellow dresses and carried a tiny bouquet of daisys. the daisys were wilting but, I didnt let that ruin my day...
The men wore black tuxes and had pale yellow ties and such... they matched amazingly.
After the bridal party the little kids went.. my three flower girls were three VERY special little girls to me. They threw dried rose petals from all the roses that Jason every got me in our SHORT... "courtship". I saved each rose and I walked down the isle of beautiful dried rose petals that meant the world to me.. each memory of each flower he gave me... it was so sweet and I felt thankful that i Had saved them.
then, it was my turn.
Oh I couldnt wait for the doors to open and the music to start. At this point my nerves were in check.. I wasnt crying. I wasnt emotional only EXCITED.
Instead of a premade bouquet, I had people who were close to me, hand me roses down the isle... the roses were in Pastels and were beautiful. I made it all the way to my mom before... I cried.
I looked at her face and she mouthed 'my baby" and then, I couldnt help it.
I recieved my flower from Jasons parents, went up to the top and the last one to give me a rose was my dad.
I remember being disappointed that I Had cried as I wanted Jason to see me NON red nosed and perfect make up but, when I got to him and looked at him, I could see that, he didnt care about my red nose... he kept smiling at me, and raising his eyebrows like "you look great" and, it set my mind at ease.
Now, I am stubborn and i did NOT wear waterproof makeup because I was CERTAIN I would not cry.. why would I?? ha,
I couldnt get through my vows without blubbering. THankfully my make up held up.
After the wedding we had everyone go outside for our receiving line and afterwards we had a poem read about being born again making reference to the butterfly and after that, we released 100 butterflies.... It was beautiful.
After all the pictures it was time for the reception. I asked my dad if he could happen to locate an old car that we could ride around in instead of a limo... my dad who knows everyone of coarse found such a car and we were able to ride to the reception on the back, with the top down and with a miles worth of cars behind us.. I was able to sit, like a princess and wave..it was one of the highlights of my day and I would recommend anyone getting married in a warmer month to do this.... I felt SO special.
The reception was great too, aside from one of the waiters spilling pop down the back of my moms dress.. Poor mom... It was beautiful
We had a slideshow of our lives from infancy and that was so nice to see as well, we all got some good laughs at the hairstyles and clothes that we once wore.
The rest of the reception was full of eating, speeches and singing *we made people sing a song with the word LOVE in it, in order for us to kiss, instead of the clinging of glasses*
It was such a fun fun day. I dont believe I will ever in my life feel as pretty as I did that day... I will never ever forget the way my husband looked at me that day... Like he was the luckiest guy in the world... and I looked at him much the same.
What a magical day.. and so many people did so much to make it all happen.
There are a FEW small things that I would change if I could do it over *like the salon we got our hair done in* but, everything was just perfect. We had a great great day and I am so thankful 8 years later, I have my husband, my four kids , a nice house and wonderful family and friends to share our lives with.
We are blessed and, I am looking forward to what the next 8 years have in store for us.