I finally get to blog about my wedding and finally getting to our goal of being married.

The wedding was everything that I could have wished for and more. It’s very gratifying to see all of our hard work together. I couldn’t wait to see how the candles, the table runners, rose petals, favors, programs, etc would look together. From past blogs, you know that I had so much trouble with first finding our blue (Tiffany blue) and then making sure that the blues I got matched each other. I needed to make sure that everything was smooth. Not necessarily perfect but just smooth. I am very happy to say that it did. During the rehearsal, everyone helped out and we were able to set up all of the tables and the arch. Once I saw everything together, it was great. For others to say “Cassandra, you and Ian did a great job on this…” really eased my mind. I’m not a wedding planner by any means (although I have thought about it after this whole thing of doing that) so just to see what we did made things easier.

For the rehearsal and the wedding, I created a timeline. It was a very detailed-oriented timeline that ended up being 11 pages. I know-a little anal, dramatic and crazy. In my defense, however, (lol!) we had two people in our bridal party who were out of town plus we had a lot of out of town guests so I wanted to make sure that they had all the information that they needed. So the 11 pages not only included the timeline of both bridal party and the vendors, but directions from the venue to the hotel, from the venue to the rehearsal dinner location, maps, contact numbers, introductions of who is who, etc. If anyone wants to check it out, they’re more than welcome. Just inbox me and I’ll send it to you. To be honest, I actually took the template from another bride who posted on the www.weddingbees.com. I can post that link to you. Just let me know.

I will say though that I cried more than I anticipated and it was all before the ceremony even started. I cried when I saw myself all done up. I cried when my mother cried. I cried when I saw both my brother and father. I cried when my father and I danced. I choked up when Ian and I were reading our vows. I choked up when my MOH read her speech. Ian, on the other hand, was adorably more emotional than I was but we both expected that. :)

Overall our wedding day was just surreal filled with love, passion, and most of all, it was us! We didn’t have the wedding our parents wanted or didn’t spend money in places that we didn’t think represented us. We had the wedding we wanted and that made things beautiful. I couldn’t wait to say “I do” to the love of my life and now…..we’re married! :)