June 14, 2008
It’s a day I’ll always remember! The day I married my best friend in front of the most important people in our lives. I remember telling myself at the beginning of that week to soak in everything going on around me because these were the things that I would always remember, the good and the bad. We had our wedding back in my hometown in Western Pennsylvania. It was gorgeous week and quite hot. I know all of us were quite stressed since we had so much to do and having the wedding reception in my parents backyard made it even more stressful. Here’s my “I REMEMBER” list…
I remember…….the heat……everyone being snippy with each other because there was so much that had to be done….the lists of errands we had to run….being told on the phone that the tents had been set up and they looked beautiful…..trying to decide on what kind of wine to purchase and buying way too much…….renting a frozen drink machine and the bartender putting WAY too much alcohol in the drinks……picking up a keg of beer and almost losing the keg on the highway because someone didn’t close the tailgate to the truck tight enough……arguing with my soon-to-be husband because we were so hot, tired and stressed and taking it out on each other…….our caterer telling us that Tim Russert had passed away….enjoying lots of laughs with my mom and sister as we decorated the tents…..being sad that I would no longer share the same last name with my parents…..knowing how I was going to feel two extremely different emotions at the same time (sad and happy)…….trying not to cry when my dad walked me down the aisle during the rehearsal……waking up the morning of the wedding and realizing what a big day this was for so many people for so many reasons…….not being nervous, which kinda scared me…..sitting on my parents back porch watching it rain on my wedding day sitting in a t shirt and shorts with a veil in my hair…..watching my mom try not cry when I put my wedding gown on…….feel like my heart would pound out of chest when I walked in the church……..seeing my Dad get choked up and start to cry right before he walked me down the aisle….trying to walk down the aisle without tripping on my dress…..watching all my siblings cry……seeing my husband at the end of the aisle and he looked so nervous……watching our pastor sweat like crazy because it was so hot under the lights…..being surprised to see my husband choke up during his vows…..trying to shove his wedding band on his finger…..being announced as husband and wife for the very first time…..stopping to kiss my parents and thank them for all of their help…..arriving in a classic car at our reception…..having confetti shot into the air…..laughing through the first dance…..crying through the father/daughter dance……..laughing during the cake cutting….cheering during the dancing…….feeling exhausted as all of our close friends decided to do keg stands into the wee hours of the morning………enjoying our first moment of alone time as husband and wife…..changing out of clothes so we could head to the hotel….waking up the next day realizing how special our day was. Bill, thank you for such a wonderful and memorable first year and I look forward to spending the next 100 just like it with you! I love you!
