Hello, Garden. I know I’ve been a bit MIA lately. That last months of planning really hit me hard and no matter what your circumstances are, it takes some time to settle back into life post-wedding.

June 4 has come and gone and Orchid Boy and I are now Mr. and Mrs.

I made an honest attempt to figure out Creative Suite in order to make a nice display for my pictures, but between my very slow computer and my impatience, I’ve decided to go old school and unfancy.

The pictures I’m about to share in this narrative come from a few different friends and I’ll do my best to credit them properly. None are from my photographer as I have yet to receive the disk with all of the images, but you can check them out on her site.

The Big Day

I’m not a morning person by nature, so having a late-morning wedding was probably a bad idea. But, it all went pretty well. My wonderful cousin did my makeup and my regular hairdresser did my hair.

There was something about my bangs that bothered me and we spent a good 10 minutes attempting to figure it out. No matter what she did, I didn’t like it.

“Maybe, it’s because I wear them on the opposite side and I’m just not used to it,” I said.

“You wear your bangs on the other side?”

“Yeah.”

“Well THAT’S the problem! No wonder it’s bothering you!”

A quick flip of the bangs made it all come together.

I am just back from my wedding and honeymoon…and have so much to tell you I don’t even know where to begin. Let me first start by saying the wedding was worth every penny, every ounce of stress, every tear I shed in the 15 months it took to plan. A magical day from start to finish!

It was amazing how everything came together in the last few days.  I never got my sister’s pink eye, though a surprise root canal just 3 days before the wedding caused a little drama (especially being so far from home).  I will attempt to break down my thoughts and advice into categories and post a bit at a time, and will share the professional photos as they become available.  Stay tuned!

No matter how often you tell yourself that you will NOT go bridezilla on your wedding day, there just might be a little disturbance that you are not prepared for… and it can spark something inside that you swore wouldn’t light on fire!! YEP, I had a bridezilla moment! Emotion of the moment?! FRUSTRATION!!

I was soooo frustrated with my husband when, after our moment of bliss during our first look, we started to head outside to get our modeling on! You already know it was raining, but since we had a spent a few minutes inside doing our first look, the weather seemed to have calmed down a bit, but it was still drizzling, and definitely still a bit messy from the early RAIN!! So, I waited patiently outside with an umbrella, while our peeps figured out the vehicles. We knew in advance that we needed 4 wheel drive to access one of the photo-shoot locations, and we (hubs and I) had already decided that we would be driving his truck (convenient right?!). Well, you can imagine my surprise when he informed me that he had left his truck at the hotel, and that we would be taking his best man’s jeep… not that big of a deal right?!

My mom came out to help and make sure I didn’t get dirty…

(I think he knew he was about to get in trouble…)

Well, let’s just say that the Jeep was NOT CLEAN?!?! and… out came bridezilla! I was pissed right off… oh wait, I am using the slightly less dramatic term “frustrated”, but let’s face it ladies, I was pissed! Um, what part of WHITE DRESS did he not understand?!? So, after catching sight of the interior…

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Hi All! Just settling back into real life in the next few days – can’t wait to share everything from the wedding. Talk soon!

Periwinkle Dude and I are tying the knot on May 23…. which is THIS WEEK!!!!  We cannot believe we’re getting married THIS WEEK!!!!!  Where does the time go?????

image borrowed from I New Idea blog

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