The Wedding from Our Side

Thursday morning Dave arrived. I ran off to get a facial and later we all ate dinner at mom and dad's house.

Friday morning the girls went to get their nails done at my favorite nail salon. Then everyone arrived at the church to help decorate. After that we all met up for the rehearsal. We had a few run troughs and Dad did a trombone solo. Next we went to the rehearsal dinner at La Casa. It's one of our favorite restaurants and they really dressed up the place for us. I was excited because of all the gerbera daisies decorating everything. To end the night Dave and the guys went out and the girls came over to my parents house to have a little shower and munchies.

Saturday morning the girls went to get their hair done at my hair place where I grew up getting my hair done. Then we went to Main Street Bread Baking Co. On Grapevine Main Street for a Bridesmaid's luncheon that my aunt Linda hosted. It was perfect to help us relax and eat some fabulous food. Dave didn't have to get his hair done or have a luncheon so I heard that he really wanted to speed up time and start the wedding.

Then we started taking some pictures separately in the sanctuary. The wedding began and we didn't get to hear the beautiful prelude music. The wedding was beautiful and meaningful for us. We were nervous about being in front of all the people however it wasn't as bad when we were standing up there. After we were announced Dave was tugging me down at mach 3 like he was flying a CRJ. Next was a picture craziness and then we went to the reception. The fellowship hall was absolutely stunning!

We flew through the cake cutting and had a few bites to eat. We mingled with a few guests and went out to the hallway for the garter and bouquet (: My counsin, Steph, caught the bouquet and Dave's friend Bryan caught the garter. We ran out through the bubbles and jumped into the limo.

The honeymoon night (that was a secret to me) was at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas. It had a gorgeous view of downtown Dallas and Reunion Tower where Dave proposed to me. Another awesome thing about it was when we walked around the lobby there was hardly anyone there. So we requested a song from the pianist and were able to dance our first dance as man and wife.

It was a perfect wedding for us. Thank you to everyone involved with it!!

PS. We'll let you know as soon as our pictures are posted online.

We're MARRIED!

It finally happened!

Now we can breathe and actually enjoy our lives.

:-)

More to come later. Like pictures. Especially pictures.

Welcome to Douglasville!

Allison and I recently acquired new digs in Douglasville, GA, where she will soon be teaching 4th grade. I know there is another post further down in which Allison explains all this. Sorry for the repetition.

Anyway, she and her brother Patrick headed out on July 2nd from Dallas in a big Uhaul truck dragging Allison's Honda behind it on a trailer. They got here in the afternoon the next day and we unloaded the following morning. I arrived fashionably late as I had to fly the previous night and got off work at about 8am on the 4th. Just in time for all the big heavy stuff!

Click here for documentation provided by Patrick and Lydia's camera with Lydia behind the shutter.