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Dec 4, 2011, 8:52 pm
What's a wedding without dancing? We had a lot of it. There was an anniversary dance to give away the bouquet.
Dancing with the sweet little ones.
I love this picture of my parents. I think they had fun that night.
*Image by my cousinI did the polka with my uncle.
*Image by my cousinA special ... Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2011, 9:00 pm
When dinner was over, it was cake cutting time. But first, some closeups of the gorgeous cakes my mom made for us. We had chocolate and white cake with lemon and raspberry filling. It was so delicious!
I made the flowers on the cakes out of clay.
Back to the cutting.
We had agreed to pl... Comment - Like
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Nov 30, 2011, 9:00 pm
While everyone was enjoying their dinner, my father-in-law started the toasts. Of course he had some nice things to say about his son. Then it was my dad's turn.
He made almost everyone in the place cry! Happy tears of course.
Next it was matron of honor's turn.
She told everyone how she'd... Comment - Like
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Nov 29, 2011, 1:17 am
After the cocktail hour ended, it was time for dinner and our first dance. Here's what we saw when we walked into the dining room.
Here's our spot at the head table.
We had collected tons of wine bottles to use as table numbers, and they were filled with single dahlias alongside green hydrangeas ... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2011, 9:00 pm
Let's start with a random tangent about our reception. One of the biggest problems I had while planning our wedding in a small town was figuring out a venue to fit all of our wedding guests. We had a rather large wedding, with around 325 guests. There were no venues other than the local armory... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2011, 9:00 pm
After taking our formal portraits, it was time for the fun ones. We headed out to the church gardens first.
Then we climbed in to our getaway car.
When we arrived at our first location, we grabbed a few more pictures near the car before heading down to the boardwalk overlooking our hometown.
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Nov 11, 2011, 9:00 pm
Portraits. Everyone's favorite part of the wedding right? Not so much. But it's nice to have pictures with family, as they're kind of rare around these parts.
First up, half of my mom's side.and the other half.
Some of my dad's side.
Immediate family plus my grandma.
Us with my grandma and gra... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2011, 9:00 pm
After the processional, mass began. We had a full Catholic mass on our wedding day. I know some people feel like a full mass is too long for their guests to sit, and I understand that. But to us, the ceremony was the most important part of the wedding, and we didn't think an hour was too long ... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2011, 9:00 pm
At 1:00 pm on Saturday, September 5th, 2009, our wedding had begun. My grandma and grandpa started off the processional while an arrangement of "Canon in D" was playing on the piano.
Source: arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D Major by David Lanz
My soon-to-be husband then walked down the aisle ... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2011, 9:00 pm
When we were finished with hair and makeup, it was time to head to the church to get dressed. My dress was ready and waiting for me when I arrived, looking pretty.
As was my something old (brooch from my MIL), something new (bracelet and earrings), and something borrowed (necklace from my mother).... Comment - Like
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Aug 16, 2010, 1:20 am
Before I go into the details of the morning of the wedding, I must share one last detail about the night before. After our rehearsal dinner was over, we had gone to our friend's bar for a bit to visit with friends who were just getting into town. While we were there I noticed that my nails were ... Comment - Like
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Aug 3, 2010, 11:57 pm
The part of our rehearsal dinner that I enjoyed the most had to be giving gifts to our bridal party. I love coming up with creative gifts for people and we had put a lot of thought into what we were giving all of our nearest and dearest.
First up, the girls! I put together gift bags for them wi... Comment - Like
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Jul 20, 2010, 12:27 am
Remember when I used to blog here? It's been awhile. But my 1 year anniversary is coming up on September 5th and I'm determined to finish my recaps before then. I'm getting ahead of myself though, because in order to finish them...I need to actually start them. So I'm going to skip through ... Comment - Like
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Mar 5, 2010, 12:30 am
Finally, the final stop on our Mediterranean journey. After a wonderful time in Croatia, we had an “At Sea” day that ended with a fantastic dinner, went to sleep and awoke to Venice! Mimosas were served out on the deck that morning as we drove past the lovely buildings and bridges throughout... Comment - Like
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Jan 17, 2010, 9:17 pm
The next stop on our honeymoon was to a place that we would never have considered if it wasn't part of the cruise itinerary. We had never heard anything about Dubrovnik, Croatia until booking our trip, and after booking, we kept hearing how beautiful it was. "Beautiful" ended up being quite the ... Comment - Like
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Jan 6, 2010, 12:34 am
Let's get back into the honeymoon recaps, shall we? Our next stop after Santorini was Athens. Unfortunately, this was probably the worst day of our whole trip! We had booked another excursion to see the Acropolis so we set out for the city in our big bus with blue tinted windows. As you can ... Comment - Like
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Dec 28, 2009, 10:53 pm
Wow, it's been awhile. With all the holiday hustle and bustle (and making most of my Christmas gifts) it appears I've fallen off the honeymoon recap wagon. That is about to change though, because a special delivery that arrived right before Christmas has given me new-found motivation to finish bla... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 12:56 am
Another country, another sunrise! After a day at sea, we arrived in Santorini, Greece on the seventh day of our Mediterranean cruise.
We had an early excursion called the Hot Springs Tour, so we got dressed in beach wear and met with our tour group. The ship was tendered, so we got picked up... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 12:21 am
Okay, so maybe it's not a crisis, but after planning our wedding and getting married, I've began to gain interest in topics other than weddings. Shocking, isn't it? To feed my desire to plan, craft, cook, and in general just write about things other than weddings, I started a new blog! Not to wo... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 9:47 pm
After spending time in Florence and Rome, we continued down the coast and arrived in Naples. We took yet another tour bus to the ancient city of Pompeii.
Here are a few things we learned while exploring:
1. The city was buried under ash after Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, and was rediscovered in 1... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 11:57 pm
On the fifth day of our honeymoon, we arrived in the port of Civitavecchia, which is the port near Rome. We had a full day excursion ahead of us so we grabbed some breakfast and set off with our tour group.
We traveled the hour by bus to Rome and admired the view of the ancient ruins as we drove thr... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 1:37 am
I spent the weekend standing in one of my best friend's weddings. It was a beautiful wedding, and I could not be happier for her and her new husband! I got to spend the morning playing photographer until the real photographer showed up. I must say, I enjoyed it! Here are some of the shots that I... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 11:19 pm
Fact: The honeymoon posts seem to be well-received but they take a really long time to write! And I'm feeling lazy today. So sorry. Rather than not posting anything, I'll leave you with a bunch of pictures of me and my husband! Exciting, I know. But these are some of our pre-wedding/engagement... Comment - Like
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