Our Ceremony

Its been a month since I blogged about the wedding... but since its the month of love... and because LMM asked me too...because you really twisted my arm.

I suppose I'll post a few, ahem, several pictures of the ceremony.



I could do a whole post on the vintage jewelry I had on between the 2 "costume changes".



This is Jordyn, B's niece. Isn't she beautiful? She totally took charge and made sure the others were where they needed to be.



B and his parents. I wish I could have seen them walk down the aisle!



My mom and B's best man.



Here our moms are lighting the two candles signifying each of our families. Later in the ceremony we will take those two and light the unity candle together as a symbol of our union.



Funny story. Originally my mom and B's mom both purchased the exact same jacket for the wedding. I was describing what my mom was wearing to B's mom and she thought it sounded really familiar! So my mom wore a jacket that she already had that went perfectly with the color scheme and B's mom kept the jacket they almost both wore.

Actually in the end I think they're outfits still looked like they coordinated. It cracks me up. I couldn't have planned it any better :)



Oh the ringbearers. Little boys are hilarious.

Look at her face light up when she sees her mom and her sister!



And look at her sister smiling right back.





This was before I gave up and just lifted my dress.







I love this picture of our cute shoes :)

I know all you ladies who don't wear shoes are probably thinking I'm crazy. But I wore those things for the entire day/night except for maybe the last half hour. They are way more comfy than they look.



Oh the vows. I get choked up just thinking about it.



As soon as I started to speak the tears started.

I'm laughing because Fr. Bill was giving us very specific hand holding instructions and I was getting confused.



We made it! This was sweet.



But this was better.



Presenting of the flowers to our moms and general hugging of parents :)



Meanwhile the cantor is singing Ave Maria and I wasn't the only one crying.

I've known Fr. Bill my whole life and he was perfect for our ceremony. He also married my parents. He made sure to personalize the prayers and include blessings on B's bikes, good trail and great weather for riding.

Completely won over the groomsmen, thats for sure.



The tossing of the pillows.

You don't remember the tossing of the pillows in the traditional wedding ceremony?

Fr. Bill leaned over and told them he would give a dollar to the one who threw the pillow the furthest.



The boys weren't so sure they wouldn't get in trouble. I mean who gets to throw things in church? So I started them off and threw the first pillow.



B, what is that expression?

That must be B's ecstatic face.

Happy mom.

Happy me.

It was so much more than I could ever have imagined.

How did I ever get to be so lucky?

Did your wedding ceremony go smoothly?

~All pictures taken by Adrienne Gunde