The Wedding

This is one of my favorite photos from Nathan's photography. We are still waiting on the professional ones. They will probably be up on the wed site later for you to view, and for you to let us know which you'd like to order for prints.

There was so much going on after the wedding that I didn't get a chance to write about it, but of course I'm going to do that now. It's something I know I will never forget, but it's nice to have some of it in writing.

I can't really remember feeling too different when I woke up the morning of May 16, 2009. Every day for the past 2 years or so has been a day of being completely in love with Jonathan :) I was only a little nervous about details coming together, but mostly I was anxious to see his face at the end of the aisle.

Once I got there (the aisle) I realized how hard it was to contain my emotions! ha. I felt like my face was shaking trying to keep from distorting my smile. I was so touched by the processional piece Jon wrote as well. He's so talented! It all worked together so perfectly and sounded amazing. It made me cry.

I was worried that once we got to the vows and such that standing there staring at each other for so long would make me laugh, (because it would in any non-wedding situation) but instead I just smiled really big.

I really enjoyed the details we added in to our ceremony to make it more special. Sharing communion with guests meant a lot to us and I really enjoyed seeing everyone as they came up.. and the little red step stool part to reach for the kiss was awesome and unforgettable.

The afternoon was lovely, meandering around the bluff for photos between light rain showers. Lucky for us to have the rain, it produced a beautiful and full rainbow over Chattanooga as we stood in the foreground of the bluff. I can't wait to see the photo.

I do wish that more guests hadn't decided to leave before the end of the reception to see our exciting planned exit. We ended up cutting the reception a bit short (and foregoing garter and bouquet toss) so we could exit before we lost more folks... but those who were there got to see our last dance, Earth Angel, which lead into the Back To The Future theme, and then a Delorean rolled up, oh yeah! So awesome! The driver had Power Of Love playing inside as we crammed into the front seat, ha.

We had so much fun! And the honeymoon was in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg where we rode chair lifts up the Smokies when it was freezing, raced each other on go karts, visited a bunch of crazy museums, and relaxed with each other for a much needed break together.

I love hearing Jon call me his wife. I'm still not used to calling him my husband, but I love that he is. Being married is wonderful! I'd recommend it to anyone :)