Our Wedding Weekend, part 1

I just realized today when I was playing with the layout of the blog that I've never done a post on our wedding.  I am going to do highlights from the whole weekend (with pictures of course).  We got married on December 19, 2009 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at First United Methodist Church.  We had our reception at the wonderful North River Yacht Club.  Throughout the planning process we knew that we wanted to make sure that we were able to relax and enjoy the weekend when it finally arrived.  We planned so many pre-wedding and post-wedding activities, and we are so thankful that we were able to enjoy that time together with our family and friends.

On Friday morning, we had the Bridesmaid Brunch which was hosted by one of our minister's wife (who happens to be one of my mom's good friends).  It was fun.  I wanted to do a brunch because I love brunch food, and who doesn't love a Mimosa in the morning?  While we were having brunch, the boys were playing golf together at the Yacht Club (in the cold rain).  Who do you think got the better deal?  I'd argue it was the girls, but Greg insists that they had fun.

I would say this isn't the most flattering picture, but it is one of the only ones I have from the Brunch.

The Moms had a fun time at the Brunch too!

Friday night we had the rehearsal at the church.  I wanted it to be FUN.  I feel like I have to been to a ton of wedding rehearsals that were boring and no one paid attention.  I made so many jokes, and at one point Greg looked at me and asked me to try and be serious.

This is one of my favorite pictures from the weekend.  Dan had just said, "and this is when I'll say you may kiss the bride."  Greg's response was, "do I have to?!"  Dan said, "If you don't, then I will!"  Needless to say, we all got a good laugh in!

This is Greg's grandmother and his cousins.  I love this one because they were obviously having a good time.

And of course, there was the on-going joke that Greg would pass out during the ceremony.  Cody was practicing how he would catch Greg if he went down.

I mean, can't anyone be serious!?

Greg's favorite type of food is Bar-b-que, so when we talked about where to have the rehearsal dinner he knew immediately that it had to be Dreamland Bar-b-que.  I mean how could you pass up their sauce and banana pudding?

Ralph and Linda were wonderful hosts!  Ralph was giving a toast, and thanking everyone for coming.

I might venture to say that my dad had the most comical toast of the night. 

We really enjoyed ourselves!  

After dinner, we had invited everyone (who was over 21) to hang out at one of my favorite bars in Tuscaloosa, Innisfree Pub.  We all had a few drinks, and a few laughs.  And for some reason... I don't have any pictures from this!  In the invitation that I sent to everyone I made sure to remind them not to drink too much because we had a day full of pictures the next day.  haha!  

What a fun Friday we had.  I'm going to post the rest of the weekend later on.  I hope you enjoyed this walk down memory lane with me.  Love!