Our Wedding, part 3

Once I finally arrived at the church, Greg and I took all of our pictures together.  I had originally wanted to drive out to the North River Yacht Club (where the reception was being held) to do some pictures because it's right on the river and I thought that we could get some beautiful pictures.  But, since I was 30 minutes late and we had a ton of pictures to take... we decided against driving out there.

After we did all of our pictures, we started with the bridal party and then the families.  Everyone was was right on time (which made for a very happy bride) for pictures, and everyone looked fantastic!

My bridesmaids and matron of honor.  I know everyone thinks that they have the best and most supportive bridesmaids, but I really had the best.  :-)

 I picked this one of Greg and his groomsmen because it just makes me laugh! 

 The whole wedding party: bridesmaids, groomsmen, and ushers

 Fisher family!

 Barrow family!

After we finished pictures, we went our different ways.  Greg and the groomsmen went to their room (where they had a TV, so that they could watch Duke basketball), and we went to the bridal room.  I was starving.  Luckily, we my mom had brought us some snacks.  I think everyone just hung out and relaxed before the ceremony (I know that's what I did, but I can't speak for everyone- ha).  Bob, our wonderful photographer, ran around snapping pictures here and there.  Here are some more pre-ceremony pictures.

I love this picture of Greg and his Dad.

This is dad putting a sixpence in my shoe for good luck.  This is actually the same one that my mom had in her shoe on their wedding day.

When Mary got married (December 2008) she had each bridesmaid carry a bouquet of different flowers, and then her bouquet was made up of all those different flowers.  I loved that idea so much that I stole it (with her permission).  Her mom said something to us the day of her wedding about how each of us carried different flowers because we are all different, and Mary's bouquet combined all of those because we all played different supportive roles in her life (of course it was much more eloquent and I can't exactly remember what was said but it was very special and made most of us cry). 

Here is mom giving me one last smooch on the cheek before the ceremony started.

Don't you worry...  We totally had a dance party before we lined up for the ceremony.  I love love love this picture!

Greg's dad did most of our ceremony.  It was really special for us.  The guys were helping him get his robe on after he had walked Linda down the aisle and lit the unity candle. 

RIGHT before we walked down the aisle.  Actually, the wedding director rang a bell for the chiming of the hour that was right behind us (the organ bell was broken).  It was SO loud.  I kept imagining that scene from Steel Magnolias when she has to nudge her dad when the pastor asked who gave her to be married because he couldn't hear.  ha!

Our Wedding Weekend, part 2

Originally I thought that I would be able to blog the wedding in two parts, but as I pulled pictures that I wanted to share with everyone I realized that it would have to split into three-four parts.  I don't want to have overwhelmingly long posts.

I also realize that it has been forever since I posted Our Wedding Weekend, part 1, so if you missed it be sure to check it out!

I woke up on Saturday, December 19, 2009 so happy.  I knew that the day that Greg and I had been waiting for was finally here!  All the hard work that we (and of course my Mom) had been doing for the past year and a half was going to be worth it all.  I hopped out of bed to a silent house.  We had a house full of people so I was pretty surprised to be the first one up (although, now that I think about it... that isn't actually surprising).  Mom, dad, Betsy, and Jordan were all sleeping.  I went ahead and got the coffee brewing, and then I hopped in the shower.

We had to meet all the girls at the salon at 9 (I think).  I was cool, calm, and collected which is exactly how I wanted to feel the morning of our wedding.  I had talked to myself for months about how if something wasn't done by that morning then it wasn't going to happen.  No need to sweat that stuff because no one would even know it was missing (except for me and mom).

We finally got everything loaded up in the car and headed to the salon!  I feel really lucky to have a close relationship with my hair stylist.  I actually worked for her at PH Balance Salon in Tuscaloosa, AL.  Kim and Lisa were amazing!  They did everyone's hair for our big day...  And we had muffins, fruit, and mimosas!  Here are some shots of everyone getting made over at the salon:

 Kim is amazing!  I still go to her to get my hair cut even though I live 10 hours away!  If you live in Tuscaloosa and are looking for a fabulous hair stylist then you have to check out PH Balance Salon!

 My wonderful bridesmaids and my sister-in-law!

I absolutely love this picture.  Mom seeing me for the first time with my hair and make-up done.  (note: She hates this picture because she doesn't have her make up on yet, but I still really love it)

This was right after I got my dress on.  We are only 30 minutes late for pictures with Greg.  No biggie.

This is also one of my favorites.  Mom said, "You can still back out if you want to." I'm laughing because it's absurd, I was completely ready to marry Greg, and she would have DIED if I had called it off.  

We were 30 minutes late meeting Greg and the church for our pictures.  Mary drove me to the church which was only a bout 4 blocks away.  She sat in the car with me while Bob, our fantastic photographer, and our wedding coordinator got Greg ready for our first meeting.  I was so excited to see him!  I couldn't wait to see his reaction to my dress because it was nothing like he had thought it would be.  

Greg as he patiently waited for me to arrive.

Our meeting!  I said, "surpise!"  

By the way, we got married at Christmas because it has been my dream since I was old enough to dream about weddings.  I love the church at Christmas time.  

The church was so beautiful.

  It was freezing outside, and I felt like we were out there forever.  Being really cold was totally worth it because now we have really pretty pictures of us in front of the church.  

I think that I've put enough in this entry.  I have a really hard time picking just a few pictures from the wedding album to share, so I think I will have to do our wedding in 3-4 parts.  I don't want to over do it with a million pictures in one entry. 

I'll try and post the next entry sooner rather than later.  Love! 

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!