May 29, 2004
How crazy is it that I'm writing about my Wedding day on my nine year anniversary? Crazy!!! Feels like it was just yesterday. :)
Anyway, so here we go....
I had already moved all my things to our apartment in Saint Louis, Mo. (actually Manchester, Mo.) so I spent my night before my wedding on a air mattress at my parents house. Talk about having the hardest time falling asleep.. not because I was on a air mattress but because EVERYTHING was running through my mind about all of the events that were going to happen the next day.
Morning of my wedding.I couldn't have asked for any better weather. It was in the 70's sunny with just a few clouds and perfect! I meet up with a couple of my bridesmaids - Kristy Johnson and Marci Garcia, we went and had our hair and make up done together. (who knows what I had for breakfast that morning.. :) Once we were done with that I came back to my parents house and my family (brother, mom and Brian) loaded up then it was off to the church. YIPEE!
I arrived at our church Our Lady of Mercy in Aurora, IL. around 11am. I got into my dress, took some pictures with close friends and family then it was time to see Scott before the craziness started. Everything went off with out any problems. At noon the photographer started taking pictures of everyone and anything. Come 2pm, it was show time.. I was sooooo nervous. The wedding party was family and close friends. We had some of the best people surrounding us! Music starts and the bridal party walks down the aisle as planned, music is perfect (exactly what I picked out) then it was my turn to walk down.. There I am standing at the end of the alter, 240 eyes on me (talk about a knot in your stomach.. YIKES!), waiting for the music to change then .... waiting... waiting... waiting.. It seemed like it took forever and the musician wasn't looking up! Finally I said the heck with it, I'm walking down the aisle! :) Half way down the pianist looks up sees that I have already started walking and changes music. If that's the worst that happens this entire day I'm in GREAT shape! The rest of the ceremony went as planned.(though I have to say, I think my anxiety got the better of me, because as years have gone bye I've been told that I wasn't really standing at the alter that long, I was just impatient. Maybe, but I couldn't just stand there and have all those eyes one me. Let's get this party started)!
After the I DO's there were more pictures taken then it was onto the trolley for a ride around town with family and and bridal party. I really wish we could have done that longer.. Some of the best beers we could have shared! :) While on the trolley ride we stopped at Naperville river walk to take some outdoor pictures. It was so pretty and really a time to let my hair down and me the silly me that I am! After some more pictures it was back onto the trolley.. next stop the Marriott in Lisle.
Our reception was perfect. We walked into the hall to the Star Wars theme music.. after all I had to let Scott pick something out right! :) We danced, we enjoyed everyone's company, and we drank. The song that Scott and I danced to as our 1st song was "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds it's so fitting! If you haven't heard of it, look it up now!
I couldn't have asked for a better party, but ohh was I beat by the end of the night (10:30 or 11) Anyway, off to bed it was, the next morning my mom took us to the airport, off to the Big Island of Hawaii we were heading to spend 8 wonderful days there!
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Where to live.
Here we are, planning our wedding. It's about four months before the big day and we start talking about where we want to live. We knew we didn't want to stay in Chicago it was just too cold for either of us. Scott had suggested Atlanta, Georgia, however I said no way! It was just too far from family. So our thinking caps were still on and a couple of weeks later Scott suggested Saint Louis. I said its a done deal, now go find a job! (I can work anywhere)
Scott found a job and worked in Saint Louis for about 6 weeks before our weeding. I stayed with my parents, kept working and finished the final preps on the weeding.
Scott found a job and worked in Saint Louis for about 6 weeks before our weeding. I stayed with my parents, kept working and finished the final preps on the weeding.
Engaged!!
It was the weekend of June 20, 2003. That Saturday morning I thought that I would make some breakfast for Scott and I. While I was at the grocery store Scott called my parents to get their blessing on the engagement. (Little did I know any of this).
The plan was to go to Lincoln Park zoo and that evening go on a cruise around Lake Michigan. Well, we got to the zoo, and there was no parking so instead we decided to walk around Buckingham fountain. I started to get a little tired of walking around and asked if we could sit down. Every time I picked a nice spot Scott would say no. After the third or fourth time of me picking a spot he finally found the right one.
There we were sitting in the grass, a nice little quiet area and I decided to find three pieces of grass and braid them. I made this braid into a ring and asked for Scott's hand. He of course gave me his right hand and I wanted his left. I slipped the braided grass onto his ring finger and said "I will always love you". Well, I guess that open the door up for him because before I knew it he's opening a box and straight to the point said "Will you marry me". I was so excited of course. It didn't matter that I couldn't see the ring, (Scott was laying in the grass and I was sitting up). After crouching down I finally saw this beautiful ring, it was exactly what I wanted! I quickly had it put on my finger and couldn't wait to show everyone. We of course had our picture taken in front of Buckingham fountain.
Planning this weekend out, we had already booked a hotel in downtown Chicago. We headed to our room with a beautiful view and got cleaned up and ready for our cruise around the lake. Dinner, fireworks and seeing the city at night from the lake was just awesome! We finally got back to our hotel room around midnight that night. Sunday morning we enjoyed a day at the zoo.
We eventually made it back to my parents house and showed them the pretty ring.
The plan was to go to Lincoln Park zoo and that evening go on a cruise around Lake Michigan. Well, we got to the zoo, and there was no parking so instead we decided to walk around Buckingham fountain. I started to get a little tired of walking around and asked if we could sit down. Every time I picked a nice spot Scott would say no. After the third or fourth time of me picking a spot he finally found the right one.
There we were sitting in the grass, a nice little quiet area and I decided to find three pieces of grass and braid them. I made this braid into a ring and asked for Scott's hand. He of course gave me his right hand and I wanted his left. I slipped the braided grass onto his ring finger and said "I will always love you". Well, I guess that open the door up for him because before I knew it he's opening a box and straight to the point said "Will you marry me". I was so excited of course. It didn't matter that I couldn't see the ring, (Scott was laying in the grass and I was sitting up). After crouching down I finally saw this beautiful ring, it was exactly what I wanted! I quickly had it put on my finger and couldn't wait to show everyone. We of course had our picture taken in front of Buckingham fountain.
Planning this weekend out, we had already booked a hotel in downtown Chicago. We headed to our room with a beautiful view and got cleaned up and ready for our cruise around the lake. Dinner, fireworks and seeing the city at night from the lake was just awesome! We finally got back to our hotel room around midnight that night. Sunday morning we enjoyed a day at the zoo.
We eventually made it back to my parents house and showed them the pretty ring.
Location:Buckingham fountain
Well, here is the first of many blogs to come.
It was May 2002 and I was 25 years old. I had just moved from Richmond, Virginia to Woodridge, Illinois, which is where my parents were living and I was moving back in with them. I had only visited the Chicago area and was pretty excited to be living there now. The only problem was I didn't want to explore it on my own. I took a leap of faith and posted on a dating site letting people know that I was "looking for someone to show me around town" No, really! I really wanted someone to show me around this amazing city ~ And NOTHING more~
Well you guessed it. A month after moving to Illinois I had started talking to Scott. First it was over the computer, then phone calls and finally after a month of doing that we decided to meet. I should have known something special was going to come out of this. The day that I was to meet Scott, my mom had taken me to a very upscale salon (Mario Tricoci) and I had gotten my hair cut, highlights (for the first time mind you) and had someone else do my make up. I was pretty confident I was looking pretty good that night. So I met Scott at a TGI Friday. Not the most glamorous first dates, but if you know Scott you know he is pretty low key. We started talking like we had known each other for a long time. We got together the next day for another date and the rest was history!
It was May 2002 and I was 25 years old. I had just moved from Richmond, Virginia to Woodridge, Illinois, which is where my parents were living and I was moving back in with them. I had only visited the Chicago area and was pretty excited to be living there now. The only problem was I didn't want to explore it on my own. I took a leap of faith and posted on a dating site letting people know that I was "looking for someone to show me around town" No, really! I really wanted someone to show me around this amazing city ~ And NOTHING more~
Well you guessed it. A month after moving to Illinois I had started talking to Scott. First it was over the computer, then phone calls and finally after a month of doing that we decided to meet. I should have known something special was going to come out of this. The day that I was to meet Scott, my mom had taken me to a very upscale salon (Mario Tricoci) and I had gotten my hair cut, highlights (for the first time mind you) and had someone else do my make up. I was pretty confident I was looking pretty good that night. So I met Scott at a TGI Friday. Not the most glamorous first dates, but if you know Scott you know he is pretty low key. We started talking like we had known each other for a long time. We got together the next day for another date and the rest was history!
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