Our Wedding

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!