Well, seeing as today is the one-year anniversary of my wedding, I think I’ll let you readers in on what happened on the big day from my eyes. Here goes nothing..
1. Night before:
Let’s see, the night before, there was, of course, the rehearsal & rehearsal dinner, which were fun, nothing out of the ordinary happened, so far so good. Learned that the candles are a pain in the arse to light correctly, made a mental note of it.
After the rehearsal dinner, went back to the hotel & watched The Godfather with the guys (I’d never seen it until then).
2. Before the Wedding:
Got up & everyone packed up & ready. First stop was Becca’s parents’ place, got dressed & snacked a little. Next stop was the photo op at a family friend’s house. After the photos we went to the church to get ready & wait.
3. The Wedding itself:
Music starts; the men file out behind Britt (the officiant & MTSU Cru director). Mothers & grandparents are seated. Music changes; Becca is led out by her father, she’s been crying (happy tears). Britt starts talking about marriage, I don’t remember a word. Next up, the vows. Britt starts the vows (I mouth “after me, after me, after me”), vows continue (I mouth “after me, after me, after me” again). We then say our “I do”s. Time to light the candles; we both light the middle one, it goes out, repeat. I ask everyone, “Anyone got a lighter?” Everyone laughs. It stays lit after the third try. We walk out & then greet everyone on the outer steps; I meet more of her family (there’s a lot of them). The guests then go into the room where the reception is held, and the wedding party has a few pictures taken.
4. After the Wedding:
Becca and I go into the reception hall & have our first dance as man & wife. I keep leading her backwards and she keeps stepping on her dress. We’re both nervous, but everyone thinks we danced well & we’re cute. We eat, make the rounds greeting everyone once more. Becca and I go get changed to leave. We come out & the truck has been saran wrapped & decorated. There’s balloons & phone books inside the cab (inside joke between my old roommates). I clean out the cab & start the truck; the horn starts with the engine, and Vernon (brother-in-law) cuts the wire causing it. We finally get on our way; 1/2 mile down the road I’m hearing something behind the truck & we pull into a grocery parking lot. There’s (now) empty bottles tied to the trailer hitch. I cut them off & toss them into the bed of the truck. We drive off to Nashville to our hotel.
tl;dr: I got married to the most awesome woman ever. She’s a smart, funny, modest, Godly woman with a great body and I love her bunches.
tl;dr2: Most awesome day ever.
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Gray! You totally skipped over my entrance! Well, the bridesmaids in general. And you forgot about the candles falling. That was the best part!