Our Wedding Day: Getting Ready

Two years ago today Matthew and I tied the knot on a day that was crazy and beautiful and not without faults but wonderful just the same. I’ve never posted more than a few wedding pictures here before, and I thought this week an appropriate one to do so.  :) 

Our wedding took place before blogging (and PINTEREST) really entered the scene in my life. Those two tools would have probably been enormously helpful, but then again who knows… they may have overwhelmed me even more.  I planned our wedding on a pretty small budget while the groom lived in another state and while I was working full time and in my last (full time) semester in college.  I was stressed to the max, and in the final run I didn’t even care much about the decisions I was making—I just wanted them made and checked off the list.   I’d never really dreamed much of what my wedding would be like, and after a year of long distance at the time, I was just ready to be married to my husband and living in the same state!  That was most important to me.

As it stands now, with months of blogging and Pinterest-ing to thank, I would change just about every single detail of my wedding (as far as decorations, bridesmaids’ dresses, color scheme, etc goes), and have put in for a do-over “celebration of love” party in 2015… But that is neither here nor there. I’d love to write more about the wedding some time, but for now I’ll just be posting our pictures in increments over the next couple days.  I’ve enjoyed looking through them again, and I hope you will too!  All photos were taken by Bend the Light Photography (which we’d highly recommend). :)

GETTING READY

best friend Megan :)

my sister Kristen

sweet friend Kelly

 sweet friend Leigha

   texting Matthew

For anyone who might wonder, my dress was from David’s Bridal. Check back this afternoon for pictures from the ceremony! :)