Our Wedding Recap # 2 - The Wedding Ceremony

I will admit it... I was a crazy and stressed out mess in the weeks and months leading up to our wedding.  I was bitchy and moody and spent most nights tossing and turning while consumed with wedding thoughts.  The day of my wedding I was fine.  I was relaxed and didn't have any meltdowns... well that was until right before the actual ceremony. 

We had planned to be married outside on the beach and had spent quite a bit of money renting chairs.  When I was having my makeup done, I received a text from my husband-to-be that it was raining/lightening and the lifeguards were closing the beach.  YIKES.  Even then... I didn't lose it.   I agreed to have it inside the restaurant we were hosting out reception.  I didn't lose it until we got to the restaurant...walked up the steps to where the ceremony/reception was going to be and then I was soooo hot.  I asked for a drink.  My dad thought I meant an alchoholic drink and went nuts.... Nope... I just wanted some water...then

I could see slightly into the ceremony/reception area and people were peeking to look at me...and I got overwhelmed and embarassed {I hate to be the center of attention} so by the time I started to walk down the aisle, I pretty much was in tears.  Not because I wasn't happy...not because I didn't love my husband and want to be married... but because every single person was staring at me.  So I cried.



{Madison {our daughter) was my maid of honor and our nephew, Owen who was our ring bearer.  My husband also had a best man.  That is it.  Small, simple, and casual}

{Our guests watching the ceremony...we encouraged shorts and Polos and sundresses and flip flops...no fanch schmancy stuff here}

{Chris presented Madison with a Lisa Leonars designs necklace we had made to symbolize our new family}

{We are husband and wife}

{My immediate family - my parents and my sister with her husband and children}



{Here I am...a crying mess...stupid Blogger messed up the order and I can't get it to go to the right place}

We had a steel drum band...which was going to be fabulous out on the beach.  They moved inside.  To this day I have no memory of the song they played while I walked down the aisle.  Not to mention immediately after the ceremony...we went outside for photos...so by the time we got back in they were done.  We had only reserved them for the ceremony on the beach...so we heard very little.

{All photos are from Amy Sandoval Photography}

The photos got all screwd up when I added captions... so I apologize in advance.  I will have one more post tomorrow to share our wedding reception...candy...dancing...and fabulous food :)



Our Wedding Recap # 1 - The Little Details

Our 1 year wedding anniversary is July 17, 2011.

We were engaged July 18, 2009 {after only dating since February of that year...so about 5 months}, had a year long engagement,  and were married July 17, 2010.

I have always wanted to share a bunch of our wedding details and photos on my blog, I just have never gotten around to doing it.  With our 1 year anniversary approaching... I thought now was as good of a time as ever.

Our colors were lime green and hot pink.  We had a casual beach {although it was raining and moved inside} wedding.  I planned and designed the majority of the aspects of the wedding to not only keep it budget friendly but to make sure it was totally us.

{Here is a collage our photographer did of all of the little details from our wedding. We had Chinese takeout boxes for the candy bar, personalized water bottles, flip flop cupcakes, and beach pail favors for the kids}

{I designed and my husband and his best man built our cupcake stand.  My friend, Kara, did the ribbon around it for me}

{Our candy bar}

{The centerpieces}

{The personalized water bottles.  My mom's friend's intern designed the labels}

{The 6th grade dean at my school painted this for us.  Guests used their fingerprints to make leaves on the tree and then signed their names}

{My bouquet}

{Our rings over Hershey's Kisses}

{Our cake table}

I loved how well the pink and green came together.  The candy bar was a big hit among our guests.   Creating this post has brought back so many fond memories of our wedding day.

Our wedding recap # 2...coming tomorrow...

{All photos are via Amy Sandoval Photography}