I really want to document the first year of my Happily Ever After with my amazing husband (a collection of stories, revelations, recipes, pictures, etc.), so I'll start at the very beginning (a very good place to start, right?).
4 Days ago I was fortunate enough to marry the love of my life and my best friend at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida! It was a dream come true (I promise I will stop with the cliches eventually, but don't hold your breath). As with most weddings we started with a plan, but fate had other ideas.
Here was the plan:
The Setting: an outdoor 5:00pm ceremony at the beautiful and serene Sunset Point at Disney's Polynesian Resort with dinner to follow at O'Hana also at the Polynesian.
The Players: 8 guests (10 including ourselves) consisting of the Bride (me), the Groom, the Mother and Father of the Groom, the Mother, Step-Father, Father, and Step-Mother of the Bride, Sister of the Groom and Brother of the Bride were all that there was room for at the planned setting. But to be joined at the reception by the best friend of the grooms sister, the bride's sister in law, niece, step-sister, and aunt.
The Script: a short and reasonably traditional civil ceremony with personalized vows to be read by the Bride and the Groom.
But then...
Fate stepped in and threw an 80% chance of rain at us, so the wedding had to be moved inside. The original "rain location" was Tangaroa Terrace at the Polynesian, but our Fairy Godmother of a wedding coordinator was able to work some magic and get us into Disney's famous Wedding Pavillion. A stunning chapel with grand windows overlooking Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom. Not only was this a much more beautiful location, but we now had room to include the other guests! The other major alteration was that no personal vows were read (it seems that in all of the confusion the officiant forgot that part :) - but he was absolutely great)!
Anyway it was magical and beautiful and we both said "I do," so here we are, old and married.
The Chapel (where we went and got married)
"We Do"
We Did
And then we ate cake!
Anyway, there it is, the beginning of our Happily Ever After Part.
Hopefully I can remember to post regularly.....
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