Mike and I have been married for a year! That seems so crazy to me! Apart from the Gospel, our marriage is my greatest blessing. I love him and I am so grateful for the partnership and union we have created.
I wanted to take time to recap what I remember from our actual wedding before time fades what I haven't taken the time to write quite yet.
7.9.15 our wedding celebrations began with our wedding dinner. The Delahunty's hosted a beautiful dinner. Everything was decorated in cream, blush and navy to correspond with our wedding colors and it was gorgeous! We ate a yummy meal of roast, potatoes, rolls, salad, and endless coke zero and mtn dew- haha! I remember feeling so excited to have so many dear ones there to celebrate with us. Chris, Mike's angel father, started the evening with a little speech about Mike growing up and our relationship up to that point, he had the room laughing and crying. He then turned the time to my father, who made me literally weep, all who know me know that my relationship with my dad is deep and tender. Dad had all the right things to say funny and sweet. After our fathers spoke he turned the time over to the rest of our little gathering where most of our siblings showed us some love in their words and a few uncles and grandparents too. At the close of the evening I distinctly remember two main things. 1) I was overwhelmed with gratitude for our love, lives, family, friends, and the Gospel. There was no better way to start a marriage than with that foundation supporting us. 2) I was absolutely elated that it was my final night saying goodbye to my love.
7.10.15 I woke up around 6:00 am and went down the street to get my hair done by my dear friend and hair dresser of many years. She was curling and curling and kept me entertained with stories and advice from her wedding day and marriage and recounting the countless memories I had in her home with her and her family! After hair I went back home to do my makeup and got everything ready to take to the temple. Around 8:00 I jumped in the car with my mom and dad and we drove over the mountain to the temple. I don't remember much from that time in the car, but I do remember feeling the spirit strongly as we discussed and enjoyed my last few moments of single-hood.
We arrived at the temple, before Mike... I love the man, but he is not very punctual! He arrived just a minute after we did and I got to give Chris a big pre sealing hug and took Mikey by the hand and we went in to be sealed. Our sealer took a lot of time to sit down with us and the whole time was just sacred. I remember walking into our sealing room and seeing our family there and I could not hold in my emotions, again, I was so grateful for the immense support and this strong foundation of our marriage, I was also overcome that this day was finally happening. I was so grateful to have found my eternal companion and to be starting our marriage in the Holy temple making covenants with God. After the sealing I finally got to put on my wedding dress! I had my mom and my mother in law, Camille, with me in the bride's room they were busy attaching all of the buttons and putting on my flower crown and fixing and tweaking my hair and Make up. They left outside and I got to see Mikey all dressed up. Then we exited the temple to cheers from our family and friends and the pictures began. We spent about an hour taking pictures (we had already taken our bridals so it was less stress on the day of).
After our pictures were done my dad invited the bridesmaids and groomsmen to cafe rio for lunch so we all took off to eat. My mom accidentally took all my stuff with her up to the reception center immediately following group pictures so I had to go to Cafe Rio in my whole bride get up. I felt so embarrassed but these cute little girls kept coming up to tell me my dress was pretty so that made it better.
After lunch we went to the reception center, it was about 3 in the afternoon by this point. I had been there the day before putting up some decorations but when we walked in this time it was breath taking. My mom Mike and I spent so much time dreaming and creating everything and I was so happy to see it all come together so beautifully. My mom had done an amazing job putting everything together! I honestly couldn't imagine it looking any better. It exceeded all of my expectations. The decorations were all so beautiful and the flowers were dreamy! The rooms were filled with plants (because it was a greenhouse) but the flowers we had ordered were amazing and filled the room with a soft romantic feel I was aiming for. We did a few more group pictures before the reception. And I got to have a little dance party with my maids. Then we all scarfed down some pizza, thanks again to my dad- he knew to keep us fed! And then the guests started piling in. Originally I only wanted to hold a two hour reception but my mom was wise and said to hold it for three hours. She nailed it because from 6 pm to 9 pm we had a constant line of guests that we wanted to spend time talking with! At 9 we had to run through the remaining line and say a quick hello to everyone that we didn't get to see so we could cut our cake, throw the bouquet and dance. The reception ended up being just under four hours and we didn't end up having a big dance party like we had planned, we only did the traditional mother/son daddy/daughter and first dances. And then Mikey and I were off to start our honeymoon!
It was the prefect day. I would relive it over and over again. I am so grateful for our marriage!
lots and lots of love,
brookeydee
