Monday, June 29, 2009

Happily Ever After...

So.... I finally got married. Yup; tricked some pretty gal into gettin' hitched. Not sure why I just wrote that sentence as if I were at the O.K. Corral, but you get the idea. Yeah, it's been a while since I've updated, and Rachel and I have already celebrated our Two Weekiversary (we went to Wal-Mart). I'll try to recap some events of the last few weeks.

We went to the Rutherford County Clerk's office on June 10, and we applied for our marriage license (way easier than getting a driver's license). Fortunately, by doing some premarital counseling, we saved a little bit of money.


We spent the next few days tidying up the last few arrangements for the wedding, and we had our wedding rehearsal (followed by rehearsal dinner) on June 12. Rachel made her bouquet (which turned out really well) from a bunch of the bridal shower bows; she and Joy saved an extra special (extra large) bow for me to wear as a boutonniere. Our wedding nazis, I mean, wedding coordinators, did a wonderful job (even some of the groomsmen commented on how detailed a job they did).


Rachel and I wed on June 13, 2009. The ceremony started at 5 pm. Rachel and I felt like everything went perfectly; we weren't stressed or upset or distracted. We were able to enjoy the moment and enjoy each other. We laughed through the entire ceremony (no tears); actually my family had taken bets on when during the ceremony I would first giggle (my mom won - when I put the ring on Rachel's hand). We had the petal toss immediately after the ceremony, and we're hoping the "official" pictures turn out as good as this one taken by our friend Amber. I love, love, love Rachel's expression.

4 comments:

Amber said...

That is a pretty darn good picture, if I do say so myself. You're welcome.

Mr. N Ternet has been causing me grief the last few days, but now he has decided to cooperate. I'm on my way over to email you the full scale version of the picture, so you can stop using the dinky one you CrackBook-lifted.

Your wedding was amazing! We're so glad that we were there to share your big day!!

buscher3 said...

Yay! So excited for you guys!

Joy said...

YAY!!! I can't wait to see you guys this weekend!!!

kapjones said...

Congratulations! Even though I wasn't invited to the big event (ha - just kidding with ya!) Rachel is gorgeous! Hope ya'll have a long happy life together. Now get ready for the next question by everyone "so when ya gonna have kids?"