Friday, September 22, 2006

Ok....I have many, many more but want to share a few of my favorite memories from our wedding....so here goes:
1) Ben telling me how beautiful I looked while we danced to City Love, our song - even though he forgot most of the words! :-)
2) Dotting Ben's nose with pink buttercream icing after we fed each other cake
3) Jeter's ranting at the "after party" on the balcony in front of our room. The mouse story was the best - oh, yeah, it had become a holy war.
4) Seeing my mom at the bottom of the steps before I came out. She was so happy.
5) Walking in after my hair was done and seeing Heather & Keith & Iris and the tables were complete and the cake was arriving and everyone was in such happy spirits
6) Gracie grabbing my hand and pulling me to Ben - repeatedly - to encourage us to dance together
7) Ben looking so GQ, and asking the photographers is they would like for him to model for them on a regular basis
8) Jeter strolling over to me & my girls during our picture - oh, yeah - he was on the prowl
9) Jeter telling me that he had decided pre-wedding that the first girl who commented on how nice he looked was the one to be after, and then me commenting on his nice pink combo to match the wedding as soon as he walked out of his room - that was just wrong!
10) Ben picking me up....but then struggling to hold on....
11) Yelling across the lawn - quite some distance I might add - to stop that horrible Lonestar song that we had all danced with too many strangers to at the Joe
12) Ben very carefully taking all of the pins out of my hair at 1:30 in the morning, after much wine & beer...and with swollen, tired eyes. It was very sweet.
13) Heheehee....yelling at Jess while I was dancing "I think I just popped open my dress" and then us both madly rushing to the changing room to get into the after party dress.
14) Ben fumbling over the last line of our vows, and then me too! It was long and hard. But I loved those vows - they were unique and fun and perfect!
15) Rushing down the aisle - I have such a hard time slowing down! - and looking from side to side at everyone there. They said I was bobbling my head sideways.
16) Breakfast! Greg is amazing - we had fresh strawberries and grapes alongside pineapple & coconut pancakes and scrambled eggs. Yummy, yummy!
17) Climbing into the incredibly comfy, incredibly huge bed with the canopy thing untied - Ben was super cute about that
18) Coming out and seeing the super cute job Jess had done with the white mums - set around our rings on the plant stand
19) Seeing all of my flowers when I first arrived, then the pleasure of seeing the cake 15 mins later - everything was so beautiful and perfect - I was in Stacey ecstasy
20) Discussing with ben this morning all the details of the day while we were apart. I found out why he was late to the altar (I told Jess that he couldn't back out since we were already married!) and other things that were fun to know, since I was hidden away from the world.

I'm sure there are many, many more details that I want to share, but am in need of a nap at this moment!

But before I go, I would like to thank all of our friends and family - for coming from so far away, for helping to organize, decorate, plan & execute, for wonderful gifts and best wishes, but most importantly for being there for us and for helping to make our wedding day so fantastic! We love you all!

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