Jason and I got married on July 26, 2003, just four short months after our engagement. Why so quick? Jason had orders to relocate from SC to GA, and I was determined to move with him. My mother wanted us to wait until February 2004, but the thought of us living in sin sure did win her over to my proposed timeline.
Because it was such short notice, I had to give a lot of what I wanted up. I had always dreamed of having my wedding at Misty Lake, a lake house my father's company owns. But because it was short notice, the venue was booked. My second choice was my parent's home church, but they refused because they were having vacation bible school the same week and did not want to have to break down the setup for a wedding. Luckily, the church I was a member of throughout high school agreed to let me have my wedding there, and we opted to host the reception in their reception hall. I was not thrilled about having my reception on a glorified basketball court, but what can you do? Having the reception at a church meant no music, so that was another thing to compromise on.
In the end, it all turned out beautifully. It may not have been exactly what I dreamed of, but it was a wonderful day. I admit to having a brief Bridezilla moment when I saw exactly how beat up and scarred the reception hall was (really - a basketball court/reception hall?!) but at least they pulled up the hoops, right?
Here we are taking off the garter. See the beautiful basketball court?
Here we are, cutting the cake. My grooms cake, which I don't have a picture of, was really the hit of the night. My aunt made me a german chocolate cake that was out of this world. Delicious!
And we're off! We stayed that night at a B&B and left the next morning for Disney World.
I consider myself very lucky that I realized early on that the wedding is not the be-all and end-all of the marriage. People spend so much time, effort, and money in putting on the wedding of their dreams, often to stress and worry so much that it doesn't end up being all they wanted. What I wish every bride knew is that the wedding is just a day - one day, when the marriage is the rest of your life. If only we all put as much effort into our marriages as we do into planning our weddings.
5 comments:
I totally agree! J and I both agreed that we didn't want to waste money on an extravagant wedding, so we didn't stress, everything fell into place, and it was a BLAST! Everyone partied til they kicked us out at 12:30. Lol!
Did I mention that your new blog is so super cute? It is. I think I did say that, but I'll reiterate.
beautiful wedding and beautiful bride!! Thanks for the fast response!! It is so much fun to look at other peoples pictures!!!
Hey girl. Your wedding was wonderful. Seriously you did a great job pulling it all together in 4 months. That was the best looking "basketball" court I've ever seen. :)
You look lovely!♥
I had a very short engament as well. We were engaged in January and married in March. I opted for the sooner wedding so I wouldn't become a bridzilla! I was getting there in just that first month..
I had a short engagement as well. I think they're best. You were a beautiful bride, Andrea!
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