Wow, what a whirlwind of a weekend the wedding was! We had a major storm come through here the Thursday before the wedding, and rain the WHOLE week before. We got extremely lucky that it stopped raining and that it actually became a BEAUTIFUL day to be married on! I am now married to my best friend, the love of my life, and the most amazing man. But it certainly wasn't as easy as I thought.... The whole wedding day was amazing, I got a great nights sleep Friday night before the wedding, and woke up to head to my cousin Brooke's salon to get ready all day. My sisters were such a big help with everything all day, my great friend Lucy did everyone's makeup, and Brooke went above and beyond with making us snacks, letting us spend the day in her salon getting ready, AND making us all look absolutely amazing! I can't thank her and Lucy enough for everything they did for me on my wedding day. We got to the church on time to get dressed, but we forgot my bouquet at my house, Al ran home to get it. hahaha I told her that I hid the house key under the propane lid, she called because she couldn't find it. She says "I'm looking every where and I can't find it, I lifted up the lid and all I can see is the grill"... hahaha. Joey says "that's bc you are lifting the grill lid, go to the propane tank and you'll find the key"! I almost died laughing! I got the munchies before the wedding so I had the only logical thing to eat before.... Sonic grilled cheese! YUM! Almost paid for that later though. After eating and getting everyone ready my sisters got me into my dress (which wasn't easy). Everything went off without a hitch! We took all our pre-pictures that we could without the groom, I was so nervous he was going to see me somehow before the wedding.
Once we finished photos we had to go back into hiding until the ceremony, which was about an hour away.... that's when I started to get nervous! I'm not sure if it was the grilled cheese, the tight dress, or the thought of having to be in front of all those people, but I wasn't feeling so hot. I finally had to get back out of my dress so I could relax and breathe!
Then, Sarah James comes into the room and says, "it's time, are you ready?" I told her I guess I was, but I still didn't feel so good. I honestly didn't realize I would get so nervous. I don't even know what I was nervous about! OH... and a special thank you to Sarah James and Dawnya Harris for EVERYTHING they did to help with the wedding. They were there to help setup, make sure things ran smoothly, and so much more, I couldn't possibly thank them enough!
So, they hid me in the bathroom by the entrance to the church. Okay, so I didn't think I could get more nervous, but I was wrong. Then I heard the music play... wow.... it's all happening! Next thing I knew I was standing in front of the double doors with my daddy on my arm saying hold my hand. He held it so tightly.
We started down the aisle to a song by dads favorite artist, Kenny G "The Wedding Song". I started to look up and saw mom crying at the end of the aisle, I didn't want to cry so I just looked at Dad. Half way down the aisle I finally looked at Joey, he looked so amazing. I thought to myself, I can't believe how lucky I am! I gave my dad a kiss for the last time as a Ralston and walked up the steps to become Mrs. Joey Wiltgen.
I honestly don't remember much of the ceremony, I just kept thinking don't lock your knees! haha Joey of course got everyone to laugh, I was so hoping Brother Rick wouldn't tell the story about rehearsal and the 3rd finger.... too funny for those of you who know that story!
It was perfect, everything was amazing! I got to kiss my husband for the first time in front of all our closest friends and family. Thank you for everyone for coming!
The reception was a BLAST, we ran out of the keg within and hour and a half... thankfully for Tabby and Josh, they ran out and got 9 cases of beer! We are so lucky to have friends and family that would do something like that for us. I can't thank them enough! Everyone danced all night, ate AMAZING food (thank you to Kathy Davis for that one), and just had the best time ever. I got so many compliments on the food, it was more than we had hoped and imagined. We are so thankful to Kathy for everything she has done for us for the wedding!!
I know I have said thank you a lot, but you can't possibly imagine how great our family and friends are. From everyone helping to setup, to tearing it all down while we were on our way to our honeymoon (which was BEAUTIFUL), to the friends who took care of the bar (Mark and Glenda), everyone... thank you so much! Joey and I are so lucky to have you in our lives. We love you so much!
And now we begin our lives together!!!
Here are some post for photos, the photographer Stacy Gough from Phorever Studios did such a wonderful job with our photos, I'm so glad she was our photographer! I LOVE the photos she captured on our big day!
Here are some photos from my camera, and some friends cameras.
Also, here are some photos from our honeymoon!
I hope everyone enjoys the photos. Also, I will be making everyone a CD of the photos I have taken, so please don't buy any off Snapfish.com. Just let me know if you would like one!
THANK YOU!!
