Wedding Day Recap - Ceremony

After about 2 or so hours of taking pictures at Pier 5, we finally headed to the church to get married.

Finally walking into the church after I had to hide behind the limo while the last bus of guests arrived at the church. Guess we didn't time it as well as we thought, but at least everyone made it to the church. It was at this point when the nerves hit me.

Hanging out with the girls while we waited for our turns to walk down the aisle.

Walking down the aisle with my dad. If there was going to be a moment where I cried, this was it. I was so excited to get up that aisle to Ryan, but I also felt so overwhelmed by the fact that all of our friends and family that we love so much were all in one place to celebrate our wedding with us. It was truly an amazing feeling. Somehow, I was able to keep my composure and hold the tears back, but it took everything I had.

I love this picture of me and my dad. I'm pretty sure that I'm looking at Ryan, hence the huge smile on my face.

I also love this picture for a couple reasons. 1) It's me and my dad. 2) You can see how beautiful the floor of the church is. 3) You can see Ryan's Uncle Mike with his huge camera leaning way out to get a picture.

My dad giving me away.

During the homily/readings. For some reason, we couldn't stop chatting with each other.

A picture of our beautiful church.

Another cool picture of the church - I think this was taken with the fish-eye lens.

The blessing of the rings. So, apparently, we were supposed to give both of the rings to Dave so that he could give them to our Deacon ahead of time. I had given the rings to Becky thinking that she'd hold Ryan's ring and then when we got to the church, she'd just give my ring to Dave. So, when the guys were hanging with the Deacon before the ceremony, he asked Dave for the rings, and he didn't have them! So, they texted me, and of course I didn't have my cell phone with me in the limo. Since they couldn't get ahold of us, they started to get a little anxious about the rings even though Becky had them both with her. We almost ended up using Ryan's parents rings for the ceremony, but we arrived and the rings were given to Dave just in time.

With this ring...

Deacon: "Alright, Ryan, please give Wendy your left hand for the ring." As you can see in the picture, he got his left and right confused and had his right hand out for me. So, I'm giving him the "Are you kidding me?!" look and you can also see the Deacon laughing at me/Ryan. I absolutely love that our photographer caught this shot.

Finally, we figured out left from right, but you can see that we both are still laughing as I'm starting to put the ring on his LEFT hand.

Our first kiss as Mr. & Mrs.

We're Married!!!

Our second kiss as Mr. & Mrs!

Previous Recaps:

Getting Ready

Wendy & the Girls

Ryan & the Guys

First Look

Family Time

Wedding Party Pictures

Wendy & Ryan

All photos courtesy of Perskie Photographics.

Drumroll, Please....

So... Ryan and I have a big announcement to make. We are so excited to announce that there will be a new addition to our little family. This is something that I have been thinking about for months, and I could not be more excited. Ryan, while excited, is a little hesitant about this new arrival. Scroll down for a picture of our addition that will be arriving soon.

What? You didn't think I was going to say I was pregnant, did you?

This post is dedicated to Aunt Sue who told me she was happy that I am keeping the blog going so I can post our next big announcement. I assumed that she meant the next big announcement would be that we're having a baby, and I jokingly told her that the next big announcement would be that we're buying a DSLR. Well, it's true. We are buying a DSLR, and I am very excited about it!

Wedding Day Recap - Wendy & Ryan

After the pictures with our families and the wedding party, the photographer took a few pictures of just Ryan and me.

Hanging out by the lighthouse.

Hanging out in the alley behind the E&Y building. Although I like this picture, the way we are posed kind of reminds me of a prom picture.

A similar picture, but landscape instead.

Even though this looks like an advertisement for Hard Rock Cafe, this is one of my favorite pictures of us. I think we had our wedding party working the bridge traffic so we could get some pictures alone. They were good little traffic cops.

Walking along the bridge (you can kind of see people on the other side of us), but it almost looks like we're alone.

A sweet little kiss on the bridge.

This picture makes me laugh every time I see it. Ryan is supposed to be "checking me out".

Although I love this picture with the Pier 5 Hotel sign, I about died when the photographer asked Ryan to pick me up. If you look closely, you can see that it was a bit of an awkward pose for us.

Previous Recaps:

Getting Ready

Wendy & the Girls

Ryan & the Guys

First Look

Family Time

Wedding Party Pictures

All photos courtesy of Perskie Photographics.

Wedding Day Recap - Wedding Party Pictures

After we took pictures with our families, we got the wedding party involved. It was a lot of fun to finally get to hang out with the combined wedding party before the ceremony. We took quite a few pictures, but thankfully, the weather was gorgeous and everyone was very cooperative.

Me with the guys.

The girls bringing it in tight around Ryan.

All of us.

I think this one is kind of an out-take. I think the photographer told everyone to look at us while we kissed, and Ryan and I must have totally missed that part. Looks pretty funny that everyone is staring at us while we just stood there smiling.

Guess we finally got the memo.

This is another one of my favorite pictures from the day. It took us all a while to figure out what the photographer wanted us to do for this picture, but as you can see we finally got it, and the results were great!

Previous Recaps:

Getting Ready

Wendy & the Girls

Ryan & the Guys

First Look

Family Time

All photos courtesy of Perskie Photographics.

Wedding Day Recap - Family Time

After our first look, we gathered up the families and let them get in on the picture-taking action. We are so very lucky to have such amazing families, and these are pictures that we will always cherish.

Not 100% sure what was going on here, but it looks like Ryan's dad was thinking how well his son cleans up, and his mom was cleaning him up a bit more to make sure he looked his best for me. :)

Me and my dad. He sure looks good in his tux, doesn't he?

My wonderful family. I love how beautiful they look and how well the colors go together in this picture.

Dad and his girls.

We have a very similar picture from my dad and Linda's wedding, so we thought we'd keep up with tradition.

Ryan and his parents.

Ryan and his wonderful family.

The next 3 are pretty self-explanatory. I think they turned out so well!

Previous Recaps:

Getting Ready

Wendy & the Girls

Ryan & the Guys

First Look

All photos courtesy of Perskie Photographics.

Wedding Day Recap - First Look

Ryan and I chose to do a "first look" for one reason. It was very important to us that we would be able to spend as much time with our family and friends at the cocktail hour and reception. We still missed a good part of the cocktail hour, but this was the best option for us because it also took away some of the pressure of seeing each other for the first time that day in front of all of closest family and friends.

On my way to see my handsome soon-to-be husband for the first time that day. At first I couldn't figure out how to walk without my dress dragging the ground so some of my entourage followed me part of the way to make sure I would be ok.

Getting closer. You can still kind of see Crystal and Becky in the background. And you can also see that I figured out how to manage the dress. :)

Seeing Ryan (well, his back at least) for the first time. I was so nervous as I started walking across the grass towards him. I honestly had no idea what his reaction would be.

Guess who! (I think I was reaching up to tap him on the shoulder here.)

The reaction. It was a good one! We stood there chatting for a while. Since we hadn't talked at all that morning, it felt like we hadn't seen/talked to each other in forever!

What first look isn't complete without a "first" kiss?

The guys decided to relax during our first look.

This is one of my absolute favorite pictures from the day. We were trying to round up the wedding party and our families, and Ryan and I were just chatting about the events of the day when the photographer caught this picture. I don't even think we knew he took it.

Previous Recaps:

Getting Ready

Wendy & the Girls

Ryan & the Guys

All photos courtesy of Perskie Photographics.