I mentioned in the previous entry just one of the things that didn't go as planned for the wedding. As I mentioned the cake was nothing like what we expected, there was a change with the catering 3 weeks before the wedding, and the wedding was moved inside due to rain earlier in the day of the wedding. There were also some things that I didn't know about that my dear loving groom had set up and planned everything for! Though, I guess there were technically five surprises- I had no clue what the guys were wearing. Tony's thought was I shouldn't know since he couldn't see my dress before the wedding lol.
The morning of the wedding I awoke to this on my bed:
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The wedding location was in a military base on the lake. Also on the lake in the base there are cabins and huts to rent; so my grandparents helped us rent two of the cabins for the night before the wedding. I stayed in one with two of my girls (Candice and Amanda) and Tony stayed in his with one of his guys and a friend that flew in for the wedding (Gabe and Ben). I'm thankful we were able to do this, because it was a fun night and made for a smooth morning and day preparing for the wedding. We were in our respective cabins, it was almost midnight, and I still hadn't had my goodnight kiss! So we went over there for me to get it before it was midnight. Candice and I headed back to the cabin, but Amanda wasn't right behind us so I knew something was up but didn't know what. Then I started to turn over to look and I heard "turn back over, Shannon!!" from Amanda. So I did, but a couple minutes I looked over and saw the above. Tony gave them to her to put on my bed before I woke up the night before. Aww! We were in our respective cabins, it was almost midnight, and I still hadn't had my goodnight kiss! So we went over there for me to get it before it was midnight. Candice and I headed back to the cabin, but Amanda wasn't right behind us so I knew something was up but didn't know what. Then I started to turn over to look and I heard "turn back over, Shannon!!" from Amanda. So I did, but a couple minutes I looked over and saw the above. Tony gave them to her to put on my bed before I woke up the night before. Aww! |
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| The second surprise I don't have a picture for, but here's a picture of the back of my (in my opinion) gorgeous dress! We didn't have anyone chosen to be a flower girl, but instead I asked my cousin to be a Razzi™Maid [a little something I came up with. Razzi is short for Paparazzi because I asked her to record video while walking down the isle and of he wedding. ] I'm a photo and video junkie so this was obviously something that was more 'me' [and therefore 'us'] then having a flower girl. Unbeknownst to me, my lovely groom decided to find a way to have flower petals thrown before me coming down the isle. As I started to come down the isle the guests at the start of the back row threw some petals at me. At first I just thought the guests had brought some petals to have fun. Then more people threw some, and more as I walked down the isle. And to be honest, so much was going on that I didn't really thing about why they were doing it, and found out later that Tony had planned it all. Actually, he had even done some experimenting to try to make the petals stay in the air longer, and thus look even better for the pictures. Always thinking for what will make me happy. :c) |
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| For the third surprise- it's a bird! it's a plane! What the heck are we looking at? |
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Tony had someone serenade to me as we were about to start taking our pictures after the wedding! This one is a little more self explanatory so there won't be a long explanation like the others. But here's video from it [thanks to the Razzi™maid!]:
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| The fourth surprise was Spaghetti! The original menu was Italian themed, but then we ended up going with Sonny's BBQ when we hit a hiccup with the original menu. So that I could still have Italian at my wedding (anyone that knows me knows how much I LOVE Italy and Italian food) Tony had spaghetti made. Bottom line: I had the most wonderful groom for my wedding who was full of sweet surprises. And a husband who continues to be a sweet loving man, on most days heh. |
