Our Wedding Day!!

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The Big Day: The only thing I was nervous about the morning of our wedding was hoping that all of the pieces necessary to make the day run smoothly would fit together perfectly! It had rained the night before, so it was wet outside, but it didn't take long for the sun to come out and dry up the little bit of moisture remaining. The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold, and a bit overcast so we weren't squinting in all the pictures! I was up at 7:30am to shower and get ready for our hair appointments, while Tim rolled over and slept for another hour (at least!). My mom, the girls and I were at the hair salon by 9:00am. We each had our own hair stylist, and one our hair was done we got our make-up done. We were running a bit late though, and didn't get to the country club until close to 11:00am (when we were supposed to be leaving in the limo). We quickly got ready, and Tim and I staged our first meeting (he stood facing the gazebo and I walked up behind him while I photographer took pictures... it was cute :o) ).

Then we were off! The limo was perfectly on time, and I hoped that the list Tim and I had made of everything that needed to get done at the country club would be finished without much problem (and it was, not a single problem!). We first went to the Memorial Union to get pictures, and then to the Wisconsin Capitol to get some more pictures. The pictures were great! We had champagne, sandwiches from Milios, and had a great time. I also had my high school friends come along, since most of them had never been to Wisconsin and our wedding was on the outskirts of town. It was nice to show them around since they had all traveled so far to come out here!

Once we were done at the Capitol we headed back to the country club. There we finished up photos before our guests arrived. Everything had been taken care of while we were away. Everything was in place, chairs were set, centerpieces perfect, everything was great, we really had the best help would could have hoped for! Nothing was late, nothing was missing, it was wonderful. Tim stayed out to greet our arriving guests, while I went off to hide in the changing room (no one is supposed to see the bride, yada yada). The ceremony got started right on time, and it was short and sweet just as we had planned. 15 minutes, we had our friend Chrissy marry us (ordained online, and we are eternally greatful, Chrissy did an amazing job!), and we walked back down the aisle to Beer Barrell Polka (we didn't tell anyone, the crowd got a kick out of it!). We finished up family pictures, and then the party took off.

We did a grand march to enter for dinner, so they announced each of our names in the wedding party, as well as our parents, and we all danced it! Dinner was delicious. Instead of having people ding glasses, they were required to sing us a song with the word "love" or "kiss" in it. Luckily (ha) we had a creative crowd, and the microphone was passed around the room and barely ever rested for longer than a few minutes! We were kissing quite a bit through dinner, but it was very entetaining to see the kinds of songs people chose! It was far more fun than dinging of glasses.

Once the cake had been served, we watched a 3 minute slideshow that Diana put together of pictures from both of our childhoods. It was really sweet, and I loved it! Then the dancing started, and the alcohol started to flow, and the craziness started. The rest of the night was fantastic. We danced the hora, sang Badger songs, tossed the bouquet, drank beer, sang more songs, and had a great night! There were only a few bad things that happened. One of our wedding guests was out of control, and caused a scene at the wedding, at the hotel, and issues the following day as well. We also lost one of our wedding guests, who was so drunk he tried to sleep on a tree at the golf course (luckily we found him, safe and sound!). Also, my dad was trying to take down the decorations from the gazebo at the very end of the night, and the chair he was standing on slipped off the gazebo and he fell face first onto the concrete, breaking his upper jaw in 2 places. He was a trooper though, and stayed for the next 2 days in Madison, didn't need pain medication, and had a good time (although on a liquid diet). He did have to have his jaw wired shut for 4 weeks, but he is doing just fine!

Aside from the few minor mishaps, the wedding was perfect! The next day the brunch was great (thanks again to John and Jennifer!), although Tim was deathly sick (not from drinking). Luckily he had been on my health insurance for exactly 12 hours, so we got him to urgent care and got him put on allergy medication. Turns out his allergies were so bad it was giving him sinus headaches and upset stomachs and all sorts of issues. The medicine is doing wonders and he seems to be pretty healthy now! The rest of Sunday went well, we said goodbye to many of our guests, brought the gifts back to our apartment, hung out with Tim's parents before they left, and finished up some last minute things. It was a great weekend, but after the stress of the end of the night and Sunday morning I was ready for our honeymoon!

Overall, our wedding was fantastic! Tim and I had a great time, and it sounds like our guests did too. Thanks again to everyone who helped us plan it! My parents, Tim's parents, our wedding party, and everyone who helped us set up, clean up, and keep things running smoothly! We couldn't have done it without all the help that we had, and we really appreciate that we had such a great support network. Thanks for making our day so wonderful!