Wedding Day Blog Hop

Ahh, this blog hop came just in time. We're about 2 weeks away from our five year wedding anniversary. Scott and I were married on July 5, 2005 at Leu Gardens in Orlando, FL. We had a long, long engagement (we got engaged on my birthday in 2002!) but we did the bulk of the planning in under six months and it still turned out to be everything I expected.

(Photos by the WONDERFUL Cristy Nielsen! If you're looking for a wedding photographer in the Orlando area, she can't be beat.)


Me and my bridesmaids...my sister, Stefanie, was Maid of Honor...the bridesmaids were my best friend Cara, and my sister in laws Tarah, Shannon and Jennifer.


Scott and his boys...best man Fee, groomsmen Gary, and his uncles Brad and Jeff. We had an uneven number because a month and a half before the wedding, Scott's best friend Dan passed away.


Coming down the aisle with my dad. Trying not to cry!


Scott sees me for the first time in my wedding dress (which he had not seen before the wedding). He swears he wasn't about to cry, but I know he was :)


Here we are, saying our vows. We each had written our own vows, and had the officiant (Jasmine Devitt) read "i carry your heart in my heart" by ee cummings at the beginning.


A candle we lit at the entrance to the reception to honor friends and family who attended "in spirit" (because they had passed away)...Scott's friend Dan, his grandfather, all three of my grandfathers (my dad's mom was divorced and remarried) and my grandmother (mom's mom).


Our cake!


The first dance (our song was You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban)


The father/daughter dance (we danced to Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon & Garfunkel)


The mother/son dance (their song was Wonderful by Eric Clapton)


Sister dances! Scott has three sisters, I have one, so he had this brilliant idea that we would do this big "sister dance". It was fun :) (The song was "Sister" by The Nixons)


The DJ was playing "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" by Jet, and Scott was doing this wild, crazy dance and slid across the floor. SO glad Cristy caught this moment!


Cake smash! I don't care if it's tacky. We were both cracking up!


My sister caught the bouquet!


Will caught the garter. They had just started dating about a month before this. They're married with two kids now, I guess it worked out!


Leaving the reception hall. This picture cracks me up because I feel like we look so stoic...kind of like the American Gothic painting.