My bridesmaids (and honorary bridesmaid :) ) were the 6 greatest girls in the world! It was so wonderful to stay up late talking with these ladies. I gave them a hard time about being my "blubbering bridesmaids" but it was very sweet to see how happy they are for me and Greg. I've already promised Jessica I'll be a hot mess whenever she gets married, too.
The ceremony couldn't have been any more perfect. The rehearsal was insane, which apparently is normal. Someone should fix that...but anyway. Ceremony was wonderful. At the reception, Greg and I got to play a duet together, and he got to play the duet on his new marimba that he just got this semester! We worked together to arrange "My One and Only Love" for marimba and clarinet. We had our first dance after that, which has been everyone's favorite part of the day so far. The jury's still out as far as I'm concerned...the power went out! The first time was just a flicker and we all laughed our way through it. The second time was a little longer, but still holding it together. The THIRD time, it was out for about a minute. It felt like at least 6 days, but everyone said it was their favorite part because they got to see Greg try and, as one person described it, "talk her off the ledge."
We had a photo booth, which was a HUGE hit! I was in that thing at least 12 times. And since it was my party, I got to go to the front of the line whenever I wanted! Greg was able to hire the percussion teacher from his school to put together a combo to play for the reception. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous about that because I never got to hear them until the day of, but they were fantastic! I'm pretty sure they got some more gigs lined up because of how well they played! The dinner music was light and jazzy, not distracting enough to stop the conversation at the table, and when dinner was over, they rocked out with some classic rock, oldies, pop, anything. The person who got the dancing started? My mom! I'm pretty sure my grandparents will hate me for the rest of their lives, but we had an awesome time!
For our honeymoon we went to Gulf Shores, AL and spent a week lying on the beach, playing putt putt, and visiting Bellingrath Gardens and the Mobile Art Museum. Greg did an awesome job planning the week! We're already trying to figure out when we can go back!
Now, the honeymoon is over, and we've actually gone back to work already. We spent this past weekend at Texas Bandmasters Association in San Antonio, and we start our summer band camps in another week. We are still in the process of unpacking and settling into our house, but we love it and couldn't be more excited with the house we got. Many, many pictures of the wedding and house will be up soon!
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