We did NOT have a big wedding, that's for sure! Both of us were no where even remotely interested in having a large, extravagant event where half the world was invited. No offense to those of you who had that kind of wedding - they are very fun to go to, just not for me to be in!
We got married on December 20, 2003 - a Saturday. All in that same week, I had graduated from college, moved all of my belongings out of my apartment in Banner Elk to the house we had found here in Wytheville, and then got married on Saturday. It all looked perfectly acceptable on paper - it was a little more tiring than I had expected though! Luckily, there wasn't much planning on my part or anyone's part for that matter. We decided to get married at a wedding chapel in Gatlinburg, TN. Now, that sounds tacky, like going to Las Vegas, but I had done a lot of searching for 'the place' and found a chapel that was NOT on the main strip (haha) and was very elegant in my view.
The chapel did everything for us - they set us up with flowers, a photographer, music, even a video tape of the wedding! All I had to do was show up and get dressed! Easy!! It had snowed the night before so everything was coated in just the 'right' amount of snow (pretty in pictures but not panic mode to drive in!). It all worked out wonderfully and I have never regretted doing it that way for a moment.
Here are a few pictures I scanned that were some of my favorites from 'the day'. This will be our last anniversary with just the two of us but we are both so excited about what is to come :) Don't forget, we find out Monday whether it's a boy or a girl! I will try my best to post that afternoon so I don't have a disappointed crowd waiting for me. We'll see if our poll turned out correctly!
My gracious we both look so young!
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You posted this at 4:44 - you should have waited until 5:55 - LOL. And, you left out in your story that after graduation, you had to come home to go to the dentist the next morning and that we drove from the dentist in Rogersville to Banner Elk in near blizzard conditions to find that you had not finished packing AND then off to Virginia in still blizzard conditions. All in all, you are right - it worked out beautifully - you were a beautiful bride and are now a beautiful mother-to-be.
Happy 5th Anniversary tomorrow - I love you guys!!!!
Love, Mom XOXOXO
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