Wedding ABCs

Me and Danny celebrated our first wedding anniversary on March 13. I still love talking about our wedding and looking at pictures! I'm stealing this idea from fellow blogger Simply Sunshine and Daisys. I thought it was a great way to share more details of our wedding...and give me an excuse to share more wedding pictures!

Attending: 70. It was the perfect size wedding. Enough people to have a great party..but we could still mingle with every person in the room!

Bridesmaids: 4. My sister was maid-of-honor. My three bridesmaids were my closest friends, Ashley, Veronica and Lindsey.

  

Catering: Our food was amazing! Our cocktail hour was cheese and mimosas. The reception was brunch...complete with waffle bar. And man-oh-man did I eat!

Dress: My dress was gorgeous. I wanted short, ivory and sleeves. I bought long, white and strapless...and it was perfect!

Engagement: We dated for about 5 months before Danny proposed. We were engaged for 5 months. So yes, we knew each other less than a year! We also had engagement pictures taken...love them!

Flowers: We had roses. Just for me and the girls, we didn't have them on the cake or on the tables.

Groomsmen: Just one. The Marines made that super impossible for us.

Honeymoon: We went on our honeymoon a year after we were married....to DISNEY!

  
Invitations: They were simple and featured a bride and a Marine!

Justice of the Peace: She was great...and free! One of the many perks of my hubby being a Marine!

Keepsakes: Our guestbook was awesome. Our guests had to draw, make predictions, and give us advice. It was one of my favorite wedding things!

Ladies Night: My bachelorette party was so much fun! We got dressed up, put on wigs...and went bowling!

Music: We had two awesome DJs who also surprised us with a videographer! They played awesome music, had some awesome games lined up...and bought drinks for the bride and groom. If we ever had another party I would hire the exact same DJs!

Newlyweds: How long are you considered "newlyweds?" I think we are still in our honeymoon phase!

Old, new, borrowed, blue: We didn't do any of this...I'm not exactly a superstitious person!

Photography: We had two photographers...who flew up from North Carolina! Anna May and Michele Quick..they took some awesome photos...it's hard to choose a favorite!

Question popping: We don't have a super cool proposal story. 

Reception: Held at a local hotel...and it was amazing!

Shoe game: This was a "how well do they know each other" game. We each held two shoes, stood back-to-back and answered a series of questions. The best one: who's the best driver? We both threw Danny's shoe into the air...our guests laughed hysterically!

Trash the Dress: Yep, I did that!

Unique: We had a very early wedding...the first brunch wedding the hotel has ever done. I think they loved it almost as much as I did! I also think our colors were unique...aqua and red!

Vows: We wrote our own...and I heard a ton of people crying while we read them to each other!

Wedding Woes: Just one: Will the groom be able to attend! The USMC didn't approve leave until last minute..and Danny didn't make it to Massachusetts until the day before the wedding!

X-rated: I've seen some pretty raunchy pictures of guys taking off the garter belt...but ours was just funny. Danny said "jeez it's hot under here!" and I couldn't stop laughing!

Young Kids: We had no kids at our wedding. I'm not a huge fan of kids so this was a pretty easy decision to make for the wedding!

Zzzzzz: We were up early the morning of the wedding...so we passed out super early after a hard day of partying!