Wedding Week!!!! My Ceremony

Since so many bloggers (Like Pretty in Pink and Green & ettiquettely correct are getting married soon, or planning their weddings I thought I'd do a few posts on mine! I still think of my wedding because it was so wonderful!!!

Hubby and I were married in Malibu at the Adamson house. We had our ceremony under a giant tree.




My dress was strapless and chosen in a very cute way which I will post about later this week. My bouquet was purple to represent my grandmother (remember her purple couch I now have!)

My bridesmaids wore ocean blue dresses that they themselves found at Loehmans when we were out shopping together. They were $39 and there were enough of them in a variety of sizes! So meant to be! They even found the gorgeous beaded thong high heels there too! They cost more than the dress (but not much more!) My bridesman wore a gorgeous Khaki suit!

I had a different bouquet made for each bridesmaid based on their personality. One of them was from Georgia, so she had Georgia Peach roses.



Hubby wore a black suit but changed to a white jacket for the ceremony. It was very James Bond!







Hubby chose a reading by EE. Cummings for the ceremony:

who knows if the moon's
a balloon,coming out of a keen city
in the sky--filled with pretty people?
(and if you and i should)

get into it,if they
should take me and take you into their balloon,
why then
we'd go up higher with all the pretty people

than houses and steeples and clouds:
go sailing
away and away sailing into a keen
city which nobody's ever visited,where

always
it's
Spring)and everyone's
in love and flowers pick themselves


Wonderful!!!

I chose a Kenny Loggins songs lyric "Sweet Reunion":

In the moment I first saw you,
I could swear that we had met,
The look in your eye,
Was so familiar,
Where and when, I forget.

How many lifetimes have I loved you,
How many times have you loved me,
The sound of your voice is in my memory,
Like the wind, on the sea.

The glow of your heart has been my lighthouse,
I've followed it in from distant shores,
Now I won't be afraid to love anymore.

So we meet again, my long lost friend
Once again, we get to start anew,
And it feels like a thousand years,
I've been loving you.

If you've you been waiting here, for someone near,
Searchin' the world for a friend,
Come on in, I've been expecting you.
Sweet Reunion. Welcome home again.

I just loved the way it explained how I felt about meeting hubby and incorporated the ocean back drop!

My friend sung "You're the best thing that ever happened to me" by Gladys Knight as I walked down the aisle.

This was my surprise for hubby. He had no idea what would walk down the aisle to. I chose this song because I felt so grateful and it mentioned writing my life story (hello I am a writer!) Here are the lyrics:

I've had my share of life's ups and downs
But fate's been kind, the downs have been few
I guess you could say that I've been lucky
Well, I guess you could say that it's all because of you

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
Ooo, you'll be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
Ah, you're the best thing that ever happened to me

Oh, there have been times when times were hard
But always somehow I made it, I made it through
'Cause for every moment that I've spent hurting
There was a moment that I spent, ah, just loving you

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
Oh, you'll be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
Oh, you're the best thing that ever happened to me
I know, you're the best thing, oh, that ever happened to me

Let me just tell you if you if you don't know Gladys you are missin' out!


When we exchanged rings here's what we said to each other as vows:
From this day forward, you will not walk alone.

My heart will be your shelter and my arms shall be your home.

May you feel deeply loved for indeed you are.

I feel so blessed to share my life with you.

I feel so honored to call you mine.

Dear God may we be blessed this way forever.

Tomorrow the reception! Until then I am tagging Biscuits are Never Boring, View From the Beach, somelikeitsouthern, Europa Fox and Magnolia Mama to show us their wedding dress and bouquet.