20 November 2011

The Boda

Our wedding wasn't perfect.

The only flower-related item I cared about at all was a tall, expensive arrangement on the dessert table.  Before the guests arrived during set-up, the vase was unpacked, then immediately dropped and shattered on the floor.  An alternative was quickly found, and I think I cared for about .3 seconds.

Several guests who RSVP'd that they would attend didn't come.  One "got a flat tire."  One couldn't make it out due to some sort of legal issue (?).  Two couldn't find a sitter (??).

And it stormed.  Oh, did it storm.
I obsessed about the weather for months leading up to our wedding day.  The last update I got was that it would be hot- really freaking hot (98?)- and there was about a 15% chance of thunderstorms, if I remember correctly.  It sprinkled for a few minutes during our first look but quickly stopped and the sun never stopped shining.  As Mama Peaches, my stepfather and I stepped onto the aisle a sharp, loud crack of thunder eerily sounded off.  This is what it looked like toward the end of our ceremony:


I didn't notice, but a storm was definitely a-brewing.  

After the ceremony Mr. Peaches and I took a brief walk to soak it all in alone.  We took a few more pictures and talked with a couple of guests.  Then the rain started.  But it didn't just start, it dropped down in buckets from the sky, which was lit bybright bolts of lightening.  Our fantastic day-of coordinator and the rest of the staff rushed everything inside, where we watched from here:


It wasn't perfect.  

But it was gorgeous.  And fun.  And the food was delicious.  Watching our friends become friends made us so proud to know such awesome people.  And I think the storm made it even more beautiful, though we did pay a pretty penny to watch the night skyline of our lovely city from outside.  Every moment was amazing.  And now I'm married to someone way out of my league.  SUCKA! 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

AAAHHHHHHHH great pics too

Peaches said...

:)