Wedding Weekend: Saturday

I was too excited to sleep on our wedding day. I woke up at 4 AM. Our hair appointment at the Cutting Edge Hair Salon in Carrollton wasn't until 6:15 AM. My mom, bridesmaids, and I got our hair done and were out the door by 8:30 AM. It had started raining again.

I got to the Bingham House first. Everyone else was close behind me. The flowers from Rain Florist Designs were out on the tables. They looked great. After we changed, we took a few pictures. We were out on the balcony in the front of the house. People driving by were whistling at us. The groomsmen got their pictures taken too, but I heard it took a while to get their act together. One of them went out to get something to eat. Grumble, grumble...

The ceremony was very sweet. We had to walk through the rain to get there. But it was worth it to see David's smiling face. My mom cried. When we were done we kind of huddled in the corner. Then took off to the front of the house to take more pictures. I just wanted to get to the food and water part. I think I was getting a little snippy at the photographer. David and I took some pictures alone while people watched our slide show and had appetizers.

We made our grand entrance to the reception to "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns 'N Roses. I forgot we were supposed to go right into the first dance. So we went around and hugged like 3 tables of people until they got us out on the dance floor. Our song was "All I Want is You" by U2. Then it was food time! The meatballs were so good. All the other food was great too, but the meatballs were amazing! After the father/daughter dance and mother/son dance, we did the cake and toasts. Ebi's was a very sweet spin on one of my favorite camp songs, "Dreams". David's best man, John Carpenter, did one too.

Then it was time to get your boogie on! The Limbo Contest is always a big Anderson tradition. My cousin, Stacey Malaret, always wins. She has a 5 wedding record. But in a shocking twist, David's cousin's husband, Tim Wong, won. The DJ played the "Cupid Shuffle." My mom jumped in after watching Dorian for a few minutes.

Then is was time for our getaway. It was still raining! So the horse and carriage was out. We got to take a ride in the antique car, Pearl. It was a 1944 Plymouth. Our remaining guest lined up on either side of us and threw dried lavender. That stuff smells great, but is a pain to get off. Then it was off to the after party.

More pictures are on Facebook.

Wedding Weekend: Friday

Friday morning was the rehearsal at the Bingham House. My dad came over to our apartment in the morning and helped us lug everything down the stairs. It wasn't raining anymore, but it was really humid. My dad was sweating so bad! We were a little late to rehearsal, but it worked out okay. We set up the reception hall. We were able to practice outside on the lawn because it wasn't too muddy. But we practiced inside too just in case.

We had lunch at Poppy's Garden Cafe in McKinney. We had to eat inside the banquet room. It was a little dark. We ate flat iron steak and rosemary chicken, whipped potatoes, and mixed veggies. Dessert was flourless choclate cake and strawberry cheese cake. All of it was delicious. David and I handed out our thank you gifts. David gave his groommens their favorite liquor. I gave my bridemaids tote bags witht heir names embroidered and some bath stuff.

After lunch, we all went our separate ways. My family went back to the hotel and hung out in my sister's room. I tried to get them to go bowling again, but no one was into it. Bummer. It started to really storm outside. There was thunder and lightning. I knew we would not be able to do the wedding outside at that point. We ate at the Cheesecake factory. David was coming to eat with us from home. Halfway there he got a flat tire. His spare was flat too. His brother, John, had to go pick him up. He never made it to dinner. I went home right after to get enough sleep for the wedding the next day.

Check out Facebook for more rehearsal shots.