Well, ladies and gentlemen yesterday concluded the guest Wedding Weeks posts. Huge thanks to Beth, Lorren, Shanyn, and Michelle for all the hard work and time that went into writing those posts and hunting down those pictures. I am so glad to join such a great group of women who can say that they are married and had amazing wedding days.
D's surpise Grooms' Cake. D is a fan of the Red Sox whereas I prefer the Twins. It reads: Together We Have A Ball.
As many of you know, I've had quite a crazy couple months. During the month of May I finished my first year of teaching, found a teaching job in North Dakota, bought a house in North Dakota, attended BEA, and moved. After BEA (as in the Monday after) I moved the 7 hours north and began the tedious practice of unpacking. The following Monday (June 6th — the Monday before the wedding) I began teaching summer school.
You'd never believe that the whole ferris wheel thing was my idea
Summer school has proven to be a bit more work than I had anticipated. I have 25 students for four hours a day — the same 25 students. So basically not only are we covering four different lessons a day (almost a week worth of classes) but I am also challenged to remain interesting that long (and, really, who can be interesting THAT long). So the first two days were extremely stressful — but thank goodness I had a great substitute who came in Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of my Wedding Week.
On Wednesday two of my best friends (a personal attendant and a Matron of Honor) came to visit and help out. This was much needed as D left (the state) for his Bachelor Party on Wednesday morning*. Mary and Puffer ran around Bismarck with me constantly getting things off my To Do list. I owe a lot to these two amazing people — Thank You!
On Thursday we had the dress rehearsal. In retrospect everything went flawless, but when I was living it I was a hot mess. A matron of honor (I had two) and a bridesmaid got lost and were late, I didn't have a slip for my dress and it was apparently see through (Mom ran to Target), D's family got him a shirt that had a bride and groom on it with the groom having a ball and chain saying GAME OVER (I was perhaps being a bit overly sensitive), the priest refused to run through it twice (we didn't get to hear the music until the wedding day), and the list goes on. But it all worked out in the end and really, I had forgotten most of those details already.
After dinner we noticed that the very small amusement park next door to us was open (despite the flood warnings) and that it was completely empty. So, bridesmaids and groomsmen in tow, we all boarded the ferris wheel. It was a great photo opportunity and it gave D and I a chance to talk alone — the only one on one time we had Thursday and Friday. It also holds special meaning to us because it was the amusement park where D took me last summer after we had started dating.
All in all, this day was a complete success. Tomorrow stop by for perhaps the final post of Wedding Week showcasing (obviously) my wedding day!
* I told D that if he wasn't back by 4:30 on Thursday evening (dress rehearsal was at 5pm) I could make no guarantees that I'd be walking down that isle on Friday.:)