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Bet you thought this wedding blog was over now that we’re married… well think again! It’ll take months of blogs just to reflect on that day, not to mention, years of blogs about married life. We are now officially married, back from our honeymoon and no longer obsessed with all things wedding. My last post was a little stressed, but I can assure you that we are no longer living on to-do lists.

We may be wedding failures, but now we hardly care. Our programs were dropped off at Kinko’s less than 24 hours before they were handed out. The wedding coordinator’s “apprentice” ironed all the guys’ shirts an hour before photos. Other than the receiving line, we hardly felt like we saw anyone to thank or just to chat. The week of the wedding we realized a few invites that should have been made and got a few returned in the mail. We never found  the time to write personalized notes to the people in the wedding party or our parents. And of course, we didn’t pack for our honeymoon until the day after our wedding.

But here I sit, almost a month later typing a blog while my husband sleeps next to me. I loved our wedding day. I don’t care about those things anymore. From the rehearsal dinner on until getting on that plane to Mexico, it was perfect (don’t worry, there were no problems in Mexico either).

Here are a few of the highlights:

• Rehearsal dinner with the wedding party at Mimi’s Cafe with my father-in-law’s homemade wine (delicious)
• Spending the last two days of being single with Paige, my friend from my traveling days who otherwise lives on the West Coast
• Waking up ready to get married and being calmer than I imagined the entire day
• Getting ready with close friends who were great at hair and makeup
• Waiting until walking down that aisle to see Scott – it was totally worth it
• A surprise classic red car to whisk us away to take photos with (more to come on the photos later)
• The best reception set-up I could have imagined thanks to some helpful volunteers while we took photos
• Fish in little glass jars on the head table
• Excellent food and service provided by Mama Lacona’s (I’d recommend them to anyone planning a wedding in Des Moines)
• Out-of-town friends (now come back and we can actually talk this time!)
• Sweet favors – CDs of all the musicians who played at the wedding and music by Scott and I
• An impromptu slow-mo run through the crowd of cheers and bubbles and into our decorated car

There were so many wonderful things about the day, people to thank, and memories made (getting cheesy, I know). I’d go on, but I need to keep some content for my next blog. All in all, it was a great day and an exciting way to start our marriage.

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