Wedding Recap: Ceremony

Our ceremony started at 2:30 and lasted around 45 minutes. We did not have a full church ceremony but we did have readings and hubs' Aunt sang. 

Back story on this church: We had no church. The church I am a member of is in my home town. Most Catholic churches you have to be a member of for at least 6 months prior to getting married there. I had always seen this church when going to baseball games but we never realized that it was a Catholic church. I looked online and fell in love with it - it was gorgeous, and could not have been located any better? I mean hotel, church, and reception all right next to each other - perfect! I called them and they told me that they did not book weddings until 6 months prior to the year. So we got married January 10, 2009 so we could not book until July 1 of 2008. OK, we will wait. 

{throw wrench}

They only have 1 wedding a day there, only on Saturday, not past 2:00. OK I guess we will work with that.

{throw wrench again} 

Oh and just to let you know, brides line up outside to book this church..WHAT! So we got there are 6AM on July 30th to wait outside for 8AM and there were SIX people there already. A bride and her mom SLEPT OUTSIDE. Thankfully no one before me wanted my date so we got the church!

Seeeeeee...I told you!

 

Once that stressful event was over we knew everything would work out.

Ok back to the ceremony - everything was perfect.

People showed up!

Apparently my dad was not nervous - say hi to my BFF Ang!

My Aunt, Godmother, Dad, and sis - having fun while I am locked in that room nervous as hell

Do I look nervous? Don't worry I had a breakdown and would not let my sister leave me. I asked her if I looked pretty, and almost had the ugly cry.

I told them not to leave me...but they had to get down the aisle!

I am biting the inside of my lip making my cousin tell me jokes.

I would also like to mention that my dad shook someone hand as we were walking down the aisle! That's my dad though - has to greet everyone! lol

This is also 2 of my favorite photos - after the ceremony

We took some formals...

This is my priest from my families church and he is a great family friend, so happy he was able to marry us. 

After formals we headed across the street

This is on the cover of our album - I love you can see the church behind us

Time to party!

Rcception recap to follow!

Hope everyone is having a fab weekend - I am in NOLA!