Yikes...longer post than I thought..HAHAHA..oh well...read if ya want


I also had my 'dream' wedding already and still can look back with such great feelings/memories..It wasn't really big with just wonderful friend's and family..but lasted for 3 days with activites...(June was perfect weather in this area)


The rehearsal dinner we had outside our home in tents with everyone dressed in jeans/shorts...We had big bbq..kids running and playing games...music, just laughing and enjoying time together all afternoon/evening..


Then the wedding was 'formal' to the extent of being in our church..but our pastor is such a wonderfully poignant but funny man!!! We had my 'bonus' (step) childrenactually in the wedding (they were teenagers at the time)...friend's playing guitar and singing for us...not a dry eye in the house!!


I had bought all the small pretty colored rocks/stones that everyone took one when they entered the church...and during the ceremony, our pastor asked that everyone say a prayer for us with them..and then put them in a basket on the way back out and we kept that in our home to see everyday!!


Reception was at a nearby hotel in this town square with all these outdoor shops...so all the out of town guests were staying for the weekend to relax, drink, not worry about driving...


(I had set up all these 'Virginia' wecome baskets in their roomsfor things to do, foods/drink that are from here...a little goofy/funny poem I wrote about each of them!! LOL


We actually had a little 'scavenger hunt" for everone to do in between the dinner/cake...where I had a prize at the end of gift certificates to shop...like Lucky..people still talk about how our wedding was so much fun and different than most...


We all laughed, shared, cried, drank and DANCED our butts off till the wee hours of the morning...That was very important that my dress could MOVE when dancing since I didn't want to be 'stiff' sitting in some corner..hahaha....


The next morningwehad a 'come when you feel like' (ok..only after 10am!!! LOL) wear your PJ'sbrunch in our honeymoon suite so we could chat more one/one with friend's and family that we hadn't seen in awhile...


Then another casual dinner at our home with just family before we drove to the airport for our European honeymoon!


Since we had our home already set up with both of being older...we had 'donate to the couple's fun"..hahaha...for our honeymoon instead of buying any regualr wedding presents...People said they loved that since they didn't have to shop!!!!


The weddingreally 'sounds' more expensive than it was...I am a 'bargain' type girl and did all the work myself searched and bartered for months on everything and I actually LOVED every single minute of planning all the fun details...I do fundraising/event planning as a career so don't get stressed at all..it's a joy!


So...if I am ever blessed to be married again..it will just be whatever both of us want to plan...I really would love the whole beach/barefoot/casual dress kind of thing next time...but if the man I met hasn't been married before..or if he wants more formal..I'm sure we would figure it outIt's a day meant for celebration!