I’ve been busy getting married and honeymooning with my HUSBAND that I’ve had little time for blogging. It’s been all I dreamed and more. I love being married and feel so lucky that I landed in the lap of this fun loving, giving, funny as hell, affectionate smart loving man who asked me to marry him. I’m still in PA at our home here for a few more days loving the long views and fresh breezes. We’ve been having an utter ball being married, things just get better and better I’m happy to say.
Here are some photos of our time up to the wedding and our beautiful simple wedding itself next to the stunning Niagara Falls. By the way if you’ve never been, get yourself there! And stay at the Sheraton on the Falls! Just breathtaking. I’ve never seen or felt anything quite like it and can’t wait to go back again. I’ll post another entry on our honeymoon soon but for now…our special wedding day (and the days leading up to it traveling to Canada).
Gotta love a man who can pack a car brilliantly.
on our way!
Remember these little guys from my Treasure Map? The ones that drew me to my beloved? Yes, I found them. 🙂
(see?)
Yes we pretty much hopped in the robes and popped open a bottle of champagne upon arriving to our room. Check out the view!
My redo on this dress before our fantastic wedding eve dinner at AG at the Sterling Hotel –wonderful meal!
No wedding ring yet 😉
Falls lit at night from our window
breakfast the morning of our wedding
John’s foxhead pocket square in his royal blue velvet blazer (hot)
my boots under my layers of lace ruffles
got a free gift bag of cosmetics from the spa where I had my hair done
awww he’s helping me tie my boots
a collection of sentimental things we both carried for the ceremony
before we headed out to the wedding site (didn’t take any pics out there as we had a professional photographer and were too busy getting married!)
we did it!
our wedding dinner overlooking the Falls at our hotel
one of my “something borroweds”
surprised my groom with this little cake and fox/owl cake topper 😉
dancin in the elevator after our wedding dinner (burp!)
a little too much champagne perhaps? 😀
A video of the morning after:
What a fantastic day all the way around, perfect in every way!
Some highlights of the ceremony: we wrote each other’s vows that we didn’t know a word of until we each opened a sealed envelope at the ceremony spot. They were surprisingly or rather unsurprisingly similar.
Here is a photo of our rings with each other’s fingerprint lasered in to the gold. We also had the words “faith and surrender” engraved on the inside. They feel like a second skin.
Here’s to True Love! ❤
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I am so proud of you.. and so blessed to be able to share in your happiness… even through this social medium… it looked like an amazing experience and you so deserve it! You make me want to be a better person… I wish you much happiness and joy for the rest of your life… ❤
Thank you Gail!
I love your love & thank you for sharing, you are an inspiration to say the least. Your writing speaks to my soul, words known, but which I cannot express. I’ve walked a similar path but cannot reveal my personal pain…because that makes it too real to handle. I am so proud of you. May God continue to bless your Union. Fate is so awesome!
So very happy for you both. Thank you for sharing your life, love and experience with us. I wish you both nothing but health, prosperity, happiness, endless love, faith and blessings.
I just feel your joy and happiness. Thanks for the sneak peak.
It looks like the perfect way to celebrate your love and commitment to each other! Congratulations to you both! May you always feel the magic you felt in that moment.. it will carry you through and keep it real. Sending love and light to you as you begin this new exciting phase of your lives together.
Congratulations you two!!!! And thank you for sharing with us!!!! God bless, and enjoy the adventure!!!!
So Beautiful and sweet! Blessings on your journey together! ❤
I always love your pictorials, they convey so many thoughts. I see love, courage, wisdom, and a blooming life of laughter ahead. Congratulations to two very special friends I have had the pleasure to follow. Life is full of balancing each other’s ups and downs, and being there when we need a smile, a hug, a laugh.
Thanks so much for sharing your life with us, my KatieCoo!
Congratulations to you both! Thank you for sharing your happiness with us. Your wedding was beautiful; and I loved the way you integrated the fox and owl throughout. The collection of things you both carried shows what cool, sensitive people you are. God bless your life together, and make it an adventure!
I said congrats elsewhere, but should have been here. Conrgratulations. wishing you both a lifetime of happiness!