Happy Anniversary!

Today is a wonderful day! Five years ago today I married my soul mate! It was a wonderful day and went almost exactly like I planned it.

We started the day off with setting up the chairs. Don and Philip got all the chairs lined up. The ferns were in place and we were just waiting for Don to bring in the fire truck. Yes, we were getting married in front of a fire truck. What can I say, it's who we are. Don left my parents house to get ready, and I started getting ready. I went to have my hair done and ran into Walmart to pick up a last minute item. While standing in line to check out, I could see the huge black cloud outside. I needed to get home to get ready for the wedding, but the cashier was bugging the guy in front of me. They knew each other and she knew he was on a motorcycle. I finally got out of there and then back to my parents house. I sat in the living room watching the weather channel to see this huge storm heading for us. Then I looked outside to watch the rain come down on my wedding day. Everything was to be outside at my parents house and it was raining :( . I hadn't seen it rain that hard in a while, but it was not what I wanted.

I lost track of time watching the rain, but finally went into my parents room to get ready. While I was getting ready, my dad was outside in the drizzle getting the chairs. He then dried off every chair and moved them into the garage of their house. The plan was that if it rained, we would get married in the garage. Yes you heard me..... the garage. My parents had just built the house and moved in so the garage was empty.

I forgot several things that day... like putting the guest registry out... it got put out after the wedding. And I failed to get some pictures, but that is all in the past now.

The wedding was beautiful! The only flowers used were what my sister-in-law (my matron of honor), Kaitlyn (my flower girl), and myself carried. I was escorted down the aisle (meaning out the back door, down the sidewalk, and into the garage by my wonderful daughter and my nephew. Don and I wrote our vows (or I should say that I found them in a book and fell in love with them). It was perfect!!!