Ty · and · Rose's · Love · Journal

Hey All! Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes through all that madness. I'm just glad it's over OVER ... >_> over Over!! :) So much has happened in such a lil amount of time. I'm in MISSOURI.. it's nice here, different but also the same in many ways. Oh and I just got off the phone with my mother-in-law. Luke and I have to remember to make and send everyone thank you cards. If you'd like an e-card please leave us your email address.

Pictures won't come for a while I'm afraid... not for like maybe another month. Money is so hard for Luke and I. I really hoped people would give us money for wedding gifts but no, we got stuffs (glasses mostly lol). We did get a nice amount from my friend Kathy and my brother Ronnie although his gift was like a trick. His was like the kiss of Judas truly. But that's a whole long story that I'll probably never take the time to explain for the simple fact of it's over and stupid on his part. At any rate tho, we have to gather the negatives and pics from family who took them, then develop when we get the money THEN scan... so don't hate on us for not posting pics soon.

The day before the wedding was so hectic. Luke and I took most of the day packing and rushing here and there... finally in the evening Luke, his mom and niece, me, my parents and my brother all went to the church for practice. Practice was nice. Well except for my DAD! Wow, that man must have lost his rhythm or something lol. He couldn't do the graduation march (that's the step we choose). hehehe... It's funny b/c he did the same messed up stepping in the actual ceremony AND it's on video lol. I have to remind my parents, my brother someone to send me a copy of that video cuz it's too funny. Yep, my parents video cammed the whole wedding and the cutting of the cake.

The practice was simple and short. The day of, we got up and ate and I was so pressured I think I was pressuring Luke some - he didn't really say it tho cuz he's a sweetheart. So we packed up most of the food and so forth and went up to the church, I think about 9:50 or so. I started arranging things but Luke's mom arrived about 15 mins later and took over. She was like an army sergeant lol. It was funny but weird... I'll get used to it. I think that shows a bit about Luke's personality too. Then I don't know, it was suddenly 11am! I had to leave the setting up totally to my mom-in-law and go off to get dressed. MY MOM WAS NOT THERE YET! Urg.. I was so upset for a few minutes... I'm like, where is she. Soon, Linda (Luke's mom) came in and helped me with my dress. My mom was still not there. It was just about 11:30 when she did finally arrive.. I was so happy. Oh and I knew by this time Luke was dressed and upstairs ^_^... he came to the door and asked me where the marriage license was... So I knew things were being prepared. I asked his mom if people were arriving and she said a few.

Y'know it was between the time I went to dress and right then, that I finally became what EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD kept asking me (and Luke), I was nervous, finally. Before this point there was NO nervousness, no regret, no nothing... just 'Let's get this over with'. This nervousness wasn't as bad as when I have to stand in front of a crowd and give an oral report, or like when I have to stand up on stage and do a play... it was a slight bit less and it was a whole lot different.

Well when my mom arrived I was finally happy and immediately could see she was out of breathe and bothered that she was late. I asked why and she said your grandmother - and I knew exactly what that meant! She put on Linda's corsage and her own and started taking pics of me. Linda too lol. But then Linda had to leave out and honestly I was glad for the private time with my mother right before the ceremony. I love my mom so much and she is a best friend of mine. My mom fixed my dress and my tiara and veil (yea I had both!) and more pictures.. then it was just about time... so we went out......

.......it was kinda funny, y'know Luke wasn't supposed to see me until I came marching down the aisle. Hehehe... he was standing outside the sanctuary doors when I came out @_@ he looked then said "oops" and went back in the sanctuary lol. Silly.. and honestly by this time (actually a few minutes after my mom got there) the nervousness had receded. Linda, me, mom and daddy all stood outside the doors talking, as the pastor came and escorted first Linda, then my mom inside. My dad and I stood outside, thinking (from -practice) the music would change slightly and we would know to come to the door for the wedding march... hahhahaaaa :P nope, the music didn't change and pastor's wife had to actually come out and say they're ready for you lol. (talk about clumsy), but I don't think anyone noticed. So my dad and I began walking done and it was weird. Everyone was looking at us (me?) and I wasn't no different than usual. I saw many people that I knew and cared about. Camera's were flashing it was surreal really. Then I looked up and saw my handsome groom. I had seen him in the tux before (b/c we wanted to make sure everything fit right) but wow, he looked like Ken standing up there. My mom said when she saw him she said that 'I really did it, I married Ken' and that I was Barbie ^_^... Wedding Barbie :) Everything from there went smooth for the most part.

Another funny thing (besides my dad's shuffle down the aisle) was when it ended, Luke and I was supposed to walk down the aisle (fast) and go down the stairs for greeting of Mr. and Mrs. y'know. Well Luke and I walked fast and got to the stairs outside the doors and we hear pastor yell "Stop right there Luke and Michelle" O_O huh? So we stop and there is a few short words spoken to the guests then pastor says Come back in, let's do it again~~something to that nature. We're like HUH?? lol. It was funny. We were posing for pictures because pastor said no photographs during the ceremony. So we posed lol, it was quite funny. Like "REDO" or "TAKE TWO". I even told Luke it was like we were actors. But the whole ceremony was kinda odd... like for real but also like unnecessary. Only because Luke and I had long before taken vows in our hearts before God. But this was official vows before God and man, that we would be dedicated to each other and to our Lord as ONE. :) So that's neat.

It was fun but the absolute best part was when Luke and I left and Luke drove :) and we went to our hotel. It was a VERY VERY nice hotel, with kitchen area (dish washer too), living room area, super comfy bed, and lovely bathroom. The tub seemed big and the shower Luke said was great (I took a bath ^__________^). It was like luxury hehehe. Finally we were alone and could rest. I really enjoyed the time with Luke and have been enjoying it ever since.

So that's what happened from my side... from Luke's.. hehehe well we'll just see if and when he'll get around to updating this thing lol. HAPPY SATURDAY!