This not only was the BEST day of my life, but also the most stressful. Nate and I arrived to the temple at 9:30 for our 11 AM appointment (Well, lets be honest I got there at like 10). We were asked to present our marriage license and neither of us had a clue as to what they were asking. Both of us were under the impression that the temple took care of everything; including our license. We were then told to rush down to 21st and State to get one. We literally ran to Nate's car and drove as fast as we could. Upon arriving we realized that it was not only our wedding day, but Veteran's Day as well. At that moment I felt my heart break into a bazillion little pieces. My mom called me and also informed me of what we already knew, she told us that we were going to have to fake it and then get married on Monday. I felt like Carrie on SATC when Big tells her he is not coming! So many emotions were going through my head. We then arrived back at the temple and we were told to wait while they called in favors to have a clerk come in and issue us a license. We waited while the temple worker called several county clerks. Finally at about 10:30 we got a hold of Sherrie Swenson and she agreed to meet us!!!! At this moment I accepted that my 11-11-11 at 11 AM was out the window, but I was so grateful that I would at least get my wedding day. We piled back into Nate's car and drove on back down to 21st and State to get our license. We then rushed back to the temple to GET MARRIED!!!
We had to track down a couple more documents upon arrival that added a tiny bit more stress to our day, but we were able to get them and finally load the elevator. My mom, aunt, uncle, our temple worker, Annie, Nate, and I were talking about how amazing that it was for us to actually get a license and after what felt like hours I asked, "where are we going?!? This is the longest elevator ride of my life!" Bless our little elderly temple worker; she forgot to push the button! At this point I was so stressed because I knew our friends and family had taken off work to be there for us and I felt awful! FINALLY, we arrive into the bride's room and I quickly dress for our ceremony. After watching 4-5 brides be taken into the next room to meet their groom I started getting anxious and worried about Nate. My temple lady goes again to check for Nate and he is still not there.... she comes back and informs me, "honey, your groom bailed". At this point I was DONE; I told my lil gal that she better go find him and make him marry me :) After a few more minutes my fiance' made his way into the room and I was able to go and meet him. (He explained later that his temple worker made his situation super stressful therefore causing the hold-up). We then were escorted into a room and told to wait with the other bazillion couples there were that day. We waited and waited for what seemed like eternity, when finally I saw my sister, mom, brother-in-law.... etc. walk by. I knew this meant we were getting close!!!!!!!!!!! I have never been more relieved in my life. Our ceremony was absolutely perfect as were the pictures to follow.
Following pictures we headed up to the reception center for more pictures. Due to the delay no one was at the church yet. Nate wanted to take his car to our house to ensure no one would do damage to it, so off he went and I was left with my nieces and Ciara (the photographer). Finally Nate's groomsmen arrived and asked me where their tuxedos were so they could go change for the ring ceremony. I told them it was their responsibility to get their tuxedos and that neither Nate; nor I picked them up for them..... boys! By this time I honestly did not care. I was just so thrilled to be married and wanted to be on my honeymoon. Nate's groomsmen did however drive like race car drivers down to 33rd to pick them up and I truly am so grateful that they did not get hurt in doing this. They arrived back just in time for the ring ceremony (one of the groomsman's pants were like 7 sizes too big, so my sis aka wedding coordinator :) just had him wear jeans, which looked great. Another groomsman forgot his shoes, so he wore bright red ones). The ring ceremony was absolutely perfect! I was so scared and amazed I was able to pull it off.
The reception was super fun and it was truly so wonderful to see so many amazing friends come from a far to support us!!!! I had SO many girlfriends from high school come and it made my day! You all know who you are :)
Thanks to everyone for making my day so incredibly perfect! My sister for assisting as the wedding coordinator, Matt for taking such awesome pictures, my bridesmaids that truly helped in every way, Annie for keeping me sane in the temple and letting me borrow the tv, Uncle Rick and Aunt Denise for making sure everything went off accordingly, Aunt Di and Uncle Mike for chatting me through the entire process and helping with the centerpieces, my dad for providing the beautiful flowers and photobooth, Scoot and B for getting my luggage so I was not stuck in a wedding dress on my honeymoon, my mom for being there for all the appointments and for support, and last but not least my husband for being right by my side through the chaos, laughs, fun, etc.
From 11-11-11 to eternity
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