My Wedding
Married October 31, 2005 (ho ho ho ho! Forgot to tell you guys that long ago - oops!) I was married before Momo went missing. 
Full length picture of our clothes. I picked out the flowers and made my own bouquet (since my father forgot to order real flowers hehe) I think it turned out pretty nice 
Here are our wedding rings: 
Here is my sister with us - she was my "best woman" hehe. At least that's what I called her. I want to smack my brother-in-law - this was the only shot of my sister that you can see her in and he only got her when she was frowning. 
Here is my goofy dad with my husband. This is the 2nd and last picture of my family - if my mother hadn't brought our camera we wouldn't have any (but I only have hard copies of those). 
The kiss! 
I think this is one of the best pics of us together. 
Our reception: 
Fun stories: 1. After we were married - we walked to our car and on the way we were stopped twice by people who thought we had some great costumes! 
2. My father didn't order my flowers - so I found out one (or two) day(s) before my wedding that I wouldn't have a bouquet! My mother and I ran to Micheal's trying to ask if she could arrange one for me - we explained the situation calmly and she said "Sorry, I have orders before you!" Eek! I walked around - it was about 2 hours until I finally figured out what kind of style I could design well. I really liked it in the end - and it matched my dress I think. 
3. Due to some "family problems" on my husband's side our wedding date was changed around so much that my sister, uncle and cousin couldn't show up... we got it switched back to the original date and all three of them got to come. I was really happy in the end! ^_^ 4. We went to Chat, Tenn for our Honey Moon and I finally got to see their Art Gallery and the big aquarium! ^_^ We saw a giant catfish that could've probably swallowed Brad whole hehe. I think the reason why I forgot to write about my wedding was because I was incredibly hurt before it... several times during in... and a while afterwards. We fought all the way up to our Honey Moon - had a blow out fight while driving there - then everything was suddenly normal again. It was one of those - ok - this fight is stupid anyway - so let's get back to loving each other already. I think I wanted to forget about it for a while.
I guess if your interested I could post about all the stupid (and by that I mean horrid) things that happened during that time (blowing off steam is a lot of fun after all). My wedding was pretty nice though - and despite all the weird stuff at the start I am quite happy now. |
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| Can you tell us the significance of your wearing the komono? It's beautiful!
Sorry to hear you had a rough patch during the time of the wedding. They can be so stressful! But soooo GLAD you're happy now!!
Are you still finishing school this spring? Where did you guys decide to live? I remember you wanted to move out of Beaufort area. |
You look lovely! Yes, what is the significance of your komono. It's beautiful as are the flowers you arranged. Sounds like you had some stressful times and quite deserving as your dad forgot to order flowers  Planning my wedding 4 yrs ago was VERY stressful. I don't know anyone who hasn't had some crazy family story during the planning and aftermath of weddings. You're not alone! |
| Great pictures. I love how perfectly the flowers and Brad's shirt went with your kimono. I would never have guessed that those were last minute flowers. So pretty! You looked so serene.
At your reception, what is that pink dish on the table? Is that another cake? |
Great pics! I love the kimono  |
| Great pics. What a pretty wedding, your flowers look awesome! The background looks pretty and serene also. |
| Lovely photos Did you have Momo involved? |
| Love your pics!!!
Maybe the rough start just means you got ALL the bad stuff out of the way in the begining and it'll be smooth sailing from here on!!! |
| I love your kimono and I never would have guessed your flowers were last minute. |
| Just gorgeous, love the Kimono and the colours of it so pretty. Your husband looks so nice too, the shirt colour looks wonderful with your Kimono. Congrats to you and wish you many years of happiness |
 
I am so happy for you. I haven't seen a post from you for awhile so i had no idea!!! Right now i am in the thick of weeding plans, so i dno't know ho wyou survived, especially with your dad forgetting your flowers  The way it souneded last, with Momo and school, i didn;t think you would be able to get married for a while. I am glad that you were though.
Thanks for your story it'll give me perspective with my wedding plans
Belated Congratulations Shannon |
| If it makes you feel any better...I forgot the flowers, so my twin was on assignment to pick up new ones....she knows that I HATE babies breath...what is the main thing in the arrangement...you guessed it Babies breath...I was crying and trying to tear those weeds out of the bouquet...until my mom put her hand on my shoulders and told me to stop...its only flowers...btw...b and I got in a fight also on our honeymoon and didnt talk for 2 days.....I think it was de-stressing.....Your flowers look lovely and glad you made it through the honeymoon... It gets better and better....and just remember...grass is NOT greener on the other lawn, its just a different shade |
| Hey nice to hear from you again!
Congratulations! 
I had the same reaction as the others when reading your other post...hubby? whazzat? I didn't know you were married!! When did that happen? Then you posted again and got us all caught up to date. Wow you looked beautiful on your wedding day! Your hubby is good looking too! The flowers are gorgeous and in years to come you'll boast you did that lovely bouquet yourself! Best wishes to you! Marianne and the boys The boys are sending sloppy sheepie kisses to Momo  |
| Welcome back & congratulations.
Glad to hear Momo has recovered from her great escape. So now we know why you named your puppy Momo, because you like KiMOMO's? |
VerveUp wrote: So now we know why you named your puppy Momo, because you like KiMOMO's?
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| Congratulations! Great photos. Flowers are lovely. The best part about arguing is making up! You have to agree to disagree. Tough times may come and go, but hold true to your vows and in the years ahead you'll find the disagreements become fewer and farther between, as you truely do become one. God bless your happy union and guide you on your journey together. |
| Congrats! You both look great. BTW where was Momo in all of this? Best wishes for a great future. |
| You made a lovely bride. Congratulations. Weddings are very stressful. We had an unfortunate event occur at our wedding involving a relative, so it was hard to forget about it during the honeymoon. The marriage has turned out to be extremely happy and I also wish that happiness to you. |
| Sorry about the wait, I couldn't get online before the weekend - and this was my first chance.
I guess there is no significance to the Kimono other than I just like learning about Japanese culture. I really love their traditional clothes and I wanted to do something different than the usual. (Plus if I was going to spend so much on a dress I wanted to be able to wear it again). And to those that don't know - Momo's name is Japanese for Peach, or Peach Tree. Her name, and my other pets' names come from a graphic novel called "Peach Girl" it's some teen romance comic that I really liked. It was the first graphic novel series that Brad and I collected together. Momo and Kiley use their first names, while my other cat, Halifax, uses his last name.
Names: Mr. Toji Halifax, Mr. Kiley Frisken and Miss Momoko Fimbrethil. As far as the fun stuff from his side: His mother was a loon. When we first decided to involve the relatives (rather than just run off) Brad said that we could do it as long as his sister could come. O_o Which was really... really irritating but she was the FIRST one we called. She seemed like she wanted to go - but had a previeous engagement (something very important to her career). I didn't care that she was going to miss - (didn't hurt my feelings) because I knew that it was very important for her to go. She sounded pretty positive though - and was going to go... so we made plans for a week or so... of course NO one in my family was supposed to know for some stupid reason... even though there was like... NO time to hesitate to tell everyone. Finally I got to tell my family about it - and they said that they would come - some couldn't go because we WAITED so long to tell THEM! 
His sister called back later - said she couldn't come - and ASKED if we could change the date. O_o What few people of my side could come - had already asked for the time off - so I wasn't very happy. He only had his mother, sister, brother and possibly his father to think about... I have more close family than he does. I wanted him to have his sister there - but we ALREADY planned it before hand - and we had already agreed to not change our day even if someone had a problem with getting here during a weekday. Well - he asked to change the day. I was... angry. Because he lectured me for what seemed like forever about NOT changing the date - even though I completely agreed with him about NOT changing the day. We fought about it several times - all ending with him saying "yeah, we really shouldn't change the day - like we agreed before" which is husband for "yes dear - but I am going to completely go back on everything I say tomorrow when I ask you again to change your mind." His mother came up with the idea of having our wedding in Atlanta - but only having a week later so his sister could come, and all of my family would be close enough to see it. He proposed it that way and that was a compromise I could deal with - since the people in my family that were going to come - could come and so could his sister. Well - after I agreed to it - the very next day he said his mother didn't want to drive to Atlanta... and that they would have to do their driving all in one day (which is untrue - they had money for a hotel)! So I had called all of my relatives the night before informing them that the day had changed but it would be closer... so they talked to their bosses... >_< We fought again... The day was changed back a couple days later... My extended family informed me they weren't going to come now because they didn't know when the date changing would stop. I tried to figure out ways to help his sister get there - such as getting married at 9pm and going later so she could catch a flight... I kept trying to figure out something - but we would be getting married at 1 am if all went according to plan. O_O So it couldn't happen. I was the one doing the research - not anyone else. I even found out afterwards that Brad was going to use our honeymoon money to fly her out... pretty much... we weren't going to HAVE a honeymoon. THEN - His mother informed him that she wasn't going to go to the wedding because it would upset his sister. We fought again because he was upset - and I called her every bad name you could call a woman. I called him some horrible things too.
It was all I could do at that point to think I could stomach marrying him and going into his... family. His mother griped every time one of my family memebers decided that they were going to go to the wedding again... and I mean each and every single one... I had to listen to complaining endlessly when someone else decided that they were going to come. 
"Things" kept happening - such as - at one point there was only 5 people allowed... at once... which I told him point blank that if the priest he chose decided to pull something like that we wouldn't be getting married by her. Little... stupid things that would make it to were my family couldn't come kept poping up again and again and I couldn't understand why Brad was treating me that way. P.S. His mother and the priest are best friends.
At our reception his mother said that he would "regret not having his sister there" because of their magical twin bond or some garbage like that. She also "hated" my sister because she "complained about the cake" even though all she did was ask where the strawberries were - since I described in detail what the cake was going to look like... as Brad described to me... since I wasn't allowed to be present to talk to the cake-maker... since it was another friend of his mother. O_o He said that there would be something cute on top... like a tux and wedding dress strawberry... there wasn't and she was just wondering. Which turned into "my sister was a steaming pile of hate - complaining about the lack of strawberries" After we were married I was utterly fed up with his stupid family. When we finally left for our honeymoon... his beautiful mother talked to me about how upset his sister was and once again how Brad would regret not having his sister there - their special twin bond... blah blah blah... I begain my tirade of his family again on the way up - because he mentioned my sister being mean to his mom?!?!?! Anyway - everything turned out in the end... the wedding was really nice despite his family. I think the only thing that kept me sane was my sister and my cousin comming to take care of me. I think he likes to please his family a lot... which is sad that he would try to bow to their every whim at my expense (like yelling at me if they don't have their way). He has turned back into "Brad" again - the man I actually fell in love with before the whole wedding thing. He wanted to have another wedding for his sister to see before we even had our first one... but even if we had the chance - I would NEVER get married to him again! I think once is enough. I already gained 20 lbs from the stress of the first one hehe. No more!
The good part is that we are getting along again - we still fight and all (we always have) but it's not as bad as it was that time. Thank God for the end of weddings.  I am happy I married him - even though I was wondering if I was in my right mind when I did hehe. |
| WHEW
I hope the first anniversay is a bit smoother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just goes to show, you can make some of the people happy some of the time, all the people happy some of the time and some times you CAN'T MAKE ANYBODY HAPPY
It can only get better from here on!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| That my friend, Is why I got married in Vegas!
So stress, no family craziness and no fighting  |
| Next time...
ELOPE! |
| Wow! That's all I can, and will, say. Wow!
Chris |
| OMG
You must be a saint in desguise!!! Wow, that is a lot of family brew haha. I can tell you right now i ould not hav ebeen able to deal with any of the family issues. My immediate family is a bit crazy and demanding also. The situation with the twin sitster is uniques but still crazy none the less. When we had our engagment party we sat everybody down and straight out told them that we would be planning it, if we wanted advise we would ask for it first, we decide the date & time, even if it is on a Tuesday(which it will be). and that anything we do, we don't really care about all the wedding etiquite and rules crap!!! So they got the point. Plans are moving along nicley and i am not worring about hurting anybodies feelings. I am just glad you guys amde it through and are now enjoying marital bliss 
Shannon |
| That is something for the family members of ANYONE getting married to remember- PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE BRIDE AND GROOM MISERABLE! THIS IS THEIR WEDDING, NOT YOURS!!! I think more fights, disagreements, tears, and general hard feelings arise out of family members sticking their noses in wedding plans then any other reason combined!
I am remembering this when I have children and they go to get married (along with if/when my sister gets married). I'm taking a hands off approach- only giving advice if they ask for it, paying for as much as I can afford, and only asking that their father and I can be there to see it. Otherwise it is up to them!!! So in other words- I feel your pain Integra! Big time! Glad everything has smoothed over now |
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