grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.

Almost one year ago (on August 08, 2008) Michael and I celebrated our wedding day and began to share our life in such an intimate way. One year later, I still tear up looking at the photos from that day.

AT THE HAIR SALON

Me.

My mom

GETTING OUR MAKEUP DONE

Me. My best friend (bridesmaid) Valerie.

My cousin Melissa (bridesmaid).

My mom.

Jessica (friend/bridesmaid).
Our flowergirl, Abrianna (valerie's daughter).

MY DRESS

One of my favorite pictures!

MY SHOES

Beautiful, but not so comfortable.

OUR RINGS
GETTING DRESSED
Getting zipped into my dress by valerie.

Ready!

THE BOYS GETTING READY

My brother/groomsman helping Michael with his tie. I love this picture so much.
::whistle, whistle::

THE GIRLS

THE BOYS
My brother, Michael's two brothers, and Michael

THE CEREMONY
(DETAILS)

PORTRAITS

Michael with his parents : )

me and my brother, Ricky

our beautiful flowergirl, Abrianna.

Michael with his brother Nathan and sister Leslie.

Me and my mom. She looked so pretty!

OUR RECEPTION

our cake serving set chocolate fountain. yum!

We danced to "Make me Whole" by Amel Larrieux.
such a beautiful song. we had the hardest time choosing one.
(you can listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_Ykh9Xu00)

This is the best picture we have of our centerpieces and table numbers. I made the centerpieces myself with the help of my close friend, Sara.

Michael's uncle made us custom wine bottles. They are so neat! He made some for our bridal party as well. The label is our save-the-date.

Our cake. The top and bottom layers were french vanilla cake with strawberry filling. The middle layer was chocolate with ganache filling. I loved our lovebird cake topper!

We had a photo guestbook (of our engagement pictures), framed pictures of our parents cutting their cakes on their wedding day and framed pictures of michael and I throughout our lives.

Memory candles.

Michael dipping into the chocolate fountain for me : ) Otherwise I would have had a brown and white gown!

My dad and I danced to "I loved her first" by Heartland.

Our monogrammed ice sculpture. It turned out so much better than I had anticipated.
At our sweetheart table, listening to the speeches.

Guests!

I hope you enjoyed the photos! I can't wait until we have a house and I actually have space to frame/display some of my favorites.

We leave for NY on Saturday (our anniversary!!!!) so I likely won't blog until Tuesday or so. Have a great weekend : )