As planning for the wedding started, choosing a date was turning out
to be a lot harder than I thought!! Garrett and I threw around several
dates for our wedding. I love the patterns of numbers and I have always
tried to use my favorite number, 5, in parts of my life or find it in
the numbers around me. For instance, I was the number 12 in softball
during college. 5 was already taken, sad, but 5+7 (my other favorite
number) = 12! ha ha... so Garrett and I tossed around Oct. 5th 2012,
January 5, 2013 as possible wedding dates. The decision to get married
January 5, 2013 as our wedding date. It best suited all parties
involved.
I was having a real sad feeling about that
date because planning a winter wedding was something I never imagined
for myself. Garrett and I started per-marriage counseling soon after our
engagement and during that time we decided that we were going to choose
a date that worked for us, and decided to get married sooner.
August 12, 2012 was the day we would hold our actual wedding.
We
began planning an engagement party to make sure our out of town family
would be able to make it out our wedding. We also spilled the beans to
out of town family too that we would be getting married in August. As
the day came closer, our counselors helped us realize that my family
would be very saddened to know it was my wedding the day of.
We
began to share with family members that the day had been changed, and
when the real wedding would take place. Many were happy, a few were
confused, and some were sad. I shared in the sadness too, especially
with my sister Lindsay. I was risking her not being at the wedding with
the new baby on the way, and unsure of how life would be after the
birth.
Planning turned into high gear, and within 3 weeks, our WEDDING was here!!!
It was a beautiful, HOT day! We had so many people there helping set
up and organize the ceremony and reception site. We planned a small
wedding, at the Red Cross Building downtown Vancouver. We held the
ceremony outside on the brick patio, and the reception was inside the
beautiful historic building. Here are little glimpses of our BIG day!
Getting
ready at my little tiny apartment, which was a total mess!!! My hair
and make-up was done by Jessica Gandy. I originally decided that I was
going to do my own hair and make-up to save money, but last minute (the
week before) I had asked Jessica. The story behind that, Jessica was a
neighborhood girl that Kelsey and I went to school with along with
Jessica's brother. I happened to look on facebook and liked Jessica's
hair. I just emailed her and asked if it was something she would be
interested in doing. Jessica lives in Idaho now, and was going to be
visiting family in Vancouver the weekend of the wedding so she was
delighted to help!! LUCKY ME!! Jessica flew in the night before the
wedding and we met to go over what I was thinking for hair and make-up!
She did a fabulous job, and my hair stayed for most of the honeymoon!!
Katie, one of Garrett's younger sister's and Kyron
Flowers
were all local and hand picked. I went to Dave's Dahlias, Saturday
morning and picked most of what I could. Dave and his wife life down the
street from my mom's house. Mrs. Radkie taught as our local elementary
school. She was my sister's teacher and also Garrett's teacher! She also
sings in church with my Grandma!! I loved having so many connections in
making this wedding! My BFF Kara also recommended Wayne's Dahlias.Wayne
and his wife are a retired couple that own a beautiful dahlia farm. I
walked down the rows and marked the flowers I wanted for the wedding.
They picked and wrapped them for me, which made making arrangements very
easy!
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| If you look closely, you can see the PURPLE mom added to my dress!! |
Pictures turned out beautiful! With so many textures
and
backgrounds provided by the Historic Fort. I love how the colors of the
flowers and dresses POP off the brick and the white wood!
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| This is one of my favorites! It looks like a magazine add. |
The
details of our wedding were so simple. I designed the wedding program
and printed them off at home. The Better Together sign came from left
over wood in my Brother-in-laws yard! The cake knife and server were
used in both of my sister's weddings. We added beads of each sister's
wedding colors
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| Kelsey found these R napkins that made a great finishing touch! |
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| Aunt Kelly giving me a Hankie from Ester. |
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| MY SHOES!!! |
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| This candle was our symbol of Garrett's late father Robert. It was on our alter |
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| We stayed traditional and this was our FIRST look!! |
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| Sealed with a KISS!! |
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| SISTERS! SO happy they were here to share the love! |
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| BABY CONRAD!!!! |
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| The
birds on our cake were Garrett's Great Grandmothers. I saw them on his
mother's counter and asked if I could use them. We had no idea what we
were going to put on top! These were perfect! |
We
had so much fun celebrating our new marriage with family and friend!!
We left the wedding in Garrett's truck and headed to a surprise (for me)
honeymoon. We headed east out to the Gorge. We spent 3 days at the
Skamania Lodge. We entered the room filled with decorations! Garrett's
aunts came to the room before the wedding and decorated it with a sign,
candles, and flowers!! It was great, I have never had a sign before! Our
room came complete with a bottle of wine and glasses, I'm not sure if
we were supposed to leave the glasses but I took them to remember our
stay (plus, my mom has hers from their honeymoon!). We also had
complementary breakfast, which I was in love with! SO MUCH BACON!! and a
s'more package to roast at their fire pit. More to come from the honeymoon adventures!!!
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