Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Night of the Wedding

After the reception Brad and I drove off in Grandma and Grandpa's cadillac with a cute sign that said, "Just Hitched." It was nice to have a minute alone with Brad and talk about how wonderful the night went. We drove to our Honeymoon Suite at the Skagit Hotel. It was amazing. The room was cozy and so relaxing. We had a fireplace in our room, it was very romantic. My only wish is that we could have stayed longer. The only thing we forgot to do before we left is take the latches off of the 30 buttons downt he bottom of my wedding dress, it was really funny because Brad has such big fingers. Eventutally it worked and then.......

you didn't think I'd tell you what happened did you?

Lets just stick with, and they lived happily ever after :)

I Do.....Forever and Ever Babe

The morning of the wedding the girls and I had our hair done. Everyone looked so pretty. I was getting a little ancy because I was sitting around so I started to do Mom Tesch, Jenny, myself and Becky's makeup. From there we went straight to the Grand Willow to start getting ready. It all went really fast. Right after I put my dress and veil on it was time for pictures. We did the reveal outside. Brad was faced in the other direction and i came up behind him. I love that look that he gives me. I'll never ever get tired of it. We did a few shots outside and people started to arrive so we rushed inside. I feel like we didn't get any pictures so I was sort of bummed. I hope we got a few really great shots. Next thing I know Dad was ready to walk me down the aisle. It was perfect. I walked down the staris to a version of Canon in D in electric guitar. I couldn't get the smile off of my face. Everyone who I love was there to support us. It was beautiful. Marc did an amazing job as our minister. My bridesmaids looked stunning. Their dresses were sooooo pretty. I opted out for the ugly poofy sleeves dress :) Our little flower girls looked so adorable in their little dresses. I can't wait to see the video of the wedding so that I can see what they looked like when they walked down the aisle, everyone said it was super cute because Audrey went back and picked up the petals she dropped. Brad and I wrote our own vows....he truly amazed me with the words of love to me. I've never been so happy. I tried to keep it together while I recited my vows, but it was so hard :) I think he like it though. As we were saying I do, I handed him a piece of carved drift wood that said "I DO".....when brad told me that he loved me I found a piece of drift wood on the beach that said, "Brad loves Nikki" When we had our first big fight I found another one that said, " Always Kiss me Goodnight." When he proposed he gave me one that said, "I want to grow old with you." SO it seemed appropriate to carve one for him. I hope he liked it. After wards it was pretty much a blur....we talked to.....everyone, smiled a lot, and danced. Dinner was good, our cake was yummy, my flowers were perfect. Our first dance was a little tough since brad had three broken toes...ha ha ha. My dance with my dad was really special, he kept the song a surprise from me. All in all, it was.......PERFECT. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband, family, and friends. I am so happy to be MRS. TESCH!!!!!!!!

I only have a few photos, but here are some of them.

Rehearsal Night

The day of the rehearsal was pretty busy. I spent the morning at the salon getting my long beautiful hair extentions put in. It took forever, but was totally worth it, my hair looked so long and so pretty. Afterwards Becky and I scrambled to get ready for the Rehearsal and the dinner. The rehearsal went so well, the music was in order, everyone knew where to stand and what to do, and things were set up at the grand willow so I could see the decorations. It was perfect. Just how I always pictured it. I made shirts for the kids too, they were super cute. Afterwards we went to Johnny Carinos for dinner for yummy italian food. I made bride and groom favor boxes for the night with m&m's they looked really cute on the tables. I'm glad I spent the time to make them, it was a really cute touch. We even had Bride and Groom Pimp cups. I couldn't help myself, they were so fun, I had to get them! Everyone had a great time and I was super tired so Brandy, Becky, Sister, and I came back to our apartment and stayed the night. It was a lot of fun to hang out with my girls. Brad stayed at Wil's house. I didn't want to see him the night before the wedding.

Bachelorette Party

On Thursday May 21, my sister threw me a bachelorette party in Anacortes. We started the night out at the Rock Fish Grill for dinner, it was really yummy. Afterwards we headed to Country Corner to sing Karoke in a dive bar and have some drinks. Caroline and Phelana showed up with the embarassing blowup doll named Peter Pecker. It was really funny. I had a total of three drinks and I was trashed. I hate drinking. All of the girls got up and sang going to the chapel for me Karoke Style, it was so sweet. Everyone sang, we had a great time! When Becky and I got home Brad and Daniel laughed at us because I fell when I got to the fridge, I'm such an idiot. Can you see why I don't like to drink? Here are a few pictures from the nightGen, Tara and I at my folks house before the partyThe Girls: Tara, Sister, Gen, Becky, Brandy, Me, Robin, Great Aunt Anne, and Aunt Nancy, my mom was there too!Aunt Nancy, Great Aunt Anne, and Sister eating dinner at the rockfish grillSinging Nancy Sinatra, These boots.My Best friend Becky and I at the Corner