My folks:
One of our “Ring Security Guards!” {The other was with the babysitter at this point.}
Our two ushers from Switzerland {my cousins} and our “Happy Helper” {a dear friend from high school}:
My two sisters-in-law and one of my bro’s-in-law:
Two of my college roomies and my other bro-in-law!
Another college roomie, Mike’s friend since grade school, and my closest friend since first grade!
Let me preface this next one by saying I was really proud of everyone’s intros… BUT when I told people to get crazy and have fun, I knew these three would bring their A-Games. Meet our two Honorable Matrons {both are two of my BFFs} and a Bestman {who has been one of Michael’s best friends for years.} Way to go guys. I think y’all even showed up our entrance!
Fun right?? Once we were all out on the dance floor, the dj cued our first dance. We picked one that not many people had even heard of. It was one that I had randomly found years ago while surfing YouTube. I absolutely love this song, not just for it’s soul, but the lyrics are great. {Cue music change in the youtube box below…}
Michael decided {a month before our wedding!!} that he wanted to take dance lessons. Since this seemed important to him, and I was terribly afraid he wouldn’t dance with me otherwise (!!) so we went ahead and squeezed in 6 private dance lessons. I highly recommend this to anyone who is getting married. Even if you want to spend your first dance relaxing and not counting “1, 2, 3…” in your head - this was almost like marriage counseling for us! It was a wonderful way to spend time together, learning something new. I would just encourage you to start 6 months out, not 6 weeks out.
{If you are local I highly recommend Amy’s! She was a great teacher who put up with our quirky traits and lack of skills. We learned a lot! But to be honest, we were both too afraid to call her up after our wedding to tell her how we did… Our dip was a little iffy to say the least!}
Without further ado, here are a few snap shots of our first dance:
We started out slow, doing the middle school shuffle… we didn’t tell anybody about our dance lessons, so we were hoping to surprise them a bit! This first picture is one of my favorites because, to me, it captured that one moment of “we have a secret that nobody knows…” and “holy crap, here we go!”
Our first twirly spin {can’t you tell I learned a lot about the technical dancing terms??} when our guests realized we were actually dancing. {Or trying to…!}
To be fair, Amy, if you are reading this - our dip looked a heck of a lot better in our video… I swear!
Even though our facial expressions are rediculous and you can tell we were so worried about getting the right steps, I wouldn’t have changed anything! {Other than possibly practicing with a giant dress on… that would’ve helped!} Happy Wedding Wednesday friends! As always, thanks for joining me while I take a little stroll down memory lane. I can’t believe this celebration was just a mere 9 months ago! Time flies! Catch ya next week for another glimpse into the party!
As always, I’m linking up with these lovely gals:
