so, i think i will try to just hit any highlights and post some pics that could maybe be a help for anyone reading...
so all parties were accounted for at the WP. again, i am glad we did do a video after all, because i am missing like half the ceremony! so we are hiding in the vestibule, everyone was really inside by when we got there -
and let me interupt to say, i didn't realize all kinds of wedding elves come and help your planner! there were no less than 3 other people from DFTW with like headsets and walkie talkies to work the logistics of getting us over to the venue and not bumping into each other! everything is kind of a blur, so of course i don't have any names, although i am positive they introduced themselves. they carried stuff, made sure my MOH's clothes got to the reception site, even had a mimosa for the groom and myself when we arrived after pictures!
so, the elves were around, vicki came in and took a few pictures, then they started picking off my crew one by one! ok, i really only had a crew of 2 but still!!
so i couldn't really hear music or anything (the area is seperated from the main building).then lisa came to get my brother and i (who spent the whole morning going "are you nervous? what about now? now? how bout now?" etc. etc. - little brothers... ). i could sort of hear music when we walked over, but honestly i couldn't tell what they were playing. to back up, the officiant, groom, best man and MOH all came in (seperately) to "Baroque Hoedown (aka MSEParade music), andat the rehearsal we changed and decided to hoave the mothers walk in together to "Small World", especially when my step mom said that was my step dad's favorite
disneyland song. my song was secret all this time from trace - "When You Wish Upon A Star" - but i don't think either of us heard that.
so the doors open and we walk down. the rest seemed to go by pretty quick. my MOHs mom sang us a song - she was pretty terrific! she sang "In My Life" by the beatles, but interwove a little personlized section about trace and i - glad we have that on video! we repeated vows, good thing because i could barely talk, trace almost was not looking at me and then he started getting teary, and i can sincerely say it took another 24 hours before my mouth began generating saliva again, so every kiss was weird and awkward!! haha! well weird feeling because i was a dry little chip up there.
i was a little confused as to when to walk and kiss and all that at the end, but i knew what to expect from rev miller, i was just out of body. he introduced us and i cannot remember did we kiss again or walk? i was waiting to hear the music play, and it seemed like we were going before the music, but my sense of time was way out of whack!
our photographers had made a suggestion about the streamer cannon - and a good one - that had me change my "vision" of the recessional. they explained that the streamers shoot out about the far 1/2 of the WP. they don't shot all up at the altar - so if you want to be in them or get picturs of you in them, you need to come about halfway down the aisle. he also pointed out that then your guests could be in the picture because they would be turned back to look at you leave. well, we followed these suggestins and things were marvelous!
then we did 18 staged exits - out thedoor, around the corner, back around, go to the limo, i think the bubbles happen there, then a group photo. then into limo and around the parking lot! whee! then various combos of people in the WP and the license was signed. then trace and i did some pics on the beach etc. this whole day it was sort of threatening to rain, so there was a little bit of wind, we took a lot of pictures then we did ride over to the WHR in the limo. the elves greeted us with a cocktail, and then lisa brought us to the room (even though we still went by the folks all outside, but it was fine). we got to see our BEAUTIFUL room and the cakes - amazing! and meet alice and the hatter. then we kind of came in with them, spent some time outside, did some group photos, then tried to get the guests to start eating.
we came inside too. basically, to not bore you all, we ate, tried to mingle, and then at about 1ish, yehaa bob came in and played a solid set! lots of fun! he introduced toasts, then we went to do the cake cutting. now the cakes were amazing and i am sure we have great pictures, but that was kind of silly i thought. with the cakes on that side table (by the birds! YAY!), you basically have your back to your guests. and then the trying to be helpful waiter/CM was like standing opposite us trying to explain how to cut the cake and trace is trying to cut it like the biggest triangle cake slice ever. i felt like this was a werid lull in time as well, but it was all good.
once we did finally leave from there, after saying good byes and having stuff sent to our room, we took even MORE pictures with david and vicki - cannot say enough great things about them! we didn't get up to our room until after 4 - and we had a 630 at victoria and alberts!
we did go to V&A, but not until we tried to take a bubble bath in the jacuzzi tub and made way to many bubbles (bubble bath + jets = danger). we loved dinner, but around course, oh, 6, we were stuffed and tired, yet the nibblets kept coming.
when we got bck to the room it was after 10, and we had a 5am make up person coming. oh, and PS, before we went to V&A there was some freaky storm and tornado warnings - awesome!
we were not sure if it was going to be over by morning for our shoot, but we were ok. it was a bit sprinkly, but not raining and the pictures turned out ok. we had regina and ty - they were good, helpful, and we did get to go by HM. unfortunately, we did not get to go up into the castle like it seems others do, because all those royal table or whatever its called people were EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
so here are some pics and theni will do up some reviews and the ever so popular "wish i had/glad i did"s!
some of these are screen shots from my phone!