Marriage Day Mishaps

Today is our 5th Wedding Anniversary!

Samuel and I actually did our wedding in reverse order. We took all our pictures just before our wedding reception, which we had on Thursday, August 5th. The next morning at 10 am we were sealed (married). We had our luncheon at 12 pm and by 1pm we were boarding the plane for our honeymoon. We spent the evening of our wedding day strolling barefoot along the La Jolla beaches at sunset. It was perfect. I couldn't have asked for more wonderful wedding day(s)! But, because I loved everything about my wedding so much, I never wrote down the things that went wrong. Drum roll please ...

10) Samuel and I were late to our pre-reception photo session at the Jordan River Temple. Not a huge deal to most people. Except I'm not most people. And few things make me more anxious and angry than being late.



9) Samuel lost his cuff link some time during our reception (you can see that he had it in the pictures before the reception...) so he actually didn't have one cuff link for our wedding.



8) Because our reception was in my parents' backyard, by the end of the night the hem of my wedding dress was very obviously green from the grass. It took some last minute brilliance to get it clean so I could wear it to my sealing the next day!



7) My parents had only been home from their mission for three weeks, so they were really pressed to get the yard ready in time for a wedding reception. Which means that my dad decided to repaint the patio (that the family and wedding help would use, not the guests) the day before the reception. You'll understand why this is bad in a minute ...



6) A family friend and very talented makeup artist did my makeup for the pictures and reception. I loved how she did it, but in some of the pictures I think the misty look makes me look like I'm half asleep!



5) My in-laws lost their car keys right before they were supposed to come for family pictures. Since they were from out of town they didn't have a spare, so a locksmith not only had to break into the car, but had to make a spare key for them!



4) As the photographer was posing us, he decided to use the repainted porch as a prop. We didn't realize until we saw the paint all over the back of Sam's tux that the paint still had some wet spots!



3) Well, the turpentine removed the paint really well. But it also made Sam smell like turpentine for the entire reception and wedding. Lots of water and lots of cologne covered it up pretty well.



2) My parents showed up at the temple for the wedding, and didn't realize until they were at the recommend desk that both of their temple recommends were expired. I went ahead alone to do all the paper work, and after what felt like forever, they were finally given clearance to come in.



1) It all started with the clouds in the distance. The photographer must have guessed what was going on because we have progressive pictures. But we didn't really notice anything until the sky opened. RAIN! And lots of it! It's good thing Aunt Denise had decided to put up a dessert tent.

I must say, the rain and clouds made for some gorgeous pictures, and they really helped cool down a warm August evening! My wedding was perfect. And things only went up from there. Here's to five years wonderful years with my sweetheart and an eternity more!