This is a picture that was taken before the ceremony. Mr. Wilks was whispering in my ear and I got tickled because he was saying things that would have embarrassed me if anyone had overheard. LOL! I have had the best time getting to know him even more this year. Mr. Wilks has the most amazing sense of humor and he laughs at my dry sense of humor which can be hard for him when he can't figure out what I think is so funny.
The second pic is from the ceremony. It was such a beautiful day! I wish I could have sat and wrote it all down so I would never forget anything. We only had a few mishaps but nothing that was life changing. The first mishap was the flowers. My poor daddy (Papa) had went to pick them up and didn't know what they were suppose to look like so he had no idea they were not right. Don't get me wrong they were beautiful flowers but just not what I had envisioned. Burnt orange in my opinion does not go with my wedding colors of chocolate brown, eggplant, and sage green. Ultimately though, it was not the end of the world and at that point what could you do... in the end the only people who knew were the ones I told. Oh and all of you I have just told now... lol oops.
The second mishap was not noticeable to anybody but me and that is because of my need for perfection. (I have mentioned my A-type personality in an earlier post) I had chosen not to walk down the aisle to the traditional "Here Comes the Bride" and instead chose a song that sounded like Mr. Wilks and I. Because of how the song went we decided to have Mr. Wilks walk down the side aisle and then the ring bearer and flower girl and then me so that it would not seem like it was such a long song. However, during the ceremony the flower girl and the ring bearer got sent down the aisle during the song before the one they were supposed to. Mr. Wilks was walking down to the first verse of the song and me to the bridge so because the other two were sent early it seemed like forever until I finally got to walk down the aisle.
The last mishap is actually kind of funny! (I would have posted a picture of the three amigos and their Nintendo DS if I had remembered to ask permission from their parents to put them on the blog before I started this post) Anyway, my ring bearer, cousin, and little friend all were sitting at the reception playing their Nintendo DS but because all three of them didn’t have their own they were bickering a little over the two that were there and one of the cases got too close to the candle on the table and caught on fire. It was not a big fire and was put out pretty quickly but it is funny to think of a fire at your reception. Haha
The last pictures are of us eating the cake and us eating the topper on our 1st Anniversary. First off you will notice that we are not feeding each other the cake or twisting our arms to try and drink. Although I am a very traditional girl, I felt as though my wedding should be unique to me and my husband to be. If you are just caught up in traditions you forget to enjoy the day and forget the meaning for the whole thing. Anyway off my soap box... Mr. Wilks and I decided that one of the traditions we would forgo was shoving cake in each other's face and just eat a bite at the same time.
I call my mom (Grandbee) Sunday night on our way home from having anniversary dinner:
Grandbee: So did you guys eat your bite of wedding cake yet?
Me: Nope, it is still in the freezer.
Grandbee: So you didn't sit it out to be defrosting?
Me: Um.... Nope, didn't know you had to.
Grandbee: (irritated) Why would you think you could just eat a bite of frozen cake?
Me: Well, the ones you get in the freezer section at the grocery store thaw out quick and i didn't think it would be good to let year old cake defrost until you were ready to eat it... so...
We went back and forth with this till we were both laughing. So, I asked Grandbee why we save the top and eat it anyway and she said just because it is what people have always done. She ended up doing further investigation and found that the tradition was started before the wide use of birth control and that couple would save the cake for their first-born's christening. And because there was no birth control the birth of the first child usually fell around the couple’s first anniversary. So after all of that it isn't really a tradition that is backed up by a real purpose any more but we did it anyway. And surprisingly it wasn't so bad. We still threw it away though... maybe it was the idea of eating something that was a year old???
We had a great day reminiscing about the past year. We took time to thank the Lord for allowing us to find one another and for the blessings he has showered us with during our first year of marriage. I would be lying if I said the year had been too difficult because, although we faced some obstacles, over all the first year was pretty great!
