Our Wedding

I have seen this post on Kathy and Kayce's blogs and thought I would post about my wedding as well! I love weddings and mine was the best day of my life.

1. Where/How did you meet? The Super Bowl XXX was here in Phoenix and Dan and I were working at the "Players Party" where kids from the DARE program got to meet the players. I was working with Larry Centers from the AZ Cardinals and Dan was the "megaphone man" :) His job that day was to move kids from one player to another. Well, he saw me from afar and came up and asked me out! I had never agreed to a date with a perfect stranger before, but he seemed special. :) On our first date we found out we went to the same small college together and just hadn't run into each other yet!
2. How long have you known each other? 11Years
3. How long after you met did you start dating? 2 or 3 days
4. How long did you date before you were engaged? 2 1/2 years
5. How long was your engagement? 1 Year
6. How long have you been married? We're going on 8 years!
7. What is your anniversary? June 12, 1999
8. How many people came to your wedding reception? 200-250
9. What kind of cake did you serve? It was a 3 tiered cake, one was chocolate with chocolate raspberry filling, one was vanilla with a vanilla filling and one was a different kind that I can't remember. It was really good!



10. Where was your wedding? At our church we had been attending as a couple throughout our dating years. We were Sunday School teachers there for the 2nd grade class and still think back on those days and how fun it was to teach together.
11. What did you serve for your meal? It was a buffet of all kinds of fish, meats, salads, etc. I didn't eat any of it. I just remember the beautiful ice sculpture in the middle of it. I had always wanted an ice sculpture at my wedding :)
12. How many people were in your wedding party? 10
13. Are you still friends with them all? Yes
14. Did your spouse cry during the ceremony? No, neither of us are really "criers"
15. Most special moment of your wedding day? I loved the feeling when they pronounced us man and wife and I looped my arm through his, it felt so good to be one finally.
16. Any funny moments? Our first night together...we walk into our room and there is moaning and screaming from the room next door! Now this is a very nice and prestigious hotel and we are supposed to be in the bridal suite! So, we turned on the t.v. really loud and Dan took the pins out of my hair...until it was quiet. Not quite the romantic start to our evening that we had planned! :)

17. Any big disasters? We had forgotten our 11x16 picture of us that was serving as our guest book. (The guests signed the picture and we have it hanging in our hallway today). Well, my brother jumped in his car and flew back to get the picture, he arrived back just in time for the first guests. :)

18. Where did you go on your honeymoon? On a Western Caribbean Cruise
19. How long were you gone? 7 wonderful days
20. If you were to do your wedding over, what would you change? Not a thing!
21. What side of the bed do you sleep on? Right
22. What size is your bed? Queen
23. Greatest strength as a couple? Our relationship with God and our friendship. Dan IS my soul mate.
24. Greatest challenge as a couple? hmmm..we really haven't had any, I guess you could say our slow family planning process, but I feel we've stayed really close through this whole process as well.
25. Who literally pays the bills? Definitely me. In fact, I am going to do that after I finish blogging today! :)
26. What is your song? "I will be here" by Steven Curtis Chapman
27. What did you dance your first dance to? It was a beautiful Waltz, We took lessons and did the Waltz as our first dance.
28. Describe your wedding dress. See picture
29. What kind of flowers did you have at your wedding? See picture.
30. Are your wedding bands engraved? I had Dan's secretly engraved with "My Forever Love Is Yours". I showed it to him the next morning when we woke.
31. How old were you when you got married? We were both 25. Dan turned 26 on our honeymoon!