A Look Back {2 Months Later}

It’s hard to believe that two months have passed since our wedding!  Here are some pictures from the day.  Enjoy!

I LOVED my flowers!! They were all seasonal and incorporated herbs.  Since Jeromy and I love to cook, we grew sage, rosemary and thyme for the centerpieces and used herb names for table names.

A view of the back of my dress.  It was the 8th dress I tried on and I knew it was my dress as soon as I stepped into it.

All of the girls and my parents  got ready at my house.  It was so nice to just relax and sit around at home until it was my turn to get pretty.

As soon as I had my dress on I was Ready.To.Go.  Jeromy and I talked on the phone for about 2.5 seconds earlier in the morning, but I was dying to see him and get married.

It didn’t match perfectly, but I had my florist wrap a rosary around my flowers that my great-grandparents gave to my mom from Jerusalem.

Finally, we went to the church!! Traffic was horrible so we ended up delaying the ceremony for a little while, which was making me crazy   My dad and I just hung out in the minibus waiting, trying not to talk too much so that neither of us cried.  I come from a family of criers and I cry at everything but I was determined not to cry down the aisle and ruin pictures!  Of course, I did cry a little during the ceremony.

And then, we were married

Next it was on to pictures and the party!

We stopped along the Mount Vernon Trail for pictures on our way into Old Town Alexandria.

It was pretty cold, but my bridesmaids were such troopers.  I think we were all excited to get back on the minibus and head to the reception.

Where we danced together for the first time as husband and wife.  We chose How Sweet It Is by James Taylor for our first dance.  The song is very us and it’s not super slow, so we could still have some fun with the dancing.  We did not practice at all, but we did sing the whole song to each other.

After dinner, the party started with the Greek and Lebanese wedding dances.

We cut our gorgeous cake.   And no cake was smashed in any faces.

The surprise of the night for me was when all of the guys serenaded me with You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling.  It was fantastic.

All in all, we had an amazing time at our wedding, it was just over too fast!! I wish we could do it all over again

All photos courtesy of James Bowman Photography.

Confession: we had two wedding photographers.  My friend Candice is an amazing photographer and she is starting a wedding photography business.  She was gracious enough to lend her talent to our day.  I might need to do just one more wedding picture post so I can show you what she captured!