So it’s official. I am stuck with him for the rest of eternity. :) The wedding was absolutely beautiful! I was worried about the weather since it rained the day before but God held the raindrops until after the ceremony. (Seriously, right as we were leaving the park, it started to sprinkle!) The sun was shining and there was a nice breeze blowing through the trees.

Together for all eternity.

The ceremony was held under giant pine trees on a small little clearing where Chris proposed to me four months earlier. My grandmother, my sister and her husband, my other two sisters and brother, my three nieces, and my cousin and her son were all there. It was quite special! The ceremony itself only lasted a few minutes. All I remember is looking around at everyone’s faces to keep from looking at Chris the entire time. His eyes were locked on mine, I knew if I stared too long in his I would start bawling. :P And I did. Chris recited his vows so beautifully. Me, on the other hand, couldn’t get my lines straight. I started to cry a little and to keep from crying anymore, I started to laugh quite a bit. Which in turn made everyone else cry and laugh. :P It was quite funny. Typical Trina! I finally got through my lines with teary eyes and we placed our rings on each others fingers and kissed and hugged. It was absolutely breathtaking. I enjoyed having our family there. It definitely beat the hell out of a JOP wedding!

All Smiles & Butterflies!

After the ceremony, we thanked Ken, the gentleman who married us and gave him a thank you card as well as a donation to his church. The guy was quite unique. He’s a catechist who belongs to a Native American Catholic Church. Chris and I are not Catholic so Ken catered to our beliefs and done a more spiritual ceremony. Which was quite nice. He even introduced a few Native American touches, which is nice since I am part Choctaw!

After signing our marriage license (how cool!) my grandmother took us all out to McDonald’s for lunch. The McDonald’s just so happened to be the same one our mom took us to as kids. So that was a nice touch! We played and goofed around in the play area for awhile and then the rest headed back to my sister’s house while Chris, my sister, and I headed back to the park for a fun photoshoot. We must have stayed at the park for almost two hours. Was so much fun posing and goofing around. My sister, Kelsey, managed to snap 400 or so photos of us! (I am still in the process of going through all of them) The heat was too much for us after awhile so we finished off the afternoon with some yummy ice cream!

One of the many fun photos Kelsey took of us

Four o’clock was now approaching and so we headed over to my aunt’s where the reception was being held. As soon as we walked in the door, I saw this gorgeous white table cloth covering my aunt’s kitchen table. And on top was this beautiful white wedding cake. It was exactly what I had dreamed of. Simple yet elegant! And might I add, freaking delicious. The table was also covered in gifts, cards, and beautiful white roses.

My family insisted on Chris and I to feed each other the first pieces of cake. (I totally forgot about all those traditional wedding things) Everyone said that apparently the wife is suppose to smash the piece of cake in her husband’s face. I was all up for that! After of course, making sure Chris was NOT going to do the same. While we we feeding each other the cake, my cousin yelled “Smash the cake!” and so I did. And Chris followed.. rawr! He was not suppose to. :P But it was all fun. We took a few more photos, of us drinking wine (which was actually just Capri-Sun, haha) with cake still on our face. Made for some fun photos though! :)

I think I got it worse.. All in my hair & up my nose!

After Kelsey took a few more photos of us in my aunt’s beautiful back yard. We all went swimming. And finished off the night with lots of laughter & good times. Around 9pm, we drove off in our newly-decorated car that said “Just Married!” on the back. Not to mention the rattling of coke cans tied to the back of our car. What a nice looking ride. :D

Chris and I were so exhausted when we got home that we actually considered going straight to bed. We quickly decided against it since we still had our gifts to give one another. So while the camcorder was rolling, in the low candle light, I recited my vows. Even though it were silly at times, I wrote about how Chris and I came to meet, the beginning of our young budding relationship, as well as the present and our future together. It was quite sweet, I do say so myself. Chris’s vows, on the other hand, were breathtaking. He is quite the talented writer, so you can only imagine how beautiful his vows were! I totally cried my eyes out while he read them. :D

Candid shots of Chris and I at my aunt's house

It was then time to swap our gifts. Chris went first. He walked into the other room and then came out with his guitar. I was so nervous yet thrilled he was going to play me a song. I was nervous because I knew I was going to cry… which I did. Not only did he play me a song but he also wrote it himself.. lyrics and all. Was the sweetest thing he has ever done! He has wrote me songs before.. but this one topped them all. It was amazing. Literally took my breath away. And the cool thing is I have it on tape, so now I can listen to it whenever I want. :)

Now it was time for my gift! Which was a slide show I have been working on for weeks. It consisted of over 300 pictures of Chris and I dated all the way back from 2000 up until now. It was a little over 16 minutes long with four of our favorite songs playing in the back ground. It was quite cool because within those sixteen minutes, you could really see how much we have grown. Not only as individuals but a couple as well. It was so much fun to make and Chris really enjoyed it. :D

Pose.

Marriage life.. at first we felt just the same as we always have besides the excitement and jitters. But honestly, after giving it a few days, we have really become closer. We’re so much happier. It has been such a wonderful past few days. I am so happy to finally be Chris’s wife. :)

Oh, and don’t think all I’m giving y’all is those six above photos. Check out this gallery for tons more! Lots of fun ones in here.