Hi everyone,
first time back on here for a while (must admit I suffered from a mixture of post wedding and January blues so couldn't face popping back on here much). But we got our photos back during the week so I no longer have an excuse not to write a report Here goes .....
Background
Husband and I went to senior school together, however due to me moving away from the area first for uni and then for work we hadn't seen each other for 16 years. We have a mutual friend and all being big footie fans, our mutual friend suggested we go to a match together when I was home for a visit. Anyway to cut a long story short we got on like a house on fire and after 3 years long distance I moved back 'home' and we bought a house together.
Proposal
We had talked about getting married but Husband said he wanted us to live together for a year before we took any further steps. Anyway a year came and went but still no proposal. I was starting to get a bit grumpy about this but eventually, while away for a short break he proposed (down on one knee in a hot tub - he started to float off which made us both laugh). We didn't want a too long engagement so set a date for 14 months later).
The Big Day
I woke up after a good nights sleep, feeling very calm. I got up had a cup of tea with my Mam and then drove us both to the hairdressers for an 8:30 appointment. We met my sister and niece there. I was first in the chair followed by my mam then we had to leave to get back in time for the MUA arriving. My sister and niece joined us back at my parents house and we all got ready. The lady had just finished my make up when the TOG arrived, quickly followed by the florist and wedding car. Time to get into my dress, have a few photos taken and wait for the car to get back from dropping Mam off at the church. The weather was awful (Storm Frank) but I was really lucky because the rain stopped just long enough for me to get into the car.
As we got near the church I couldn't believe how many cars were parked up! The driver took the car up the church drive and as close to the door as possible because of the weather. My bridesmaids and the Vicar were waiting for me in the porch. The vicar spoke to me (can't remember what he said lol) then the music started and we walked into the church. As the door opened I saw two people and I remember thinking 'who on earth are they??' (turns out they were two of OH colleagues from work). As we walked up the aisle I tried to look at as many people as I could before looking at my OH waiting for me - I remember him sticking his tongue out at me which made a few people near him laugh.
The service was lovely. We had two hymns (lord of all hopefulness and the holly and the ivy) and two readings. The church looked beautiful and it was soooo full :-) We actually had two vicars share the service!!
The weather was too stormy to have photos taken outside (although we did manage to get a few in the church doorway and a couple with the car). But I love our church so didn't mind having our group photos taken inside at all. 
After the group photos the guests left to make their way to the hotel while we stayed to have a few more pictures taken.
We then popped down to see OH Nanna in the nursing home (she wasn't well enough to come to the wedding but we wanted to have a photo taken with her).
To be continued ...
