our wedding in a nutshell

This post is going to be very photo-heavy, but also concise. I like to think of that as my style.

To begin, a little about the wedding. It was small: 7 people attended. We were married on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at the Traill County Courthouse in Hillsboro, North Dakota.

Our wedding was inexpensive (even my dress was $200 – expensive for a dress, cheap for a wedding dress). One place we did not skimp was our rings: we recognized them as lifelong symbols of our commitment, and we chose exactly what we wanted.

His band was custom-made with three squared-off bands (two white gold; one yellow) and a diamond on each of the 8 corners.

A family friend made our cake, I bought our cake topper online, and I assembled and wrapped my own bouquet and his boutonniere using flowers I bought for $30 at our local grocery store.

We met our guests at the courthouse (which is about 45 minutes from Grand Forks)…

[Credit for the above and the following 6 pix to Shawna Noel Photography]

I made the sash for my dress and the wrap for my bouquet from the same ribbon from Michael’s. I beaded the ends of my sash to make it a little fancier.

Married!

We included our cameras in some of the shots; photography is one of the hobbies we enjoy together.

After the photos, it was time for dinner. I have no pictures from dinner, but it was a nice dinner at a Grand Forks restaurant, with all of our guests. Then it was back to our house for cake!

[The rest of the photos were taken either by us, or friends/family.]

After cake, the night was pretty much over. The nine of us sat around in our living room, stuffed with cake, and chatted until it was time to say goodnight. It was a really great day.  I’m especially glad we chose to end the night at our home – the memories of the cake-cutting.

Three days later, there was a picnic to celebrate, thrown by my in-laws.

The party lasted until 3 AM (even though we personally were tuckered out and ready for bed before midnight).

We did not have time to take a honeymoon after our wedding. I wish we had been able to, but we really did not have the time. We’ll see if we can take one next summer.