Small wedding post

So I promise to give you way more pictures once I get them, I swear! Right now I only have access to some pictures that friends took and sent to us because we received a new AWESOME digital camera as a wedding gift (thanks again guys, if you’re reading this!), so we took that one to Hawaii . . . and I still haven’t gotten my old one back from my parents, or seen the pictures they or the rest of the family took (yes it’s killing me!). So here are two of the best ones that we have so far, please excuse the low quality! Professional pictures will take at least another month to come back . . .

Here’s my chuppah being carried in:

People kept asking us if we planned for the sunset to add to the beauty of the ceremony . . . and I keep joking that it’s built-in when you’re having a Jewish wedding on a Saturday! (You are not allowed to be married on the sabbath, so we waited until sundown when the day ends)

The chuppah came out very well although it didn’t lay quite straight when set up, but it looked like I intended it to hang that way so no one but me knew it was’t quite right! Of course now all of you know, too, but it’s OK because I ended up liking the way it looked. I asked the photographer, Laurie Rhodes (her website is down right now or I would link to it), to take some extra shots of it, so hopefully there will be some awesome professional shots of it that I can be really proud of. I of course took it down and have it saved, so will probably take some pictures (with the new camera!) myself as well . . . at some point.

The ceremony was wonderful, although I almost lost it and started bawling several times (big surprise, I’m sure). And the party was a huge success! Here’s us dancing the first dance:

Everyone loved the band and we danced ALL NIGHT LONG — my feet were seriously aching already by the end of the ceremony, so I had to get bandaids to put on my blisters even before the dancing started! Once the party was on the way I barely felt my feet at all though . . . and yes, I ended up wearing flats (I even broke them in before the big day), but I still had terrible blisters after only a few hours! The next few days I couldn’t wear anything but flip flops actually, it was kind of unbelievable. I guess I walked a lot that day!

I was really worried that I wouldn’t be able to “enjoy the moment” what with all the crazyness, but I can honestly say that I did! I was totally present and enjoyed myself immensely . . . but I keep telling everyone that I really wish I could have been a guest, I was too exhausted and wired up to eat much or even look around a lot! What I really wish is that I could have tasted all the food — we put so much thought into what we picked and I barely ate any of it!

It’s really hard to believe it’s over, actually. I still catch myself thinking, “Oh, I should call the bakery about XYZ” or “I should look online for such-and-such” and then I have to stop myself and go, “NO! It’s done!” I was in super planning mode for so long it’s weird to have it all behind me . . . although my next “project” has already presented itself:

Finding a new apartment! We’ve already looked at about 10 apartments and there’s one we really like but that’s a bit more than we wanted to spend. I have more appointments scheduled for this week, hopefully we’ll find something by the weekend! Wish me luck!

And I leave you with this, and a link to the Hawaii album (shot on the new camera, of course!):

Me on Waikiki beach!!

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