Five Month Anniversary

Its hard to believe it has been five months since our wedding! Last Friday was our five month anniversary, so in honor of this we're finally posting about the actual day itself! (Plus we obviously got very behind in our blogging, so this gives us an excuse to catch up.)

After the rehearsal party in the morning, celebrating Janelle's birthday, and getting all dressed up, we took pictures with our amazing photographer Laura Totten. It was beautiful and sunny, and the pictures turned out awesome! Janelle then was chauffeured to the ceremony location, the Squalicum Boathouse, in her generous Aunt Kris and Uncle John's minivan. Her dress took up the entire back seat! Pictures continued with Janelle getting colder and colder, so she had to go inside and warm up before the ceremony.

Then it was on with the show! The bridal party walked out to an instrumental version of Imagine by John Lennon and one of Janelle's most cherished memories from the day was getting walked down the aisle by her dad Bruce. We joined in the ring of flowers and exchanged vows. It was a short and sweet ceremony with Matt's dad reading a beautiful poem, which was another very special moment for us. The location and view were exactly what Janelle had envisioned for the day, so we were very happy about that. The weather could not have been more beautiful (although the sun was in Janelle's eyes the whole time!) and again made for gorgeous photo ops!

Then the ceremony was over, Janelle breathed a huge sigh of relief since this part of the day she was most nervous about, and we got to spend a few moments alone taking in the fact that we were now husband and wife!

The quiet did not last long though and then it was time to par-tay! There was great food, the best music anyone could ask for since Janelle put it all together meticulously for weeks, and lots of laughter, catching up with old friends and family that hadn't been seen in awhile, and even a little dancing. In honor of Janelle's birthday tradition, there was homemade pie made by her mom Lisa instead of cake, and there was a slide show in her honor. The night went by quickly, and Janelle crammed her dress into Matt's decorated jeep and we were off to the Chrysalis hotel.