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It has been almost a month since my wedding and I am still having trouble deciding on what I love the most about it...but here is a list in no particular order

1. Seeing Ryan before the wedding: I have never been that excited to see him and at that moment all my dress drama and stress went right out the window. He was so handsome and so cute when he saw me!
2. Spending the night before the wedding with my girls: Each one was selected to be with me becuase they have been the most loyal bunch of ladies in the world and I know I would not be who I am without them. So sitting in the hotel sharing pints of Hagen Daaz and telling stories was fantastic!
3. Getting ready to walk down the aisle: I saved the veil for Em and it was really sweet to have her help with my final piece. On the way into the church we had a sign and candles dedicated to all our family members who could not be with us...that was really neat to look at on the way in and remember my mom was with me.
4. Holding onto my Dad's arm and staring deeply at Ryan: It is pretty cool to have 2 men in my life that I know would go around the world twice if I needed them.
5. The VOWS: wow...I was not prepared for how much it would mean to me to say those things to ryan and have him say them to me. powerful!
6. releasing the church rows and hugging everyone after the ceremony...that was really fun and we were able to see some of the people who couldn't stay for the reception, I recommend doing this.
7. Driving to the reception with Ryan...we were the last ones in the parking lot and it was fun thinking about everyone getting there and starting the party
8. Stopping for a minute to look around...it made me so happy to see all of our friends and family sitting together to have a meal...I love going out to dinner so it was like having one huge restaurant filled with people I love!
9. the cake...oh yum! I did not get much but what I did get was SUPER yummy
10. the toasts...Josh was funny as expected and emily was also...and she made me a little teary...what are sisters for. (by the way em, I read a book that reffered to a diamond as the size of a small dog...so there! )
11. DANCING...with my husband, with my dad with all our crazy friends! At one point I looked around and the floor was packed with people singing and dancing to "pour some sugar on me." At that moment I was completely satisfied with the entire day!
12. Sonic...after the reception I walked to Sonic with Lesli and Manny and got an awesome chocolate shake! and then I fell down. oh what else do you expect?
13. The after party...walking into my dad's hotel room looking for Ryan and finding about 15 of our friends drinking wine straight from the bottle with my Dad and Tam.

All in all it was perfect...I loved all of it and all of the people who came and made it my favorite day! I will put it in my pocket and keep it forever!