The Wiseman Honeymoon Suite

Ross is so awesome! When we discussed our honeymoon and where we would stay on our wedding night I asked him to book a honeymoon suite. He said hotels don't have honeymoon suites, I said yes they do! I kept reminding him to request a honeymoon suite when booking our room....he just looked at me with a half-annoyed look :) He finally said he'd take care of it and that was that!

We stayed at the Doubletree Hotel in Springfield on our wedding night and much to my surprise and excitement we did stay in a honeymoon suite, The Wiseman Honeymoon Suite! Ross asked one of our friends who is a graphic designer to design a "honeymoon suite" sign to put on our hotel door. Daryl put something together, Ross printed it out and asked the hotel to put it on the door for us before we arrived - all without me knowing. This was such a fun surprise!

And on a side note, the room we stayed in was #1017 - how fun that on our wedding day on April 17 we stayed in room #17!

Honeymoon Pictures

The resort we stayed at on our honeymoon offered a complimentary professional photo session to all guests so Ross and I decided to take them up on the offer. The session lasted about an hour and the photographer took us all around the resort - at some pretty locations by the entry, the pool and of course, the ocean. We had a good time taking the pictures and the time of day was perfect - a little before sunset which made for a beautiful backdrop and good coloring. It was a bit windy that day, as you can see by my hair in some of the pictures, but I think it just adds to it!

The photographer took 75 pictures that we looked through and chose the ones we liked best to purchase. There were about ten total we liked but decided to go with these four, as you see the beach!

My Groom

Ross' uncle took this picture during our wedding. It was when he was waiting for me to walk down the aisle to be given away - he said his heart was about to pound out of his chest at this point! I think this is a great picture of Ross. He is such a good-looking, wonderful man! I am blessed beyond measure to be married to him. He has made me so happy and is so patient and kind to me and is everything I ever wanted and everything I never knew I needed in a husband. I love him!

Married!!!!

Ross and I are now married!! We had an absolutely amazingly, perfect wedding day! Everything went off without any glitches and it was just the best day ever. The weather was perfect - perfect temperature with a few clouds, making perfect conditions for outside photography. Oh it was such a perfect day...a fairy tale, really :)

I plan to blog about the days leading up to our wedding, the rehearsal, the wedding, the honeymoon and everything else in between. Check back later this week for more updates!

Tying Up Loose Ends

Today starts my wedding vacation from work! I am off the rest of this week and all of next week for our honeymoon, then back on April 26. I will so much enjoy this vacation!

I have a few loose ends to tie up for our wedding, nothing big really. Today my mom and I are going to deliver some of my decorations to Highland Springs for our reception and meet with the coordinator out there to go over my decoration needs. I'll probably start packing for our honeymoon, too! I never start packing for a vacation three days out but this one is a little more than just a vacation - it's my honeymoon! I definitely do not want to leave anything behind!

I really don't have much planned for Thursday. The only thing on the agenda right now is a pedicure at 4:30 with Natalie and Pam, dinner with Ross and his parents and then picking up Ross' best man from the airport later that night. I hope to move some of my clothes and personal items to Ross' house, too, to be ready for go for when we get back from our honeymoon.

Friday I think I'll get a manicure with my mom and sister and then it's off to pick up my wedding dress and the bridesmaid dresses and deliver them to the church. I'll need to set up our guest book table at the church but that's about it. I'm not having any flowers or decor like that in the sanctuary; just using very tall pillar candles that I have rented. The rental company will deliver, set up and take down the candles, so nothing to worry about there. 6pm brings the rehearsal, 7:30 the dinner and then home for the last time to sleep in my bed alone!

I am so excited to be marrying Ross. He is absolutely wonderful!