The new Mrs. Graham

Zac and I have been married or almost a month now and it is fantastic. Our wedding was beautiful and we had so much fun during the ceremony, reception and honeymoon. My family, and his family were all there. They all showed up like a week before and helped with so much. Getting the reception place decorated, the church, every last minute detail, while my bridesmaids and my sister tried to keep me calm and from turning into Bridezilla. It turns out the day before our wedding, we had to go to the church to decorate at 10 a.m. Turns out, the church air conditioners broke in the Sanctuary. Talk about hot! We were all sweating trying to get all the candelobras up and the glass bowls wiped out and put the candles everywhere. But thankfully, God provided and they were fixed before our rehearsal. I got a manicure and got to hang out with my sister and April the entire day which was great. Instead of a manicure, I was supposed to go home and take a nap before Rehearsal, but did I listen, NOPE! I ended up not sleeping at all during my 1 hour attempt of a nap, and was so exhausted it wasn't funny. But I managed. Red made me come home right after the Rehearsal Dinner, take a sleeping pill and go straight to bed. I haven't slept that well in a long time.

Rehearsal went well, besides being a tad warm in the Sanctuary, we all laughed and had fun and made our wedding coordinator frazzled. It was hilarious! Well, during our Unity Candle, I decided I didn't want anyone singing, especially my sister, because I didn't want to cry anymore than I had to. I cry everytime I hear my sister sing and I didn't want to be Niagra Falls on my wedding day, even though I was before hand. lol. Well the sneaky people that they are, decided to sing to "The Prayer" which we picked out to be played during our Unity Candle. I'm up there in shock kneeling next to Zac and I am just crying my eyes out. It was so beautiful and everyone that was there just thought it was fantastic. They were all in awe. I went up to them afterwards and told them they were sneaky and that I would like for them to sing at the ceremony, and they did. It was beautiful!

We finished about an hour later and all went to eat dinner. Zac's parents had the Rehearsal Dinner catered, and boy was it delicious. We had fun, we laughed and have great fellowship together. And then I was dragged off to go to sleep. Well it turns out, Zac's aunt and uncle brought Sombreros and ponchos to celebrate our Cinco de Mayo wedding. I am so glad I wasn't there to witness that stuff, instead of laughing I more than likely would have cried.

Well, I woke up probably around 8 a.m. on May 5th, my wedding day. Got up, took a bath, not washing my hair, and believe me that was hard to do. Yuck! Not washing my hair for 24 hours was a little yucky, but the stylist said not to. Oh well, she is the one that has to play with my yucky matted hair. Anyways, Harold, one of my dear friends and one of my ushers came over and made omlets for me, Kim, Red, April and Munchkin. Oh they were so yummy. Thank you Harold! April and Kim left to go and help decorate the Reception hall more and get everything else done. I felt so helpless because no one would let me help with anything. Zac told me later on, he has never been so busy in his life. He was running around since the moment he got up. Sorry baby, welcome to the past 7 months for me. Well I stayed at the house just trying to stay calm and not think about anything, even the reception CD's that went missing. I was frantic. Red calmed me down and said not to worry about it and she even called in the reserves from our Technical Director at work. But at the last minute the guys found it in the canvas duffle back that was in the apartment, I think. lol. But everything went so smoothly, well at least I noticed. lol.

I went and got my hair done at a place in town called Salon Couture. A wonderful woman named Michelle did my hair and my make up, and even put my veils in. I was so pleased how well she did everything.

My sister got me to the church, and we were like 30 minutes late, woops, and immediately my mom and my sister got me into my dress. As soon as they put that dress on me, I started crying and I couldn't stop, it was ridiculus. I was just so excited and I couldn't wait to see Zac. I remember I kept asking my bridesmaids if they saw Zac and how he looked. They all said he looked so happy and excited and that he looked handsome. I started crying again. lol. Well my mom and my sister had to help me do everything, because as soon as I got my dress on, I couldn't do anything. They had to put my stockings on, my slip, my garter, and even take me to the bathroom when I had to go, which was twice, and with that big poofy dress on, it was almost impossible.

They did pictures before the ceremony, they started with Zac and everyone. I was told later on that they all had so much fun and that he was just smiling from ear to ear. He and his groomsmen were just laughing and having a ball, which I am so glad to hear.

Then they got him out of the Sanctuary, and brought me in. It was weird. As soon as I walked in, everyone just fell silent and I kid you not, I saw everyone's jaw drop. It was great feeling. My cousin Jake kept calling me a Princess. It didn't help that my Aunt Eva, Jake's mom, kept saying, "Cinderella is in the house!" And I really did feel like a Princess that day. Our photographer, Brenda Lanig, did such a beautiful job with our photos. Thank you so much Brenda, for all of your hard work.

I'll write more later....