two years part II;

did you miss part I? see it here.

our venue was the prettiest. it was out of town and brand new. i refused to do something that had already been done and we knew zero people who had been married here. plus it fit our ginormous guest list. i know, i know, that doesn't look like much. but that's about 400 people. um, yeah.

my sweetest little flower girl, avery. i cannot contain how much i love her. she was so nervous and did the best job and even stood up with my wedding party through the entire ceremony. best flower girl ever, yes.

my dad. my sweet dad. he had to tell me, "larissa. stop running." and we talked about tie tacks. good grief i was nervous.

we practiced this "giving away" part about 100 times. ummm, totally forgot about it. all i could think about was, "get up the stairs. don't puke. don't trip. don't cry. get. up. those. stairs." hahaha then all of the sudden my dad was hugging me and i was all, "oh yeah. thanksloveyoubyeee." also, love the look he's giving evan, just please, dad. everyone knows you're the sweetest man around.

we went over the entire ceremony with cindy (our pastor) in a coffee shop one morning. it was amazing. we did not want the cliche (no offense) 1st corinthians love love love, blah blah blah, so she spoke about jesus turning water into wine at his first wedding. and i would love to say i remember it, but i don't (sorry cindy) because all i could do was stare at my flowers. i didn't hear a thing. we didn't write our own vows because i knew i'd be too nervous and too emotional and since i cannot have appropriate emotions for the situation i'm in, we decided to just go with the old standard. if i had to read my vows i'd probably burst out in a fit of laughter and hysterical crying, probably some snorting and recollection of some hilarious event and you'd never calm me down. i seriously am inappropriate when i need to be most appropriate.

we shared our first communion as man and wife and it was so special. our friend michael and his sister played their stringed instruments and sang "beautiful" by shawn mcdonald which you need to stop what you're doing and listen to right now. because evan would not let me stop praying and listen and it.is.my.favorite.song.ever. we were also laughing (inappropriate, again) because there were flies mating on our bread. notice how we're still eating it. oh. and that communion was my one freak out and i'm super proud of that. this was me 20 minutes before go time: "MOM. I NEED TO KNOW FOR SURE, ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT THAT MY COMMUNION IS OUT AND READY. I AM freaking out. IS THE COMMUNION OUT?! WHERE IS THE COMMUNION?" she was so gracious and nice. but she had to be. i was a perfect bride up until then. ;]

and we did it.

WE DID IT.

 a year of planning for this 5 second moment in this 6 hour event. it was perfect. everyone told us to practice our kiss so evan did not put his hands on my face. exactly.

 that's my moh, jamie and evan's brother stan.

 and erin and my brother, nick.

i can't even with this picture. my best friend from high school, allie, and evan's best friend brandon. and sweet little ave. BRANDON IS EVEN CARRYING ALLIE'S BOUQUET SO SHE CAN HOLD AVE'S HAND. i mean. shut up.

there's good news if you got through this: MORE TO COME TOMORROW. ;]