Sam and Roy got married.......

Well, they finally tied the knot. After months and months of planning, obsessing and stressing (not to mention all the parties, the out of town guests and the cross-country trip to meet family), our dear friends Sam and Roy got married yesterday.

It was, in all honestly, the most perfect and fun wedding I've ever attended. It was a late-afternoon, outdoor wedding, and the sea-breeze came along just in time to cool off the balmy 90+ degree afternoon. The bride was GORGEOUS - she looked like a princess (and said several times throughout the day that she FELT like one, too). The groom was handsome in his dinner whites (he's in the Navy), and all 12 attendants looked flawless as well. The flowers were amazing, the food was scrumptious, the DJ was entertaining and everyone had a wonderful time.

Seriously, I don't think I've ever been to a wedding where someone (sometimes even me) was saying, "Well, I would have done this differently..." or "they should have done this...." Everything went off without a hitch. We toasted, we ate, we danced (I collected over $600 for the groom during the 'money dance,' a strange and somewhat tacky tradition, but fun nonetheless).

The Bride stuck to old traditions (her "something borrowed" was a cross that belonged to the Matron of Honor's Grandmother, which she carries with her every day), and began new ones (her "something blue" was a heart drawn on her derriere in blue ballpoint pen, in which we wrote "Hi Roy" as a surprise for her new husband). We laughed, we cried, we celebrated and we rejoiced. It was truly an amazing day all around.

I can't wait to see the pictures... prior to the ceremony, the photographers took us all out onto a bridge on the dunes, overlooking the ocean, and got some adorable pictures of the Bride with all of us Bridesmaids. I'm positive my favorite will be the "flower" shot, in which the photographer climbed up onto a lifeguard tower (to get a shot from above), and the six of us encircled her, everyone looking up and smiling, with our bouquets surrounding her face. We were all in deep red dresses, with bouquets of deep red roses, purple/black lilies, reddish/orange lilies, and kangaroo paw; the bride was in true virginal white, with a larger bouquet of the same flowers we carried, so she will be this bright white shining center in a deep red flower. I'm sure the picture will be beautiful.

Congratulations Sam and Roy! We love you!