Cowboy Boots & Country Roots: Wedding Recap

I finally decided to open a blog to document our new life as a married couple and new homeowners! Hansie and I got married November 12, 2011 and moved into our new home a few days later. Our relationship has had its ups and downs but I'm so happy where we are today. I'm married to the man of my dreams, we own a cute little home and have the best family and friends anyone could ask for. Ok, that was a little sappy.. anyways, here's the recap of our wedding..

The night before our wedding, I stayed at the hotel with my bridesmaids. We got our nails done, went to dinner and just relaxed in the room reading gossip magazines. We woke up pretty early and the hair and make-up began. Once we were finished, my photographer arrived (poor planning on my part, oops) and we all headed to the venue. We had to put out a few signs so our guests would be able to find the place since it was in a gated community on top of a hill. We even passed it the few times we went there and we were the ones getting married there! Once inside, we started getting dressed and ready for photos. I decided I wanted to do a first look with Hansie so the photographer had him placed downstairs and his assistant took me down on the elevator.. and there I went through the door, walking behind the man I was going to marry. We took a few pictures and headed to the golf course to take some more. After we were done doing some intimate shots, we headed back to get the family and bridal party to do those photos. Once we were finished those, we headed inside through the members bar to hide from our guests and everyone was congratulating us. It was sweet of them. The ceremony went without a problem. No one tripped, my flower girl threw her petals like a diva and my ring bearer didn't lose the rings (he had the real ones, he's 5 so he felt very important holding the real ones). Once the ceremony was over, we rushed out the door and hopped on the golf carts so we could do sunset photos on top of the golf course. Once we finished, we had our hor d'orveus with our bridal party in the bridal room and waited a little bit to be announced into the reception. After being announced, we did our first dance and started dinner. Our best man did a nice speech that didn't have anything embarrassing and was very heartfelt. We cut our cake and didn't get too messy. I was gentle with a small piece but Hansie had a big piece and tried to put the whole thing in my mouth so some of it went everywhere.. but I got him back with some frosting on the nose. After dinner was finished, the dancing began! We had a great DJ who started a good crowd on the dance floor right away. He also embarrassed me by doing the newlywed game, which was not planned so it was very funny. I also failed on the bouquet toss because I was afraid of hitting the chandelier so it fell very short. We had such a good party going on, we extended our ending time with the venue and DJ because we were all having such a good time. We got another half hour for free, got to love that! We only had one glass break, no one got out of hand or too crazy and I think everyone had a good time. I know that we did! And here's some photos..