Finally

I am FINALLY posting about FINALLY getting married! June 12, 2010 was the greatest, most perfect day of my life, I mean our life.

From getting ready, walking down the aisle, exchanging our vows, and dancing the night away, we could not have asked for a more perfect day.

Here is our wedding story... with pictures

The day started with Travis golfing and me getting pretty. The moments we shared with our dearest friends and family this day will always be cherished.

My brother walked me down the aisle. It was so special to both of us and he did a great job. It was raining outside, but I still insisted on entering the chapel from the outside. It was more dramatic that way, is what we decided, God bless bridesmaids
My brother carried the umbrella over my head and I lifted my dress through the puddles. I will never forget that moment before the doors opened. My brother said, "Are you happy? You look happy? That makes me happy." I was. I am. We said a simple prayer, and I was on my way to become Mrs. Judd.

As we were walking down the aisle, my brother tugged on my arm, telling me to slow down. All I wanted to do was run down that aisle, say I do, and kiss the groom! And I remembered my cousin Kristin’s advice, “Look at EVERYTHING. Take in EVERYTHING.” She was right. The bouquet behind the Officiant is beautiful. Large, pretty, and pink. My mother and Aunt spent two days arranging it and claimed they almost died from their allergies. The pretty pink and silver bows on the benches are a surprise, but something I always imagined but never mentioned. The smiles of our friends and family are large and endearing. Comforting. The music, shoot, I didn’t pay attention to the music. But I hear it was lovely… Canon in D.
Suddenly my bouquet is too heavy and I’m shaking, shaking like a leaf. I see him, so handsome. And now I am calm. Ready. Excited. I lay a rose in my Father’s vacant seat, surprised I am not crying. Kiss my brother, again surprised I am not crying. But still shaking! Travis is nervous too. This comforts me. He takes my hands and I am no longer shaking. The ceremony is all but 7 minutes… really? I spend months of planning and it is over in 7 minutes. THANK GOODNESS! Because now we can start celebrating!

Everyone was such troopers for taking the pictures in the rain! I forgot not everyone had two bottles of hairspray in their hair… and it was quite fun to juggle umbrellas in between picture shots.

We walk into our reception and everything was breathtaking! We were all smiles throughout the night. We were able to incorporate Persian wedding traditions at the reception. It was lots of fun and got the night started. My mother put together the most beautiful arrangement and spent a lot of time making it perfect. My cousin was kind enough to explain the traditions. She did an amazing job and I am so grateful she was able to do this for us. We sat on a 400 year old French bench under a beautiful canopy as the women in both of our family’s sprinkled sugar over us to spread sweetness into our marriage. We also licked honey from each others pinkies to begin the honeymoon and wish for it to never end.

Centerpieces: wheat grass. Each year for the Persian New Year, my Father had taught me and my sister to make a knot out of wheat grass and make a wish to be married someday. Such a romantic. Gosh I miss him.

Our first dance. Dream a Little Dream by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. This was one of my most favorite moments from the day. It was the first time we were able to slow down and take in what an incredible day it had been. It was amazing to dance with my husband and see all of our friends and family in the background.

Which brings me to one of my other favorite moments. The Toasts. We are so blessed to have such amazing friends and family. Everyone shared such kind and heart felt words. It meant so much to both of us. Travis also shared an incredible toast. He is so good with words. He is so good at everything. Not fair.


And than there was DANCING!!!
When Trav and I first got engaged, we told my sister if we were to have a big wedding, we had three conditions. We wanted it to be a party; we wanted people to enjoy it and stay; and we wanted lots of dancing. There were several times throughout planning our wedding we wanted to throw in the towel and elope. I want to thank my sister for making us stick to our conditions and thank her for making it happen! With her and my mother’s persistence and good ideas, the night was a huge hit! Yes, they can now say “I told you so” as much as they want…



By the end of the night, we were exhausted and we were glad to see many of our guests were too! We are so grateful for our family and friends who came in from far away and those who came from down the street. We could not be more thrilled to be married! We have an amazing life and we are the luckiest people in the world to have such amazing people in our life!

Our day was perfect. And now we are married and loving it! Yay! Thinking back on our first date, I don’t know if anyone would have ever imagined it would lead to this. But we are sure glad it did!

The end.