Jake and I have been married for two weeks, and I'm not sure if there is any better feeling in the world. I am so happy to be starting the rest of my life with him, and look forward to everything the future holds for us.
I wish I could describe the wedding in full, but it would take hours! I'll break it down as best as I can.
On Thursday before the wedding, I had my bachelorette party with my 4 bridesmaids (my sister, matron of honor, and my three closest friends). We had appetizers, drinks, and games at my sister's house, then went to Santa Fe, shared a pizza on the plaza, and then went to a bar called El Corazon where we had drinks and latin danced!
The next day, me and two of my bridesmaids got manicures and pedicures, then the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner was later that day.
Finally, THE DAY arrived. I slept surprising well the night before. I thought I'd be up all night, but I think the two Tylenol PM and extra strong herbal Sleepytime tea helped :) Erin sent me this text message that morning: "Good morning (almost) Mrs Stupka!...YAAAYYY IT'S FINALLY HERE!!" My cousin's fiance, Lindsey, came to my parents' house and did all the bridesmaids' and my hair and makeup. We all headed to the church, and got dressed and put on our jewelry and last-minute beauty touches in the office. My bridesmaids and flower girls and mom all looked beautiful! My dad came into the office close to ceremony time, and cried upon seeing me for the first time, all dressed and ready. I had been really relaxed the whole week, up until I heard the processional music at 1 PM and Joan saying "It's time for you all to start heading down." That's when my heart started beating harder and my knees started shaking and I had to tell my dad to not let me fall down.
My something old: A golden pin in the shape of a music clef, with three pearls. It used to be my great grandma's, and I pinned it on my bouquet.
My something new was, well, several things: My dress, veil, shoes, headband
My something borrowed: My mom's original wedding ring that I wore on my right hand
My something blue: The jewelry set my parents got me for Christmas for this occasion; the earrings and necklace have my birthstone, blue topaz.
"Butterfly Waltz" was the song the wedding party and I walked down the aisle to. I saw my groom standing at the end of the aisle, a huge smile on his face, and tears pooled in my eyes and a lump formed in my throat. My dad walked me down, pulled the blusher veil back from my face, kissed me, hugged my groom, and handed me over to Jake, who had tears coming down. The ceremony was beautiful, and the whole time I felt happy and complete.
The reception was just as amazing, but in a different way. So much fun and happiness and celebration. Plenty of dancing, good food, tons of laughter, and good feelings generating from everyone. Seeing everyone there made me love them all more!
At 10 PM, Jake and I left the reception through a shower of bird-friendly rice and into a decorated car, off to the beginning of wedded bliss. We stayed the night at Sunrise Springs Resort in Santa Fe. The next morning, I got this text message from Danielle: "Congrats Mrs Stupka you looked so beautiful! I am beyond thrilled for the two of you! Have an amazing honeymoon!! :-)" And an amazing honeymoon we had! The day after the wedding, we headed to the airport in Albuquerque. We first had to fly to Los Angeles, oddly, and had dinner at the airport. We left LA at about 9:45 PM, flew overnight, and landed in Miami at about 5 AM. Around 9 or 10 AM, we left Miami and made it to St. Lucia at about 1:30 PM, then were taken by van to the Sandals Grande St. Lucia. What a beautiful, amazing, fun, and relaxing place! Our room was beautiful, complete with flower petals and champagne; nothing too fancy and not a huge suite, but perfect for us. That week we did plenty of watersports (snorkeling, Snuba diving [yes Snuba, not scuba], jet skiing, hobie cats, and of course, swimming), a rainforest biking trip which ended with a refreshing dip at the foot of a waterfall, ate tons of delicious food, had some awesome drinks, and soaked in the beautiful Caribbean island. Last Sunday we flew to Miami and stayed the night in a 5-star hotel near the airport (free for us, thanks to Jake's dad's credit card rewards points). Monday we got into Albuquerque and went to my parent's house where we opened all our wedding gifts, and of course, did laundry for free for the last time in a while. Tuesday we came to Las Cruces, where I moved in with my new husband :)
Since then we've been organizing all our new gifts, packing up a lot of old stuff for Goodwill and a soon-to-be-college student my mom knows, and relaxing and enjoying the beginning of our new life together.
This post is a very limited description of all the fun and happiness that our wedding day and honeymoon held. Perhaps some pictures will tell the story better than words can, but you will have to wait for those! I have many photos from friends and family, but I'll wait to post some pictures until we get the professional ones in. Of course, you will have to check Facebook once we have them, but that will have tons more pictures that I'd post on here :)
For all who have given their support and faith and love to us during this time, thank you! We are so happy right now and grateful for everything many of our family and friends have done for us. I am so obviously in the honeymoon phase right now, and I'm totally diggin' it! I am head over heels for my husband!
One of the photos from our complimentary photo shoot in St. Lucia
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