How bittersweet that our wedding has now passed! It was amazing, wonderful, fantastic and truly magical!
I think the most talked about event occurrence was Paul's expression as I walked down the aisle. It was quite an ordeal to keep him from seeing my dress or me in it for the last year so when it was FINALLY time to walk down the aisle to make him my husband I was excited about him seeing me.
The whole day of the wedding all I wanted was to hurry up and get into my dress. It's what I had waited for and dreamed of since the day I fell in love with Paul. He had become my EVERYTHING in life and I wanted to show him what that truly meant to me.
Our photographer was amazingly helpful and I was surrounded by some of the most amazing women in my life: my sweet momma and momma-to-be, my best friend from birth, my best friend from college and my two wonderful sisters. Each one sharing in a sweet, memorable moment in the bridal sweet waiting for all of the final touches to be done to the venue. I had mistakenly counted on being able to help in those last few hours as all of the little details were being done...Oops! Can't let anyone see me in my dress. 
So I sat back, drank a glass of champagne (ok 2 or 3 ;) ) and waited...and waited!
The moment was finally here...the girls lined up outside of the bridal sweet and I was left alone battling my thoughts! OMG, it's here! OMG, it's here! Paul is out there! We're about to get married. The word excitement doesn't begin to describe...
In those last few moments I thought about how our photographer had tried to convince us to do a first glance! Which clueless to me before the wedding really just means that you have an opportunity with your hunny before the big moment to see each other, calm down and take a few pictures. While I understood it would be the best idea when trying to get as many pics as possible of us in good light, something that we'd have forever to remember, but I fought the temptation because I wanted right before I walked down the aisle to be 'the' moment he first saw his bride! A moment in time that seemed like a lifetime in the making. Also, the reason that I fought to have 'god blessed the broken road' as our first dance song. Because God truly did bless the broken road that led me straight to Paul. No one's life is without hardship, sacrifice or a few tears but when it all lead me to this moment. With the man of my dreams waiting for me...I was there!
So I was tucked behind the bridal suite door all alone for what seemed like an eternity. My sweet papa was waiting outside that door with his arm out and waiting. I love my dad so much and to have him tell me I looked beautiful right before he walked me down the aisle was so touching and will last a lifetime with me.
We began walking...
I walked straight to the fireplace and turned. I expected to see Paul's beautiful soft brown eyes opened wide as could be starring back at me as I rounded that corner. But he wasn't even looking at me. He had his head cocked back slightly and was looking into the sky.
Curious I thought but I continued to walk and as I reached the two wooden steps to begin the journey into marriage (and trying not to slip and bust it in my dress) I looked up to see Paul's eye FINALLY on me, his bride!
His eyes lit up like the fourth of July and the expression on his face is one that I will cherish for the rest of my life! It was like a child walking into the doors of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. He made me feel beautiful!
We had joked with each other for months about that moment and he always said that he would cry when he finally got to see me in my dress. But those words meant nothing in comparison with the actual tear that rolled down his face as soon as I got up to him. I knew that he adored me and wanted to make me his wife forever, even without him saying those words. Paul and I have had several of those...'get out of my head' moments where you know what each other is thinking and you know what they are about to say even before they can get the words out. Expressions mean everything between us. So in that moment, that's all I needed was that one single tear and that one expressive 'I love you to the ends of the earth & back' glance before we said 'I do' or in Paul's case screamed 'I DO!'!
I know I am a little biased but I thought that our ceremony & reception were perfect! The venue was beautiful, the weather a dream and all of our closest family and friends surrounding us with love and lifting our love and relationship up high! We tried to incorporate all of our family members into the ceremony & reception as much as we could. 
I thought it was a wonderful moment when both of our moms shared the moment in combining sand during the ceremony as a symbol of the unity and bond between the Fischer & St. Pierre family. It was so special and touching to both Paul and I. Although it was supposed to be spices instead of sand but I didn't think the wind blowing cayenne pepper in everyone's eyes was really the right way to make them cry. Our minister later told us that this moment along with our dad's reaching out and grabbing each other's hands from across the aisle was a touching moment for her and a first as well. We truly felt our families combining together and blessing our marriage!
We haven't even been able to see ALL of the pictures yet but we are waiting extremely impatiently! So excited to see them all! I KNOW we missed a ton of the little details that my mom worked so hard to create for us! At least we have these few for now =)
