It was kind of fun walking to the WP with the parade of bridesmaids
I think Tanis was with us, maybe not though
we sang, Goin To the Chapel and REALLY annoyed Lindsay. When we passed by the big corporate event, we smelled the food and asked if we could have some but they said no
we thought the big white dress might give us a free pass to cut in front of the line but they were super mean and obviously wanted us to go hungry
Dad met us halfway and we made our way to the bridge. This is the best part
Diane was on the bridge ahead of us, talking into her walkie-talkie saying, the bride is here
WHY ARE THOSE DOORS OPEN???? Military precision. I LOVE IT!
In the brides vestibule, we handed our balls over to the mean flower man and sat in the rooms with Julian, Zack and Luke. Julian was VERY concerned that he was going to be bad, so he told us several times that if he was bad we HAD to let him know. I high 5d him and said he was doing great
It seemed to take forever to get everything going. Finally, the boys lined up and I popped my head out of the BV to remind them to smile. There is NOTHING worse than having your bridal party look bored during your wedding ceremony
trust me. I KNOW
The boys were off and then we had to line up. I happily reminded Lindsay that if this wasnt the decision for her, then she needed to take this opportunity to let us know
I think I told her wed steal a boat from the GF marina and be on our merry way, but Im not sure if thats what I said. I do however remember that my father said the same thing to her, to which I reminded him of his response to me during MY last moments as a free girl, (I told him that was the moment where he was supposed to tell me that if this wasnt the decision for me that we could just take the Rolls to Miami and everyone else could just get over it, to which he said, No. Im not saying that to you.) Thanks Dad. Lindsay said she was good, so I took a last look at single Lindsay and went to line up, happily saying, UPLIFTED EXPRESSIONS to the bridal party as I went along. When we were lined up, Julian was again expressing his need to act correctly, all the while slamming his ring bearer pillow into the wall.
Off we went
being MOH, I was last
on the way down the aisle (expression UPlifted) I gave a big shout out to mah taters and almost tripped on the aisle runner as I ascended the stairs. I had provided really thick double-sided tape in order to prevent this
but the DFTW staff thought they knew more than me and decided to use stick pins. Let me just say, that had my original instructions been followed, the darned thing probably would NOT have ended up in flames at the end of the night
Standing on the altar, I noticed my aunt on the phone, I figured she was talking to our Aunt who was unable to make it and I thought it was so cool!!! Gotta love modern technology
All the while I was thinking
this is taking forever, WHERE IS SHE???? In the interest of distracting Chris, I asked him to fix the aisle runner. I mean, I slaved over that stupid thing and I did NOT want it looking messed up in pictures. So he fixed it. She STILL wasnt there. So there I am thinking that Im going to have to pull a Meredith Grey at Christina and Burkes wedding when she appears. Phew. Crisis averted.
The whole way down the aisle, Lindsay carried her bouquet at her side
NOT at her belly button. Id forgotten to instruct her
Im a bad MOH
Blah Blah Blah ceremony. At one point I got slightly teary and asked Megan to blow on my eyes and then I was making funny faces so that I didnt tear all over my make up and my mother was yelling at me silently from her seat in the front row. Oops
We lined up for the staged flower toss on the bridge and I helped Randy by telling people to get out of the way
I mean, seriously, HE was the professional photographer. Everyone else was just amateurs
so annoying.
When that was all said and done we made our way to the buses. I was going to bus 1 to save front seats for Lindsay and Chris when the bus driver came to me panicky that the DVDs wouldnt play. I WAS MAD. It literally took Mark and I 10 hours to do those and they were FUNNY. Since Id been bumped from making a speech at the reception (THANKS DAD) I really wanted the DVD to be part of the night. DRAT! Oh well. It couldnt be helped. I still had to play linebacker and kick people out of seats on the bus. Now, normally, this would not be an issue
nor did I think it WOULD be one. I get on the bus and notice that there were no seats in the front (I dont even remember who was sitting in the first ones) so I informed them that they needed to move. Someone questioned me on that and I was like, UH, YOU THINK LINDSAY CAN GET THROUGH THAT AISLE IN THAT BIG DRESS?????? NO. MOVE. Lindsay doesnt know this. I was already mad about the DVD, so I got off the bus, giving a meaningful glance to Mary (fellow BM, who I KNEW would fix this problem in my absence) and ran to find the bride to tell her about the movie
Diane was bustling her and when she was done she asked me to get her veil out. I told her that I had saved her seats in the front on the bus and that we would take it out once we sat down. I did take the veil out and we were on our way
Backstage in EPCOT we were stopped by security and the mean lady yelled at my grandmother for having a wrapped gift
DUH! The mean security lady said that we WERE informed, to which I said, uh, NO, we were NOT. (Seriously, this is our 2nd DFTW event in less than 2 years and I have NOT heard this. Mean security lady can stuff it.). They finally let us through with the contraband gift and we followed the light saber lady to the Isola. I changed my shoes because I thought I was going to die and then as soon as I got to the Isola I took my contacts out and immediately ate two whole martini glasses full of Mickey Roni n Cheese. It was around this time that the BM Dave and I signed the Marriage license (Randy got pics of this which is so cool) and then I found out about the aisle runner. Bless my FIL, he said, oh dont worry, it wasnt on the part that you decorated. So cute. I almost hyperventilated.
I was very concerned that Lindsay and Chris hadnt eaten, so I went to find them on the bridge with Randy. That man was just snap snap snappin away. He knows that fireworks show better than its creator, I swear. I asked them if they needed anything and they said no, but THEN the dance instructor appeared and they whisked off to go practice.
There they are, sneaking away!
The room/tables were beautiful
Lindsay covered most of the reception, except she FORGOT to include 3 key guests
Drag Queen Ken was THRILLED to be included in this day
as were 2 dressed up taters
heres Lindsays reaction upon seeing all of them
Taters kept appearing EVERYWHERE. SOMEONE must have been putting them all over the room
Ken felt upset that no one was dancing with him
Rob was SO hungry at the reception
when the night ended, we were all exhausted...
Randy said that it was the first time that he's taken a picture of a bride and groom on their wedding day in the actual spot that they got engaged. I thought that was cool. We started heading back and saw a bunch of our guests milling outside so we stopped to talk to them. Caryn saw a mark on my dress and fluffed my dress and a HUGE bug crawled off of it. It was gross! 
I wish now that I had thought to check the tables for leftover favors. I have 3, but if there were extra I guess they'd be nice to have... We said goodbye and thank you to Diane and Randy and then got loaded onto the bus. We all chatted about the wedding on the way home and then we were unloaded at the valet stop. 
I have been reading so many weddings on the DIS I have a lot of ideas in my head. Now I have another, take dance classes.
Can't wait to see Randy's pics.
