And we're back!

Almost one full month after the wedding, after the honeymoon, after Terry has returned to work, after attending cheer camp with my cheerleaders, and after a quick trip to San Diego for a pre-birthday celebration (which I shall choose to call "a celebration of still being 25"), we are back. The cat might be the only one who is truly thrilled about this.

My goal here is not to overwhelm my masses of readers (hi, Mom!) with one post but to provide a few well-organized posts about the wedding and its aftermath. Otherwise I'm not sure what I would do with all my spare time.

I know visuals generally prove far more insightful than lengthy descriptions, so thankfully our incredible photographer has provided us with a snippet of her and Kelvin's gorgeous work. Enjoy, then come back for those lengthy descriptions I mentioned earlier.

http://video214.com/play/V1jI1DaktIMz0CwP0F3FLA/s/dark

In the interest of chronology, we'll go to the pre-wedding and rehearsal stuff first. While I did post before the wedding, I was a midst a flurry of chaos, emotions, and buying makeup, only the last of which had anything to do with me. My mother, surprisingly calm and helpful (I say "surprisingly" not because she is usually not helpful but because I was not sure what to expect from her that week, so anything would have been a surprise), kept busy with making our favors, getting the house ready for the post-wedding lunch, and assembling our programs. My father, on the other hand, kept everyone on edge by either leaving the house for random errands that clearly could not wait until after the wedding - such as picking up his golf clubs three cities away - or forcing us to listen to depressing songs. But even with all we had left to do and Terry not arriving in Fremont until Wednesday, we got it all done by Friday's rehearsal.

The parents all hosted a quick picnic at Mitchell Katz winery, the winery at our wedding site. I loved seeing all our friends there to kick off the awesome weekend. The ceremony rehearsal went off with few falters, and we girls headed off to get our nails done. Terry's parents hosted our rehearsal dinner at Campo di Bocce, a bocce ball restaurant in downtown Livermore. The location was the perfect spot - dinner and toasts first, then a few games of bocce. The whole group had a great time - our parents, the bridal party and ceremony participants, and a few of Terry's extended family. We definitely recommend Campo di Bocce for a rehearsal dinner! Then my family headed home for rest, and Terry stayed at the hotel where all the guests were staying. A fantastic night to precede a fantastic wedding day.