The Wedding of Jeremy & Elisabeth

The Wedding of Jeremy & Elisabeth

How did your Wedding go?

Well, we were catering the wedding ourselves so we'd been making the food the night before and had to get the food to the Old Courthouse early in the morning so we could finish all the food by noon. We'd made as much food as would fit in our fridge so we still had some more to make. Pictures were supposed to start at 12:30p.m. but didn't get underway until around 1:30. Things got a little hectic because of a mishap with the Old Courthouse and the wedding got started an hour later than we'd anticipated. Jeremy, my husband, was wonderful through all the craziness and my family really came through for me to make up for the lost time. In the end, we got married and that's all that really matters. The ceremony was beautiful. I'd made all the flowers and decorations by hand and my dad made an arrangement of one of my favorite songs for us to walk down the isle to. My aunt, Bonnie, and my brother, a Jeremy as well, played it as a duet. My cousin, Hannah, sang a beautiful song for our sand ceremony and we had a memorial candle lighting for my mother. My best friend, John, performed the ceremony which was very special for me. After the ceremony, the party started and the angst and troubles of the day fell away. We had so much fun with our friends and family and after the reception ended, a few of us headed over to Casino Aztar to play out the night.

What was your favorite part of your wedding?

My favorite part of the wedding was the fact the two most special little ones in the entire world to me got to be in my wedding. My ring bearer and flower girl were none other than my two pugs, Baxter and Sophie. My mom and I had always joked that when I got married, they would be the ring bearer and flower girl. Having them there and a part of my wedding was the highlight for me because it helped me feel like she was there. I miss her a lot and getting engaged and married without her here has been one of the hardest things I've had to do since losing her.

Were there any rocky moments or close calls?

Oh yes! There was a pretty big screw up on the Courthouse's end. We were supposed to have access to the building and our rooms by 8 a.m., but when two of my friends and I got there at 8 a.m. with what food we'd prepared the night before, the doors they told us would be open were in fact locked. After calling every number I had available to me, I decided there was nothing I could do but wait. And wait, and wait, and wait. After about 15 minutes, John, the officiant and one of the friends that had showed up to help, circled the building, looking for any signs that maybe someone was inside and could help us. He didn't find anyone so we waited some more. After about an hour and 15 minutes, I was at the end of my patience and decided to take a walk around the building myself. I took a chance and tried every door to the place only to find that the doors on the opposite side (the side they said without a doubt would be locked) were open. I was just grateful to have found access to the building. We'd only lost about an hour and a half so it wasn't that bad. Or so I thought. After all that, we cart all the food upstairs only to find the rooms themselves locked. We had no access to the kitchen in order to put the food up so we had to drive it all the way back across town to my dad's house and try to sort everything out. I called our photographer (Michelle) to let her know what was going on and she ended up calling a friend of hers who is a wedding planner. The wedding planner was able to get in touch with Otis, the curator, who came to finally let us into our rooms. Apparently Margie, the woman who had been in charge of setting everything up had forgot about us and hadn't made the proper arrangements, not to mention the fact that we only signed on to do the wedding at the Old Courthouse because she told us that we could have the dogs inside and then a week after signing everything told us we would have to do it outside if we wanted the dogs in the wedding. There was also the little problem of telling us 3 weeks before the wedding that we could use their chairs outside and then less than a week before the wedding told us that there was a problem and we no longer could use the chairs outside. Dad jumped on them about that one and got it all straightened out luckily. He was truly amazing during all of it and I couldn't have asked for more from him. I know it was hard on him and it brought up mom a lot for him but he really came through. The time set back caused us to really have to scramble and one of my aunts missed the entire wedding ceremony because she spent the whole time trying to get the food ready for the reception.

Is there anything you would have changed?

Considering that the only reason we were able to get into the building when we did (I found out later that if Otis hadn't been gotten a hold of then it would have been 3 p.m. before we would have had access to the rooms and the wedding was supposed to start at 4 p.m.!) was because of Michelle's friend, I would have to say that investing in a wedding planner would not be a bad decision. Plus, it would have taken a lot of the stress off of me and my dad since we were trying to coordinate things from two different states! Planning a wedding is stressful enough but planning a wedding in Indiana while living in Kentucky is worse. It would have been nice to have someone more knowledgeable on our team. Other than that everything turned out great and I loved every crazy minute of it.

What advice would you give to other brides that you may have learned in the process of getting married.

Think about what you want and go for it. Don't let other people tell you what to do. There is a reason everyone says "It's your day," because it is. Make it what you want. I had person after person tell me how dumb it would be and how bad of an idea it was to have the dogs in the wedding. I fought them every step of the way and in the end won and having them there was the highlight for me. Some thing will go wrong. It's not a maybe, it's a fact. No matter how much you prepare or plan, there will always be something. Whether it's starting late or maybe your groom's cake looks like it's going to a six year old's birthday party (another slight mishap), something won't go as planned. Just roll with it. There's no use getting upset. You have no control over other people, but you do have control over yourself. Everything that does happen will only make the day more memorable in the end. Also, seriously consider a wedding planner!

• Venue for Church & Reception: The Old Courthouse
• Dress: Bridal Warehouse
• Tuxedos: TUX
• Photographer: Memories by Michelle

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