This Will Be Our Year: This Is Not Goodbye

This Will Be Our Year: This Is Not Goodbye

September 7th, 2010 @ 7:32 pm by Mrs. Spaniel
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When people get frustrated with you and your crazy planning ways, they’ll condescendingly tell you that “it’s just a party” and you shouldn’t get all caught up in it (not that this happened to me, oh no… actually, I’m really not being sarcastic; I just hear it happens to a lot of brides) ;), you can tell them: Mrs. Spaniel says you’re wrong. Actually, don’t tell them that, because then they’ll really think you’re crazy. Who is Mrs. Spaniel? In any event, I know now that a wedding is not just a party, and I know that because it’s the part of the wedding about which I have the least to write.

I can honestly say, in hindsight, the most important part was the ceremony—it was the whole point. The most rewarding parts were the speeches our friends and family made—we had a wedding because we wanted to share this momentous occasion with our community, and feeling their love coming back at us made it worth it. The party? It was fun.

In fact, it was a lot of fun.

(I think Mr. S was singing Jai Ho here, which is a few kinds of awesome.)

But then it wound down, and then it was over. Eighteen months of planning, three days of activities, and eight hours of event…done. So fast!

It was a wonderful day and I’m so grateful that we got to have it, to share it with our friends and family, and that I was able to share it with all of you. I’m ready to say goodbye to our wedding, but not to Weddingbee… I still have a few nuggets of wedding wisdom I want to share before I sign off as Mrs. Spaniel for good. So, for the moment, I’ll let Grandma Spaniel say goodbye instead.

(Guest photo)

All photos by the terrific Meg Perotti unless otherwise noted.

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17 Responses to “This Will Be Our Year: This Is Not Goodbye”

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bridesmomma (message) 445 posts, Helper bee

Grandma Spaniel looks like the life of the party!

9/7/10 @ 7:53 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,312 posts, Bee Keeper

I’ve loved reading about your wedding, sad the photos are done!

9/7/10 @ 7:57 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Guinea Pig (message) 1,377 posts, Bumble bee

Haha - bye Grandma Spaniel! (Love that photo). I feel the same about our wedding - I’ve written so many recaps up ’til now about prep and the ceremony, but I feel like I could summarize the rest in like two posts: toasts, and partying! (Of course being long winded I’m sure I’ll drag it out to like 10 posts, but still). I’m sad your photos are done too, I’ve loved seeing your wedding!

9/7/10 @ 8:24 pm (reply)

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Miss Lioness (message) 815 posts, Busy bee

Haha aww Grandma Spaniel is the perfect ending to such wonderful recaps. Sad the photos are over!

9/7/10 @ 8:26 pm (reply)

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Miss Earrings (message) 2,477 posts, Buzzing bee

lol that photo of Mr Spaniel singing Jai Ho is priceless!

9/7/10 @ 8:33 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Grandma Spaniel sure looks like a fun lady!

9/7/10 @ 8:41 pm (reply)

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Missbliss (message) 784 posts, Busy bee

I love your comments. I totally agree with them. I have been known to speak up at friend’s weddings when I hear someone whining about the big deal wedding. I’m an only child. My wedding is the one major event in my life that my whole family — my dad’s side, and my mom’s side and my friends will all be invited to celebrate the big event. The last gathering of that whole group was my parent’s wedding and I wasn’t there.

9/7/10 @ 8:47 pm (reply)

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Mrs. French Fries (message) 2,217 posts, Buzzing bee

Grandma Spaniel is awesome!!!! Glad you’re not “leaving leaving” — that would be too sad.

9/7/10 @ 9:17 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Buttons (message) 5,046 posts, Bee Keeper

Haha - I love gma spaniel! Cute photo! And I don’t want you to leave usssss… I love your photos.

9/7/10 @ 11:14 pm (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

As a gap that’s already married (6 months as of today!) I’m not sure if I’ll enjoy the ceremony or the party more. It’ll be nice to have a ceremony because our marriage process was so boring (”sign here, here and here please”) but I’m also very excited to celebrate and introduce Mr. G as my husband to my family and friends. Looks like you had a lot of fun partying! Looking forward to your words of wisdom!

9/7/10 @ 11:28 pm (reply)

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Miss Zebra (message) 1,044 posts, Bumble bee

Grammy!!! I love the fun pictures! Don’t leave though, okay?

9/8/10 @ 12:11 am (reply)

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Mrs. Hermit Crab (message) 3,530 posts, Sugar bee

what a gorgeous wedding and what a beautiful to wrap it up! Can’t wait to see what else you have in store for us!

9/8/10 @ 12:48 am (reply)

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LittlestBirds (message) 2,605 posts, Sugar bee

Definitely not just a party - but, the party is fun too.

9/8/10 @ 1:00 am (reply)

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Futon

Glad to hear the speeches were appreciated!

After doing a few best man ones its nice to know people like them (in general).

9/8/10 @ 6:40 am (reply)

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TheFutureMcBride (message) 4,461 posts, Honey bee

Grandma Spaniel looks like an awesome Grandma!

9/8/10 @ 8:53 am (reply)

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Paula@DWItaly

Looks like great fun! You’re right, it is so much more than “just a party”…

9/8/10 @ 9:19 am (reply)

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