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So… I’d made it down the aisle to Mr. Turtle, and here we were!

We kept our ceremony really short and old-fashioned. No readings, no unity candle, no special music. Our pastor just welcomed everyone and gave a short little sermon about love and marriage. He even referenced our proposal story, which was based on 1 Corinthians 13:13 and the most importance things in life: faith, hope, and love.

He said some wonderful things about Mr. Turtle and me, joking about how we are both such goody two-shoes that no matter how many people he asked, he couldn’t manage to dig up any embarrassing dirt on us! (Which, in my opinion, is pretty embarrassing in itself, haha!) He talked about how after talking about us in depth with our families and closest friends, he couldn’t think of any two people who could be more the same. He made a couple jokes about how we both drive MINI Coopers. And how we’re both Europeans at heart, how we were even going to London and Paris on our honeymoon…

He tried his best to come up with a few differences between us, and some advice on how to live with them. Like how I’m the “talker” of the relationship. He advised Mr. Turtle that when we’re together with friends, let me tell the stories. He shared about his conversation the night before with Mr. Turtle’s college roommate, and that the best advice his roommate could give me about living with Mr. Turtle was: “Don’t mess with his albums!” (Mr. Turtle is an obsessive record collector—mainly of classic rock.)

Since we only had 100 guests in attendance, the people who know us the best in life, I felt like everyone truly enjoyed every word of our ceremony.

Before we knew it, it was already time to exchange our vows! (The traditional, “from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer or poorer” etc. kind…) And exchange our rings…

Then it was the “You may now kiss the bride.” part…

Then, the “I now pronounce you husband and wife.” And, “Introducing for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Turtle!”

As the string quartet started into our recessional song, we happily walked up the aisle!

Our wedding party walked up the aisle too, but I’ll spare you those pictures, since you’ll be seeing so much of them in my next post! But that was it! That was our ceremony! It was simple, it was to the point, it probably only lasted fifteen minutes at the most, and it was absolutely perfect. I honestly felt like it was the best ceremony I’d ever been to. It wasn’t boring, and there weren’t even any awkward moments! (Except when I got up to the front of the aisle with my dad, and a random Ray Charles song started playing out of the speakers. I forgot that part… that was weird.) But still, it was perfect!

Next up: our family portraits in the backyard, and our quick drive to a random field to take wedding party pictures!

In case you missed out on my earlier recap posts:

• So Happy Together: The Rehearsal
• So Happy Together: The Rehearsal Dinner
• So Happy Together: The Wedding Morning & Bridal Details
• So Happy Together: The Girls Get Ready
• So Happy Together: The BFF Shots
• So Happy Together: Bridesmaid Portraits
• So Happy Together: Groomsman Portraits
• So Happy Together: And Here Comes the Bride!

And once again, all of the beautiful photos were taken by our wonderful photographer, Chloe Murdoch of Mike Larson Inc.

*Note: To answer your fashion questions, my dress was by Casablanca, the bridesmaid dresses were by Watters, and the guys’ suits were from Banana Republic.