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Okay, so remember how in my last post, I promised a couple of funny stories? Well, here you are!
After cutting the cake, I started to hurry upstairs to toss my bouquet! (That was the correct order of things… right?) Well, before I made it inside the house, our pastor approached me to remind me that if Mr. Turtle and I truly wanted to be married, we’d left out a very important part. I seriously remember having no idea what he was talking about. I really felt like I’d planned everything so well. Can any of you guys think of what our pastor could have been referring to? Here’s a clue:
Ummm… duh???
Following our ceremony, rather than meeting our pastor inside the house to sign the marriage certificate, like we were supposed to, Mr. Turtle and I, along with our wedding party had gotten so caught up in the excitement of everything that we’d immediately taken off for pictures! Thankfully, our pastor had remembered this crucial detail, so he proceeded to gather me, my new husband, and our witnesses at one of our cocktail tables to make this thing official!
Me signing the certificate
Mr. Turtle signing the certificate
MOH Camo (Witness #1) signing the certificate
Best Man R (Witness #2) signing the certificate
I love this picture of Mr. Turtle and his brother shaking hands after they both signed our marriage certificate! Precious grown up brother moment!
Now that we had this “little detail” taken care of, it was time for me to toss my bouquet! I decided to toss it from the upstairs balcony of Mr. Turtle’s grandparents’ house.
My college friend C caught the toss bouquet! (Okay, C’s boyfriend: that means pressure’s officially on!) Photo credit: College Friend C
Next was the garter toss. Originally, we didn’t plan on doing a garter toss, just because I’ve always been weirded out by the idea of the groom crawling up the bride’s skirt in front of all their friends and family! Not my thing… What we ended up doing was tying a “toss garter” to a Starbucks gift card, in an effort to make catching the garter more desirable to our male guests. We skipped the whole crawling up the skirt thing, and Mr. Turtle just threw it from the same balcony that I tossed the bouquet from!
Some guys gather for the big toss
Mr. Turtle tosses the garter… Going…. going… wait? Where’d it go? My new husband accidentally threw it in the wrong direction, sending the garter and gift card right onto the roof! (Okay, pause a moment and appreciate that that really happened. HAHAHAHA. Okay, I’ll try to compose myself now!)
So what happened next? Did anyone ever end up with the garter? You’ll just have to wait, and find out next post! (Oh, the drama!) 
Great picture of Mr. Turtle’s brother/best man staring up toward the roof, wondering where the garter went. (Or maybe I just like the photo because it shows off how cool our tent looked at night? And how the groomsmen stuck their place cards in their boutonnieres?)
In case you missed out on any of my earlier recap posts:
Once again, all of the photos in this post, unless noted, were taken by our wonderful photographer, Chloe Murdoch, with Mike Larson Inc.
you’re too funny, turtle! knowing me, i can see myself spacing out on the wedding license signing, too! i think i’m going to tie a little ribbon around my finger to remind me 
Love the balcony shots! Our guests used their escort cards as boutonnieres, too! I love all the pisctures with them!
mwhahahaha, I cracked up at the garter/starbucks card! That’s a great idea! Love the tent at night!
As my husband and I were driving away from the wedding, we both looked at each other and went “Holy crap, we didn’t sign the license!”
So I called my pastor’s cell and he laughed and told us that we already signed it. I didn’t know this, but in Florida, you sign the license at the courthouse when you apply for it.
It was a funny panicked moment, though.
Love how dramatic the lighting got after dark. And your groom and his brother are so cute, love it!
I read this panicked because we def didn’t sign it either… but somehow we got our official license in the mail after the wedding! I guess PA is like @bree72’s FL experience
@bree72: @Miss Thimble: How funny! To be honest, I still don’t understand the whole process. For ours, we had to sign it at the city office of records, and then they gave us another one that we signed at our wedding. (And our witnesses also signed at that point.) In Florida and Pennsylvania, do your certificates not require witness signatures? (And sorry for giving you a panic moment, Thimble! Haha!)
LOL at the missing garter! That is too funny!!
Thank goodness your pastor remembered to gather you guys up to sign!!!
haha. In NZ the signing of the certificate always happens during the actual ceremony…otherwise Im sure i might accidentally forget about it too!
Oh wow - I LOVE that you did the tosses from a balcony - that is so cool.
And don’t feel bad: we almost forgot to sign our marriage certificate too!
we almost forgot to sign our license too!
How hilarious that he threw the garter in the wrong direction? BAAHHAHAHAHAHAA
Aw, I love the tossing of the bouquet/garter from that awesome balcony! Such a great shot! We also forgot to sign our marriage certificate and our pastor actually reminded us of this during his blessing prior to dinner, everyone got a good laugh out of it. Can’t wait to see the resolution of the garter mishap!
that’s so weird! why in the world did Mr T actually throw it up the roof?!
That was too funny! I can’t wait to find out what happens next.
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Mrs. Turtle, Central California Age and Occupation: 21, Art Student/Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 22, English Student Engagement Date: August 16, 2008 Wedding Date: July 2010 Venue: Mr. Turtle's Grandparents' backyard, Arroyo Grande, CA About Me: I am a California girl who loves the beach and the mountains, but is quite satisfied living right in the middle where I can enjoy the best of both worlds. I am happiest when traveling to faraway places, wandering through museums, watching old movies, or baking up a storm. Mr. Turtle and I are high school sweethearts and fellow book nerds who both drive Mini Coopers and are most likely to be found browsing in antique stores. We're having so much fun planning our European garden wedding with a vintage twist and can't wait to share more of life's adventures together!
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