The Start of a Perfect Day

I really want to tell you about our wedding day...not just our wedding ceremony. So bear with me here!! (And then I'll backtrack and tell you about our highly adventuresome trip TO the destination.)

Ryan and I talked about the whole tradition of not seeing each other before the wedding and I told him I was really not a fan. So, in our very non-traditional way of doing things...we began the day by meeting up for some time alone.

This is me BEFORE seven o'clock in the morning, waiting in the little courtyard outside my hotel room for Ryan to arrive. (Please let the record show I was ready first.) (This has not happened in our entire relationship career.) (Granted it is much easier to be ready when one does not have to do one's hair or put on one's makeup.)

We took our coffee and cookies (we're adults...we can have cookies at 7 in the morning if we want to) and the presents we got for each other...and our Bibles and journals...and headed to the beach!

Just gorgeous down there....

We had the most beautiful time together. (I decided to keep most of those things a blog secret - not that we don't trust you but that was our alone time together, so I'll just leave it at that.)

I will tell you...I would not have wanted to start this day any other way. It was such a blessing to have those two uninterrupted hours with Ryan at the start of our wedding day. We were able to share moments that have become unbelievably cherished memories in both our hearts. It calmed my heart to see him, talk to him, hear his words of love and comfort, and to see the warm look of love in his eyes.

After we finished up on the beach, we went to this little food cart in our resort complex. We'd gotten (not gonna lie - SUPER YUMMY) hot dogs there the day before and we noticed they served breakfast food too. So we went back for breakfast burritos.

Yes. This bride began her wedding day with 2 cups of coffee, a cookie, and a breakfast burrito. I think I forgot about FITTING INTO THE DRESS!!

It was actually kinda cool...while we were waiting on the breakfast, the guy making it asked if we were part of the wedding party on the premises. We told him we were the bride and groom and he gave us breakfast on the house! We were so thankful for that blessing!

I loved the whole morning. It was sunny and warm - over 60 degrees at 7 a.m. actually! the perfect way to start a wedding day. I am so thankful this was how we chose to start our day.