We finally finished the pictures and left for the Church at 11:35 AM (the wedding starts at Noon and we�re about 15 minutes away). We got there and I went straight to the Brides� room and asked everybody to leave except for Wendy. I had to ask her to stand next to me during the ceremony, and she gladly said yes. During this, people kept knocking on the door which was really irritating me. I later found out it was one of the Bridesmaids looking for the missing rings! The ring box was in a plastic container with the Bible, Cross, and some other things for the ceremony. Apparently, someone (still don�t know who) moved it into the Brides� room. Trevor�s guys came up to him and told him they didn�t know where the rings were (this is about 10 minutes before the ceremony), and I guess Trevor looked at them and said �Don�t tell me that! Go find them!!!� So they did.

At this point, I was a wreck in that room. Two of my Bridesmaids were in there, and a very good family friend (Mary Lynne) came in and really helped me. She�s been like a mom to me for so many years, and since my own mom had to already be sitting in her pew, it was wonderful having Mary Lynne there. She just kept hugging me and calming me down, and just making sure I was ok.

She left and I looked at my 2 girls and just started crying. I needed to see Trevor. We were supposed to see each other before the ceremony. Our photographers were supposed to bring him in and then act as bodyguards outside the door so no one disturbed us. We were supposed to have at least 5 minutes together, as I knew this would totally help me calm down. Well, since we were all running behind, this didn�t happen. Wendy was very concerned and asked me if I was ok. I told her no, and that I�d give anything to see Trevor. She said, �Do you want me to go get him?� And I just must have given her a look that said YES because next thing I know, there�s Trevor standing in the doorway.

Oh my gosh, he looked so handsome! He was in an all white tux with tails and a white vest, and it just looked awesome on him. Before this, I had no idea what kind of tux he had picked out, but he did a perfect job. We just stood there smiling at each other. He finally starting walking over to me, and my bridesmaids left to give us our privacy.

Trevor & I gave each other a kiss, and I just kept touching his chest and telling him how handsome he looked and he kept telling me how beautiful I looked. Then he pulled out a box�he bought me a gold & diamond bracelet and I was just bawling. We took off the bracelet I was already wearing (a sapphire and diamond one he�d given me last Christmas), and put the new one on. Then he left. This all happened in about 90 seconds.

We all then went to line up. My Aunt Lori, God bless her, came out and scooped up my sick little nephew who was just screaming. She went to take him outside, and my dad started to walk over to help her or something, I don�t know. I just said, �Dad, get over here!� It was almost our turn to walk down the aisle. Oh, and about this point I also realized I forgot to put my blusher over my face, so I had about 3 guys back there trying to do it, and I kept saying �Just the top layer, just the top layer.� It was SO funny.

Ok, we made it down the aisle with no problems, I didn�t trip or anything. I did cry which I didn�t want to do, but I couldn�t help it. Fr. Andrew was wonderful, he kept saying things like �Take a deep breath.� �You�re doing great.� At one point in the ceremony (during the Responsorial Psalm), we were kneeling and I realized I had forgotten to move my engagement ring from my left finger to my right. OOPS! So, I propped my bouquet up on the kneeler, and somehow managed to switch it over without dropping it or knocking my flowers down. Trevor was just looking at me like, �What in the world are you doing?!?�

When it was time to say our vows, it just felt so good to be looking at each other and to have my hands in Trevor�s. He just kept rubbing my hands with his thumbs the entire time. He got through his vows fine (although he says he almost broke down), but I lost it right at the beginning. Luckily I regained my composure and got through the rest. I was shaking so badly when I put his ring on, but at least I didn�t drop the ring. At this point, he lifted my veil (something he has said from the beginning that he really wanted to do) and we had our first kiss. When I watch the video, there�s just these huge grins on our faces at this point.

We then went to light the unity candle. We left the flame in there for quite a while because I wanted to make sure it was lit before we removed them. Trevor says he was starting to wonder if I was ever going to pull them away! Lol After that, we took and gave a rose to each of our parents and to our honorary grandparent, DeDe. I just remember starting to walk over to my side, and there were just tears streaming down my daddy�s face.

Ok, so we finished that, and back up to the altar we went. There were some final prayers read, Fr. Andrew said some very nice things, and then we turned around and were introduced as Mr. & Mrs. Trevor Foster. Wow, what a feeling. We walked back down the aisle (I think I practically ran, I was so happy), and when we got to the back we just stopped and gave each other a very long hug. Next thing I knew, there was our bridal party and our brothers (the ushers) and hugs all around.

We then walked back up and everyone clapped again, which was so cool. We then dismissed the guests by pew, and this really worked out well. There were several people on Trevor�s side I had never met, and vice versa, but there weren�t too many people so we were able to do introductions as we greeted them out of their pews.

Then we took our pictures, and most of that went ok. There were a few tense moments because something with the flash broke, and the photographer�s wife (Lori) forgot to grab the spare on their way out. So he (Craig) had to rush back to the studio to get it. (We later found out he was flying and went right by a cop�luckily he didn�t get pulled over!). We rushed through the pictures to get them all in, and the only one we didn�t get was with Fr. Andrew (he had disappeared by this point and we couldn�t find him).

HINT: Don�t just assume people will know which pictures they are supposed to be in. Tell them in advance. You may be so overwhelmed when this is going on that you�re not thinking straight. We didn�t realize until the honeymoon that when we took the family pic with Trevor�s side, his brother�s fiance and her 2 boys were not in it (Deb, Craig, and Curtis). This was completely our fault because we both knew we wanted her in it, but we never told her or the photographer! So she just assumed she wasn�t family yet, so that�s why she wasn�t in it. When we were up there taking pics, I never once turned around, so I had no idea who was standing behind me. We feel awful over this and have apologized to her over this, but again it was our fault.

We left the Church in the limo and went to a park to take outdoor pics. This was a lot of fun because several cars drove by and were honking and hollering at us. At one point though, the photographer�s wife saw a bug crawling on the underside of my dress, so she got it out. Then she saw another. I was freaking out, so I called my 2 Bridesmaids over to do a thorough check! Wendy said, �Somehow, this seems like something Trevor should be doing, crawling around under your skirts!� lol

We finished our pictures, went for a loooong limo ride (he didn�t listen to what we asked him to do, so we got to the hall late), then headed for the hall.