Volumes of Love: Hug It Out

And we were husband and wife! This is the face I make when something is really exciting. Trust me, it was.

As we walked down the aisle, some of our guests remembered to toss the flower petals at us. Remember how we had made all of those envelopes for seeds? Well, a few people (Mom and MIL Library) seemed to think that the seeds MIL Library got would stick to my dress and be awful, so since Aunt M wanted us to buy more flowers, we got flower petals instead. It was a quality life decision. One of my favorite photos from our ceremony came out of a few wayward petals making their way down my dress. Being a gentleman, Mr. Library offered to get them out for me.
I told him he could get them later.Directly after our ceremony, we wanted to have a receiving line to ensure that we said hi to every guest. Trust me, it was something we loved later on when we couldn’t actually make our way to all of the tables later on. To keep it simple, Mr. Library and I just had our parents and siblings join us in the line. Some of the Groom Squad decided to line up too.We’re MARRIED!!!See Groomsman D there in the background? He cried more than anyone, including me. I plan on doing the same thing at his wedding some day.We positioned the parents next to each other on either side so that they could introduce the other family to people they didn’t know. Mr. Library and I did the same for each other.Meet C, my adorable cousin. She was even color coordinated with the rest of our wedding! Her new talent that morning? Squirting a squirt gun… at the bride! She was tons of fun to have around before my dress went on.These are the faces we make when we see each other. T was my mentor teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, when I student taught in her classroom. We’re pretty much two peas in a very abstract pod. I was so excited that her family came!I know I look pained here, but I swear I am telling Aunt M how much I love my bouquet. Again, I was so excited that she decided to come to the wedding. Let’s just say some family drama threatened to get in the way, but everyone put on their adult pants and came to party!With all of this love coming our way, we wanted to capture it in a special way, a way we could remember for the rest of our lives…