Friday, March 24, 2006

Wedding Scrapbook Quotes

I have been going through StoryPeople to find quotes to use in our wedding scrapbook and have found a few that I LIKE, but not a single one that I LOVE. So, if you know of any sites to try let me know.
A little background: We decided to semi-elope. What the hell is semi-elope you are probably thinking? Well, my family is in KS/OK his is in CT. We decided getting both sides together would be impossible, and decided to make it small and simple and run away. Henry's best friends have a beautiful beach house in Rhode Island on a private beach that they offered to us for the ceremony. My best friends offered to do the photography for free. Those 4 people were the witnesses and guests. Period, amen. No hassle (well, less hassle.) We still did a tux and a dress, but were barefoot on the beach at sunset. Small reception at the hotel where we stayed. We just ordered off the menu and were going to pay for the 4 witnesses meals (the justice of the peace couldn't stay), but when it was time for the check we had a note from a couple sitting a table away from us for most of the meal (but who had already left). They told us in the note that they couldn't afford a large wedding and did something similar to ours 20 years ago that summer and it brought back a lot of memories to see the love on our faces. They thanked us for "sharing" our night with them and paid for all 6 meals! How sweet is that! We had brought our own wedding cake from our fav Italian bakery here at home and champagne which the waitress served for us (we have pics of cutting the cake and everything!). Above is a picture just after the ceremony...talk about a perfect sunset! It was an amazing night! We spent a week there on the beach at the hotel, waking to the sound of the surf, spent days relaxing, walking the beach and collecting starfish. It was perfect.
So, there is some background. If you come up with a quote that you think would be perfect for a "Wedding, barefoot on the beach at sunset" just let me know!
Here are the few I've come up with that I LIKE:
~We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together
~We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet space
~Today all I could remember was the way your body held the ocean of myself and for a moment there was only one us in all creation.
~Everything changed the day they figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in their lives.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here are some sites:
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/default.asp

http://scrapsayings.com/

5:54 PM  
Blogger MommyOutOfControl said...

Jen,
Thanks for both your comments! Love the pics you sent of Austin at Christmas, what a cutie. How is the new house? Yeah, we gotta chat soon! Love ya,
J

7:50 AM  

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