Gina and Tim's buffalo wedding and 2 week disneymoon 6/15 day 5 and 6

[wigdoutdismom]

Thanks! I loved my flowers, and I even have a hidden mickey on there, but that is a professional picture that no one else apparently took haha. My girls bouquets were really nice too. There is a good pic of me alone with the flowers on my train that will be in here once I start the wedding day. Aren't you supposed to be on your way to Vegas?!

I can't wait to see more pictures!
We leave tomorrow afternoon...
I really should start packing.

 

[tinkabella627]

Good news!! we finally got our pictures... now it is just a matter of me having patience to get them all loaded...

I think I will go do that all now while I write out some lesson plans. Hopefully I will have a wedding day post later today

 

[pooh'smate]

Looking forward to them. Your dress looks gorgous in the picture you posted earlier.

 

[tinkabella627]

Looking forward to them. Your dress looks gorgous in the picture you posted earlier.

thank you!! we are about half way through getting all the pics uploaded. I am doing that in between planning for next school year. Hopefully when Tim gets home he is feeling ambitious and finishes them up for me.

If not I will do what I can to get a post up with what we have.

 

[DSNYGRL_JKS2006]

Hey girl im on board!! I read awhile back you had some issues arise and then I finally found your thread again! AWESOME!!

 

[DSNYGRL_JKS2006]

I just read you were a teacher that is awesome!!! What do you have your degree in?

Also what grade/area do you teach and is it hard being a teacher? I started out in college doing elementary education but soon found out the loonnnnng journey of becoming a teacher and I had no patience unfortunately in PA the laws are little weird all the certifications etc but thats so cool !..

 

[tinkabella627]

I just read you were a teacher that is awesome!!! What do you have your degree in?

Also what grade/area do you teach and is it hard being a teacher? I started out in college doing elementary education but soon found out the loonnnnng journey of becoming a teacher and I had no patience unfortunately in PA the laws are little weird all the certifications etc but thats so cool !..

Hey girl! First let me just say that I just wrote this HUGE post back to you and my computer decided to temporarily hate me and froze! SO I am trying again..

I have my degree in childhood education and my concentration is in math. I am teaching 3rd grade right now. My first year teaching I taught 6-8 then last year I started in 2nd grade and a month in they moved me to 3rd grade. So hopefully I won't get switched this year. I honestly think it is insanely hard to be a teacher. It never ends and they constantly pile work on top of our regular teaching. Teaching isn't just teaching anymore. What did you end up switching to? I am trying to think of a backup plan just incase it doesn't get any easier. Everyone says it does after the first few years. Anything I want to do would require going back to school and since I am paying off one set of student loans I really don't want another set. And I know all about the pain in the backside laws of the Northern states. I was originally certified and graduated from a NY state school. I actually almost moved to PA bc my brother lived in Lansdale but I never applied for a job/teaching license and then he moved to SC anyways.

Stick around I am trying to get all our wedding pics uploaded so I can show everyone... then we will get to the actual TR... he has to help me with that bc I didn't write a single thing down and he has a much better memory than me.

 

[acwinsett]

Yay! Another Memphis Bride!!! I live in Germantown!

Just read your entire PJ . . . your engagement story is so amazing! Can't wait to see more!

 

[tinkabella627]

Germantown!!! We are in Bartlett, soon to be Cordova though!

I am going to do a wedding post tonight. We tried getting all our pics in and some are messed up but I am just going to do the update with the good pics because I don't want to hold this up anymore. Then hopefully I will get onto the TR from the honeymoon.

Thanks for reading!! And your engagement story (as I posted in someone elses pj in reply to you) was amazing as well.... literally I got goosebumps and I felt like I actually knew you I was so excited for you!

 

[DSNYGRL_JKS2006]

Can't wait to read your wedding post tonight!!

 

[tinkabella627]

I think I am going to start it now because I LOVE LOVE LOVE our wedding pictures and will probably post a ton just because I love them so much haha

Hopefully it will tell me when I have reached my limit haha

 

[tinkabella627]

Ok here is the long awaited wedding post.... well long awaited to those of you that are reading anyways haha

So the day finally came...we waited 2 years for this day and I was so excited. Now, the night before the wedding we had me, my niece, my MOH, my friend and bridesmaid, and my mom in one hotel room with one bed and a pull out sofa that slept 1. So just for kicks we took this picture

Needless to say, we spent a lot of time laughing that night. So to wake up for hair the next day was rough. The limo came to pick us up from the hotel at about 8. We brought fruit, bagels, and juice to eat while we were getting our hair done. It was a good time. My niece had the best before and after pics so I will share those with you now...
before:

after:

Once we finished the hair and makeup we went back to the hotel to get ready. THe flowers and photographer were there and shortly after, the videographer came. So now in our one hotel room we had 5 girls, me, a flower girl, my mom, my cousin, my brothers girlfriend, the photog, and the videog.... yep it was a little crowded! My MOH took Tim's gift up to him (which we don't have a picture of). He got a watch with a black face and Donald Duck on it. On the back I engraved it with I Love You 6.27.09.... however he didn't think to look and didn't know I did that until I told him at the church. His best man brought down my gift which were 1ct princess cut diamond earrings. (and after looking I see I don't have a good picture of those either.) Tim also got his flat screen tv when we returned from the honeymoon that he wanted.

While we were getting ready we took some pictures in the room. First is the "hanging dress" picture... except we didn't take my train down. Oh well..

Next is my amazing flower girl. There is a background story on her too.. (besides the dress drama you read about in an earlier post). She met Tim 4 years ago when we started dating. He and I went to pick her up to take her to the zoo. When she saw him, she decided she didn't want to like him and was going to be afraid of him. By the end of the trip, she LOVED him. However... every time she saw him after that she pretended to be afraid of him. We thought this was going to be a problem at the wedding but we were wrong (as you will later see in pictures). She did amazing and did everything anyone asked.

With the dress drama, we bought Sophia shoes.... and we matched so we took a pic!

And my flowers, that I LOVED!

Now to understand how sweet this story is about my dad, you have to know about my dad. He is VERY particular, OCD, and neruotic. He was coming into our room once I was all ready and as he opened the door he was so mad because he was running late. He came in and saw me dressed and all his cares were gone. It was amazing! Here is a picture of me and my dad... I didn't really pin his flower on. I have NEVER known how to get it right. So my mom did it after I posed.

After this, the photographer went to make sure Tim had officially left the hotel so it was clear for me to go take pictures. He was gone so we went to take pictures in the lobby. Here are a couple that we took.

Up next... the church, how did Tim react when he saw me, and why didn't the ring bearer walk on that white carpet?

 

[DSNYGRL_JKS2006]

OMG GIRL AMMMMAZING pictures so far.. LOVING THEM!!

 

[tinkabella627]

OMG GIRL AMMMMAZING pictures so far.. LOVING THEM!!

Thanks! I had to stop because I have to get ready to run errands when Tim gets home in about an hour. Then I sadly have to get some lesson planning done and after that I will work on getting the wedding ceremony post done. Maybe while I am planning I can convince Tim to fix the pictures. Fingers crossed!

 

[micandminforever]

The pictures are wonderful.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I'm checking in! I know I'm a little late, but I love a good wedding and Disneymoon story. I cheated and went to the back, so I'll have to catch up...You were a beautiful bride!

My DS and DDIL, both 24 just finished their Master's and moved to Texas for their first year of teaching. She'll be teaching 8th grade math and he will be teaching 6th grade social studies, both in the same middle school. It's too bad they place so many demands on teachers these days.

 

[tinkabella627]

I'm checking in! I know I'm a little late, but I love a good wedding and Disneymoon story. I cheated and went to the back, so I'll have to catch up...You were a beautiful bride!

My DS and DDIL, both 24 just finished their Master's and moved to Texas for their first year of teaching. She'll be teaching 8th grade math and he will be teaching 6th grade social studies, both in the same middle school. It's too bad they place so many demands on teachers these days.

Thank you!! It's ok, you have plenty of time to catch up. We have to try and reload all our pics. I am probably going to just finish the wedding posts with the pics that turned out alright.

I hope they enjoy teaching. First year is a real pain in the backside...heck I am on my 3rd year and I am sure it will STILL be tough. You are right they place too many demands on teachers. That is why so many leave the profession so soon after their first year. I have heard of teachers not even trying to get through the 1st year and just giving up because of all the stress. Luckily I made it to year 3, so we will see how this year goes.

Although if I keep sitting here and posting and reading, this year won't go so swell because I won't be prepared haha. I am off to plan the first science unit of the year. And tomorrow I head in to set up my class (and the rest of this week for that matter) so another update probably won't happen too soon, but I will try for Tuesday night when my husband is at work.

Off I go... (I just had to figure out how to get this cute guy in there lol)

 

[tinkabella627]

The pictures are wonderful.

Thank you so much!
(I have a new found love for these smilies... they are going to be overused by me for a while I have a feeling lol)

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Gina, your wedding pictures are beautiful! I thought the group shot in bed was cute and fun, I'll bet you all had a great night!
Get your work done so you can update!
I had training this morning and spent the rest of the day at school, meeting with my team mates we got a lot accomplished but still so much to do!

 

[tinkabella627]

Gina, your wedding pictures are beautiful! I thought the group shot in bed was cute and fun, I'll bet you all had a great night!
Get your work done so you can update!
I had training this morning and spent the rest of the day at school, meeting with my team mates we got a lot accomplished but still so much to do!

Thanks!! We did have a fun night...we literally laughed until we crashed.
I am constantly doing work lately. I am trying to get 2-3 weeks of lesson plans done. And I don't just mean the little boxes in the plan book. Full typed out step by step plans. I went to set up my class today.... 5 hours later and it looks like a tornado came through. It is a mess haha BUT I got all 3 of my bulletin boards covered in paper... which usually is a battle for me, but I had Tim there today.

Ok off to finish week 3 of science. Hoping for a post tomorrow night.