Ohhhhh!!! April's wedding!!!! I've only been waiting to share this wedding with you, since, oh SEPTEMBER. Those of you long and loyal readers will remember April as the eloquent and mysterious "A" from the comments all summer long. Right after the wedding she came out as her real self, and you've known her that way since. April shared so much of her journey with us that I literally begged her to send me her wedding. And oh, oh, oh, I was right. You guys need to see this. First, April and Thomas are grinning their heads off, in literally almost every single picture. I could not imagine a more happy couple. Second, Heather and Jon of One Love Photo were their photographers (just like they were ours) so you might actually want to put the pictures in your mouth and eat them. Third, April is coming back later this morning to give away a dress (not the one she wore, but a beautiful one that she didn't wear, that needs a Team Practical home). But finally - just when you think April's wedding couldn't have been more joyful or more perfect, she tells you this - NONE of her blood relations were at her wedding. None. And her parents haven't chosen to meet her husband. So this one goes out to all of you who's parents have told you that they can't love you for who you are, and can't be at your wedding. I hear from so many of you, and I am so fiercely protective of you. Because you deserve a family who loves you for your full wonderful self - and your wedding is your chance to get that family born. So here is April, telling you that not only will you survive, you will triumph:
It’s been 7 months since the wedding day and I still love thinking back on it, and the flat out AWESOME time we had with 62 of our nearest and dearest! Totally thrilled with how great it was - marrying my darling husband being the best part, natch.
A little about us: We’ve been together for almost 9 years and although I didn’t give much thought to the type of wedding we’d someday have, after we got engaged, I gave it near OCD levels of attention! There were times when we both wanted to elope, but I’ll tell you that the upside to hanging in there and hosting this shebang is the indescribable joy we experienced celebrating our wedding with our wild and crazy bunch.
And our friends are *still* telling us how much fun they had. Totally worth it!
