Day 167

I can hardly believe it...today Rob and I got married.  What a wonderful day...and a day without any hitches or glitches...well, almost.

Even with all that prepping and packing I did yesterday, I still had a little more to do this morning.  It's me...of course I was running a little behind.  So, with a little help from Mom by picking up the pooches, we were able to get out of the house almost on time. 

But then...I arrived at the flower shop to pick up the bouquet, floating on cloud nine and telling the gal that I was to be married in just a couple hours, and she said, 'I have you down for tomorrow'.  For a brief second I thought I had been punked or something.  Then all the thoughts flashed through my head...I had been in twice, I was sure I had said the 15th...what could have gone wrong??  All this as my hand flew up over my mouth in and OH MY GOSH YOU MUST BE KIDDING kind of way.  She asked if I had 10 minutes, she would quickly put it together.  About 15 minutes later, I left with very pretty bouquet...full of pink peonies that I didn't think I would be getting...so all was good.  We were running about a half hour behind now though, but on to McMenamin's.

Rob and I arrived at the Edgefield about 15 minutes late, only to rush inside and find the restaurant nearly empty.  We didn't even need the reservation I had practically begged for.  We had a nice lunch, reminiscing about our first date...I got a little choked up remembering how sure of everything he was, of us, and our future, even on that very first date...and now here we are.  After we ate, we ran back to the car and grabbed our wedding garb and went inside to change...and each emerged in our wedding best.  Oh, how handsome he was is white!

Finally fed, dressed and ready, we headed to our wedding destination...Quinn Mountain.  We arrived a little early, so we sat at the Park and Ride just down the hill for a few minutes.  Then we headed up the hill and down the driveway...onto a very lovely property, full of lush greens, small water features, a garden and even a functioning little train.  We met our officiant and witnesses, grabbed some photos around the property and then had our small, quaint little ceremony inside the chapel.  We signed our certificates, posed for a few more photos, and that was it...we're married!!

We hit the road again, onto our final destination...the Gearhart Ocean Inn.  We got here around dinner time.  We checked in, checked out our room and the treats waiting our arrival...a bottle of sparkling cider, a small bouquet of flowers, and a beautiful little wedding cake!!  We unloaded our stuff and headed down the road into Seaside for dinner.  We found a great place called McKeown's, and had a delicious dinner, then headed back to our room for a celebration just for two...a little champagne and wedding cake! 

Both the champagne and the cake were delicious...maybe a little too delicious...we may have over indulged a bit!!