On May 23, 2009 Drake and I got married!  It was a BEAUTIFUL day:)  Everything went great...the cake, decorations, food, ceremony, flowers, pictures, weather.  Having our friends and family there to share our special day made it even better.  

We had a wonderful rehearsal dinner at Buca de Beppos.  There was so much food!  We ended up taking a lot of leftovers as well as giving as many as we could away.  I was able to meet some of Drake's family members that I had not met yet.  It was a wonderful evening filled with family, friends, food and wine.  (I will post a pictures as soon as I 

can upload them onto my computer)

I ended up going to New Castle to stay with my parents that night.  It was a lot easier than staying in Indy because I had to be up early and be in New Castle to get my hair done.  My mom cooked me breakfast that morning which I have missed.  She is an AMAZING cook.  It was nice when she cooked all the meals...now I am hoping to be half the cook she is.  I think Drake would agree that she is the better cook.  

My bridesmaids met my mom and I at Colorz in New Castle at 8 a.m.  They did such a great job!  Everyone looked beautiful.  It was nice that they were able to get everyone in at the same time.  They even had wedding music playing in the background.  Andrea (she has been doing my hair since high school) did an amazing job.  I let her do what she thought would look good.  We were all very pleased with out hair.  As soon as they finished we had to rush to Greenwood.  We were running a little late.  We got to Valle Vista about 30 minutes late.  Lori (the Mary Kay lady) was waiting for us.  She also did a great job with the make-up.  I felt bad because I think she was feeling a little rushed trying to get everyone done in time.  The assistant photographer 

was there taking pictures.  I am curious to see how they turn out.  I am not very confident that they will be great.  Hopefully they will be.  Once we were all ready they had me go out to the Veranda to meet Drake.  I was very awkward...there were a bunch of older men sitting on golf carts watching us.  I felt very uncomfortable...but we took some pictures and went back inside.  Drake handed me a note that he wrote to me.  After reading it, I couldn't wait to be Mrs. Land...it was very sweet:)  We finished getting our formal pictures and then it was time for the ceremony.

I was nervous at first but as the girls were walking down, I was feeling less nervous.  My dad was sweating like crazy.  I can't explain how I felt walking down that aisle.  I felt happy, nervous, but more than anything excited.  It was perfect.  The weather was beautiful (a little warm) and the ceremony looked wonderful.  During the ceremony, I was sweating like crazy...it was very warm.  I also noticed a bug was crawling on my dress and it took everything it had in me not to try and get it off.  Other than that....everything went smoothly.  

The reception went well.  Our DJ  Wes did a great job.  He had a hard time getting people to dance but stuck with it.  Valle Vista decorated the room beautifully.  The centerpieces turned out better than I thought.  We decided to go with lemons and limes in different bowls.  I was exhausted after the reception.  I was ready to go home and relax.  

All in all I am glad the wedding turned out the way it did.  Nothing bad happened...and after all that planning it was nice to see it happen.  It went by extremely fast just like everyone was telling me it would.  I am happy to Mrs. Drake Land:)  

Here are a few pictures from the wedding.  I don't have the pictures the photographers took.  Kat's husband Aaron took BEAUTIFUL pictures at the wedding.  He put different pictures that he took in a frame for us.  I don't have any pictures from him on the computer yet.  As soon as get more wedding photos I will post some.  Here are a few from friends.

The Lands

Erin, Kat, Amanda, Sarah and Sara

Cousins on the Land side

Kyle, Ryan, Amy, Drake, Me, Megan and Abby