Turnbough Family: Worth the Wait

I met Andrew when I was 14 and he was 15. We went to the homecoming dance together that year, and every other year too, I watched him play football and baseball, he watched my softball games. We went to proms, had date nights, and survived high school together. After high school Andrew joined the Army and I went off to college. I waited almost 5 months when he was off at basic, he was home a few years, popped the big question, and then deployed. 11 months later I watched him walk off the bus and back into my arms. 1 month after that, he watch my dad walk me down the isle and hand off his little girl to him.

For 7 years I've been able to call him mine, maybe not always close to home, but nevertheless always mine. Sometimes those days apart felt like forever. I hated planning a wedding without him, I hated moving into our first home without him. Last weekend, October 19, 2013, made it all worth the wait. So many times throughout the last year I thought, "we should have eloped." "a courthouse wedding would be so much easier." Yes, it's true a courthouse wedding would have been easier, elopement would have been much less planning, and cheaper, but I had the best day I could have ever asked for. Great family, great friends, and finally my husband!

I wanted to share some pictures with everyone. These are not our professional pictures, just pictures that everyone has been nice enough to share with me. Enjoy, because I know it was certainly the best day of my life!

Rehearsal was miserably cold but dinner was great. We are missing Kirstin here, she disappeared.

Melvin decided he needed in on the action too.

So get this. This is my best friend. She has been studying abroad in London this semester. Well, she traveled to Paris and she put a lock on the lock bridge for Andrew and I. She gave me the keys so now we have to go back to Paris to throw our keys in the river! I couldn't have been happier that she was home to share our special day!

Love love love my sisters!

Best Friend!

Little Ashley :) my first college roommate. Love you!

The flowers were beautiful!

So was the cake! Until later, you'll see.

Table Decorations.

The ceremony site.

These were the bouquets. Andrew's grandmother passed away just a few weeks ago, and I wanted to find a way to make her a special part of our big day. We know she was watching from the best seat in the house, but I took these pearls from a necklace and added them to my bouquet and to Kirstin's. We sure missed her there that day.