Grow Old Along With Me......17 years (part 2 more photo's and favorite wedding songs)

After the wedding we got into my husbands old classic car and went to our Bishop's house (who also happened to be my husbands boss at the the time) to take some photo's of the wedding party.

Ready to drive away.  I can tell you though sitting in my dress was very painful.  For some reason it was a bit tight and breathing while sitting was hard.

Here is our wedding party.  It wasn't that big, as I was new to New Jersey and the only friends I had were my friends from work.  I have to say now working in retail, I'm glad we went with the black tux.  So many people run around crazy looking for the same colored shirts and ties.

I love all these photo's.  We were so young, so in love.  I look at young lovers now and think oh you have so much to learn.  Our wedding song was "Grow Old Along with Me."  Sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter.  I think even then I knew that this was just a beginning.  Making it to old age together is the challenge.

I think he is whispering things to me, he always has a way of making me laugh.  My next favorite song I found when we were married for ten years. " I'll Love You All Over Again."  By Alan Jackson.  Country singers seem to have good wedding songs.  On our ten year anniversary I made a DVD with photo's of our life together to Alan's song.  I'll have to see if I can find it.  Gosh it seems like yesterday was our 10 year anniversary.  I didn't really believe my husband when he said we were married for 17 years.  Time sure does fly by.

The last photo before going off to the reception.  I have to say that the one thing I remember was there were lots of little black flies out and the fact that we smiled through all these photo's is amazing.

Our first dance.  I remember I took off the pretty little white dress shoes and put white sneakers on for the reception.  You couldn't see my feet anyways.  Now looking back 17 years the song that I love about marriage is "Dancing in the Mine fields." by Andrew Petersen  Marriage is not easy, it is a lot of giving, and caring, and forgiving, and accepting each other.  It's hard work, its being tossed in a storm and being committed to staying.  There have been days when my husband has cared for me and helped me, and days when I've done the same for him.  We said " I do"  For better, for worse, when sick, when healthy, when poor, when rich, when young, and when old.  I remember a time when my husband was struggling and he said, you should leave me, I've changed I'm not that young sure man any more that you married.  I said, I know, but I love you more now than then.   To grow and change with some one is hard.  But I know in the end it is worth it.  

A toast to our future.  We don't drink alcohol so I'm sure this was ginger ale....

Cutting the cake.  I made the little angel with the flowers on the top.  It was a really good cake, but I don't think we ate the frozen half a year later.
In part three I'll share photo's from our Temple Wedding.  It's kind of neat I have two wedding days.
G.G.