Endrit's parents were taken to Rick and Janet's house the night before the wedding so Endrit and I didn't have to take them to the temple too early. It was nice that we had people coming up from Salt lake and Weston which is a few hour drive so the wedding was at 11:30. Endrit and I were able to get up and visit with each other about our wedding and how it was amazing that we would be sealed for all eternity by noon. We were more in love than we could ever have been but we were starting to get bored. We packed up my dress and his suit and our temple clothing and headed out the door about 8:30 to just go and walk around the temple grounds. We were supposed to be there at 10:30 so we only got there about an hour early.
My wonderful aunt Gloria got there a little bit after us so we had a great time hanging out with her before we had to go inside. My parents called me before the wedding luckily because they were traveling and didn't know if they were going to find an internet cafe that had international calling. I was glad that they did. It was nice to talk to them. I told them when we should be out of the temple after the wedding for them to give me another call. It was definitely an emotional day for everyone involved. My Mom showed a picture of me in my dress to a lady in Ukraine and told her I was getting married that day. It touched that lady enough to at least start investigating the church.
The wedding itself was awesome. We had a wonderful sealer. Alex was my witness and Rick was Endrit's. We had wonderful people there that we wanted to be there to witness out marriage. The sealer took us aside outside the room before the people filed out to congratulate us and told us that was the best wedding he had ever performed. That we had wonderful work to do and that many ancestors were there to witness it as well.
We went outside to take pictures and my parents called again. I talked to both of them for a little while and handed off the phone to the aunts and uncles that came to the wedding for them to be able to talk to them on how it was. I have a cherished picture that shows me on the phone with my parents that I have written an essay about because not many people cherish such a wedding picture.
We went to the luncheon right after the wedding and spent more time with the family and friends that were able to come. It was nice to get some food in us. It was such an emotional day that Endrit and I were exhausted so early in the day. We started to help clean up the gym and were told to just go and relax. It was nice to be able to see all the people there and we said goodbye.
On our way to our 1 night honeymoon, I told Endrit that I didn't feel any different. We had been engaged so long that I didn't feel married. I knew that I was married but I didn't feel different and married was supposed to feel different right? He told me that he had the same feelings. It is one of those things that you sign a paper, you have someone say you are married and it is done. It was definately a weird inbetween that we both felt. All we knew was that we were happy that we were together.
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That was, by far, the hardest thing I have ever done in my life; not being there when you were married. But we all lived through it. I remember how frustrated I was with how long it took to get the cd with the wedding pictures on it. TWO MONTHS!
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