After looking over my entries from 2009, I realized I never posted anything about our wedding!! How I overlooked that has me baffled!! Well, I'm posting anyhow even though most of you probably know the story. We flew to N.C. on a Thursday, getting in pretty late. We went to my Sister's house where Scott's surprise was waiting, Harlan! It was such a great moment when he realized his best friend had flown in to share our special day. The following day we all loaded up and drove to Southport Marina to ride the ferry over to the Island. Bald Head Island is such a beautiful place. The second we stepped off the ferry , I was so sure we had made the right decision getting married there. Our beach house was perfect, large enough to accomodate 7 adults and 4 kids (: We settled in and prepared for the Big day!! Saturday, the wedding day, was perfect...the sun was shining & the breeze was just right. It was such a calm morning, for me at least...Mom made breakfast for everyone and then it was time to start getting ready. I took up residence in our bathroom and the guys went into the kids room to get dressed. It was great b/c we had 4 bathrooms, so no one was in eachother's way. One memory that sticks with me is my father bringing two glasses of Relax (my fav. wine) into the bathroom for my Sister & I as she helped me with my hair. I think the Photographer got a picture of it, I will post. Speaking of the photographer, he showed up almost 2hrs EARLY! I did have a moment of stress at that point, thinking he had the times wrong, but all was fine when explained he just wanted to make sure he was on time and that the ferry ride didn't make him late. Perfect for us, we got a good amount of time extra with him! The cake people made it over to the Island with the cake still in one piece which was great and the Minister also had arrived on time. I suppose my father & brother-in-law were the most busy, being that they had to continue to take the golf-cart back and forth to the dock to get these people and bring them back. The ceremony was at 1:00pm on the beach just in front of our house. There was a perfect wooden bridge that took us from the road to the beach that we used as an "isle". Kaylee walked in front of us throwing little white seashells out of a beautiful bucket, her idea!! Dad cried the entire length of the boardwalk !! The ceremony was perfect, the sound of the waves in the background, the sunshining bright and the exchanging of vows <3 We took the golf carts around the Island to take pictures after, cut our cake back at the beach house and then went to the Country Club for our dinner reservations. My father had been reluctant to this idea of a wedding, leaning towards the big traditional wedding that my sister had, however during dinner I could tell how happy everyone was, as was I. I was there with the people that are the most important to me, I was able to talk with them about the day and enjoy the moment. Something that I knew would be impossible with a gathering of two hundred or so people in a large hall. This was more intimate and I wouldn't change it for the world! We spent the next week on the Island, relaxing on the beach, exploring the Island, hanging out and laughing ~ creating memories that we'll always hold tight.
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Conger
May 16th, 2009
