You had me at "Toter"...

Dress - Jenny Yoo

Shoes - Aldo (bride), OluKai (groom)

Groom's Outfit - Suit: John W Nordstrom, 

                            Shirt: Linen Long Sleeve by Just a Cheap Shirt

Bike Pin - Golden Ram Metalsmithing

Bike - Schwinn Twin Deluxe (1960's or 70's we are not sure) - Ed and

his dad fixed it up.

Flowers - Flowerful Events

Table Numbers - Bride and Groom

Flower Boxes - Bride and Groom - we gave them to the florist to use

Signs - Bride and Groom

Place Card Holder - Bride and Groom

Girls Dresses - Everyone bought their own, the only requirement was     

                         that it was blue.

Guy's Shirts - J. Edwards Vine Cabana

Kids Outfits - Boys shirts:  Target

                       Ruby's dress: Juicy Couture

DJ:  Jason Fioto @ Generation Events

Officiant: Jeddah Vailakis -  Interfaith Ceremonies

Hair:  Kevin Holbritter (Le Grand Salon, Hillsdale, NJ)

Makeup:  Rupa Patel (MAC, Paramus, NJ)

How we met:

Ed's friend, Steve, and my friend, Shannon, work together at a local

radio station.  Ed was in charge of recycling at the local Oyster

Festival and met Steve for a beer in the VIP tent on a Sunday evening

and Shannon was there.  She texted me "I met your husband"  to which I

responded "?"  I lived right across the street, and with a little

pushing, I went down to meet him.  He was getting a large 65 gallon

recycling bin and I knew it was called a toter.  He says now I had him

at toter :)  We went on our first date the next Saturday.  It lasted

32 hours, and we have been together ever since.

Engagement:

I had a crappy night's sleep.  We went kayaking with his family for a

few hours.  When we got back I needed a nap, which is odd for me, I

never nap.  He went and picked up the ring from the jeweler while I

was sleeping.  He came into the bedroom wearing white and carrying

wine glasses.  I kind of saw him, but closed my eyes because I was

pissed off that he woke me up, so I didn't really see him (you know?).

He laid down on the bed next to me and I opened my eyes again and the

ring was in front of my face.  We popped a bottle of Veuve Cliquot and

went on a motorcycle ride.  Perfect, intimate, private  . . . lovely.

He said he would do it while I was in bed or in the kitchen, whichever

came first. So simple, so us.

Wedding thoughts:

While planning I never got caught up in the little things.  I just

took it as it came and was pretty loose with the whole thing.  Day of,

I didn't have to let anything go to enjoy myself because I wasn't ever

holding onto it.  We just had THE BEST time!  We danced our asses off

(despite the oppressing heat under the tent).  I felt surrounded by so

much love, it was overwhelming and beautiful.  It was a dream come

true.  I wouldn't change a thing (except for maybe a little

ventilation under the tent).  We wanted it to be beautiful, relaxed,

and fun, and that's exactly what it was.