Our Iowa wedding reception

I would like to say thank you to all of our friends and families that were able to attend our wedding reception Friday June 19th 2009. It meant a lot to Greg and I to have everyone there to celebrate our marriage. I believe we had about 200 guests and and we could of easily partied for another few hours on the dance floor of the UNI Ballroom:)We hope that we were able to visit with everyone:)
We started the reception mingling in the lounge hallway greeting guests as they arrived. We made the wedding party announcements and made our entrance:) It was overwhelming at first to have so many of our wonderful friends and family standing there applauding us! It sure was a full house!
Greg and I then cut the cake to Adam Sandler's grow old with you song. Its an adorable song and it always makes me think of our relationship:) Greg is so wonderful. Now with the cake cutting, Greg snagged the big piece first and smashed it in my face!!! I guess that's payback for Mexico!!! He didn't get any on my dress either! That's talent!
We followed that with dinner and toasts. Tessa, you melted my heart. I tried not to watch you as you gave your speech since you were nervous but I couldn't help it. I was too moved by your kind words and wanted you to know how much I appreciate you. It was from the heart and I loved it! I know Aaron was beaming with pride as well. He ran up as soon as he could to give you a supportive hug. You truly are a wonderful couple and we are blessed to have you in our lives.
PJ your toast was AWESOME! I loved the new addition with Thom the Bomb ha You sounded like a professional speaker! Our guests were very entertained! Thank you so much for the kind words. I know Greg thinks of you as a brother:) We think of you as family:)
Greg, sometimes I think maybe my life didn't start until I met you. I mean I know It did, but I think this could be the beginning since I could never imagine my life without you now. I know you had a few "points" you wanted to discuss and didn't formally write anything down but you did a wonderful job. I get teary eyed thinking about your response to the question "Is married life different?" Your right, I did marry my best friend:) I love you more;)
Our first dance was to Tim mcgraw's Shes my kind of rain and we talked about Rhubarb the whole time like the magazines said to;) Greg will understand what that means.
We did have a little chaos so the father daughter dance was put on hold, my little cousin Lexie only needed 3 stitches and is perfectly fine now. Greg danced with his mom to Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. I shared a dance with my dad to Heartland's I loved her first. It was a dance I was looking forward to.
Everyone was getting to know one another and socializing! We played our slide show which contained pictures of our childhood and our engagement/wedding.
We moved right into the garter/bouquet toss. Vaughn was the lucky one to catch the flowers though Mandy tried really hard!!!!!!!! I know Dan was deteremined to get that Garter!HA It was all fun though. Thanks to AJ for being a good sport and helping me play a trick on Greg. I think he realized it right away when he touched your big toe that it wasn't my foot:)
We partied well into the night and headed to Berks where they were Happy to have our business. Greg got up on the bar at Berks and gave a toast to the 30+ people from our wedding reception taking shots! That same group headed over to Jokers to close the night with some more dancing! Greg and I even had a small after hours back at our hotel with some out of town friends.
It truly was a fun night and we appreciate everyone support! Thank you!!!