4 years later...

4 years ago I woke up early and got ready for what was at that time, the biggest day of my life.  I was getting married!  I was beyond excited to be marrying Steven Stuart Whitsitt Jr.  He was and still is the love of my life.  We hadn't known each other long (just 6 months to the day), and we didn't have a big wedding (less than 20 guests), but the day was perfect for us.  We got married outside at Lake Robinson near Greenville, SC.  A lot could have gone wrong that day.  Steven and I lived in Texas at that time, so we didn't fly in until the Wednesday before the wedding, we got married on a Friday.  We went straight from the airport to get our marriage license.  Thankfully it is just a 24 hour turn around there.  From there we went to Steven's parent's house, where I would meet his parents for the first time.  Thank goodness they liked me.  The next day Steven would meet part of my family for the first time,  we had to get flowers, and several other little things all done in a very short period of time.

It all turned out perfect though.  The weather was beautiful.  The day was wonderful.  (Aside from my family getting in the cars to go to the wedding and realizing we had no idea where we were going.  Funny now, not at the time.)  I have been asked many times if we regret having a small wedding or if we would ever have a big wedding.  I can tell you without a doubt that neither of us regrets having a small wedding so quickly (we were engaged for just 3 weeks).  It was perfect for us.  Will we ever have a big wedding, I don't know.  Maybe.  Maybe at 25 years we will renew our vows.  Maybe not though.  Either way I don't think either of us cares.  We had the perfect day for us.  And that is what really matters.

Steven is an amazing husband and father.  He has been my rock through tough circumstances.  We have been through a lot in 4 years of marriage.  Too much it seems at times.  But we have managed to overcome all of the hard times and still smile at the end of the day.  There is not another person that I would want to spend the rest of my life with.

As a side note, I recently tried on my wedding dress just for kicks, it is huge!  I'd definitely need some major alterations to wear it again :)