Church Anniversary
Today is our church anniversary! We have been married by law for 15 years (and that’s the anniversary we celebrate because that’s when I changed my name) but by church only for 14 years. I had to get my affairs in order before I was able to leave the country to get married in church in Germany 14 years ago today.
There is a funny story about my wedding dress that I always have to tell. When I originally picked my dress, I wanted to buy a simple flowing white chiffon dress, which I found pretty early on during my shopping trip at the local wedding dress shop in my hometown. I really wanted something simple and elegant. When I was ready to wrap things up after trying on “the” dress, I asked the sales lady if I could just once, for fun, try on the historical dress that they had in the window, because I had never had the chance to wear something like that. Well….well…well when I had it on everything changed. I think I went back to being that little girl that wanted to be a princess once in her life and I completely changed my mind. I picked the yellow, cream, and white historical dress. I was so thrilled and excited.
A little later that week my hubby-to-be showed me a little video he made of our hometown. I had also filmed the storefront of the place where I bought my dress and I heard him stating loud and clear how ugly he thought that yellowish dress was that they had in the window!!! SAY WHAT? My heart sank and I was so upset! My mom told me that we couldn’t change our minds anymore since we bought the dress and made alterations already. So that was it. I was going to wear the dress that my groom thought was so ugly. Hurray!
On our wedding day I was so nervous but guess what, he didn’t even recognize the dress. Thank heaven! He actually loved the dress!
So now I’ll share some more photos with you. But I have to warn you, they are of bad quality. I feel like a dinosaur when I have to admit that the wedding was pre-digital. And I couldn’t rip the photos out of my parent’s album to scan them.
So this is all I got 😉 sorry, my friends:
It was one of the best days of my life besides the birth of my beautiful children.
Talk to you on Friday.
what a magical wedding and i think that dress so perfectly suits you by the color and the style! it’s gorgeous on you!
Gorgeous, gorgeous couple!
Happy Anniversary, Julia! Church wedding, or otherwise, you looked absolutely beautiful on the day, and I think your dress suited the occasion fittingly. Love the story behind your nuptials. Long live your love! mwah Hx
how sweet!
You and the dress…beautiful!!
Beautiful bride, handsome couple and I love the dress…it was perfect. The story…even better! Happy Anniversary to a very handsome family.
You 2 look like babies! Phew…I am glad he liked the dress though…that would have been stressful!
A Fairy Tale Wedding! You are a Princess!
The DRESS was meant to be..!
Our wedding was so long ago we didn’t have “color” photo’s!! All our pictures are in black and white.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
It is a perfect dress and such a gorgeous couple. Congratulations to you both on your day!
Love these wedding pictures! That church is amazing! Congrats on 14 well 15 years of marriage!
-katie@mydiyhabits
the story of your dress is funny, oh! I think I would’ve cried if I would’ve heard that from hubby just a week before the wedding but I’m happy that he didn’t recognized it, I’m sure he was just looking at how beautiful you looked that day Julia! You both look amazing in those beautiful pictures and Congratulations on your wedding church anniversary 🙂
I love seeing these pictures! Everyone talks about “fairytale weddings” and yours looks like it was exactly that!
Happy anniversary!! You looked beautiful!!!!
xo, amy
wow! BEAUTIFUL couple — looks like a wonderful memory:)
Aww…congrats on your church anniversary 🙂 And I’m also going to add that neither of you look like it’s been 14 years since you’ve been married! (seriously!)
Goodness lady, you married a hottie!! Happy Anniversary!
Congratulations! You look beautiful! Smart idea to go with that dress, it’s really one of a kind. And my 15 year anniversary is in 2 weeks too – hard to believe it goes so fast!
Honey, you looked in that dress really fabulous! I applaud your beautiful anniversary! All the best for the next 15 years!
That’s too funny! You looked gorgeous in the dress! Happy Anniversary!!
Gorgeous couple! Congrats!!
I love your wedding dress story. 🙂
Annie XO
Great story about your wedding dress! And you look positively radiant, Julia!
I must say, as an American living in the Texas suburbs, I truly love seeing all the charming photos of your hometown. (It looks just like a fairytale.)
OMG you look gorgeus in that dress Julia. I picked a merengue style dress too when I got married in 1997. The working title was: Cinderella, go home. Haha… Hurray for the 90s and pouffy dresses.