Monograms and Bows

Picture this! Monograms and bows everywhere....our colors were champagne and pink with hints of green tied in. And it was a pefect summer night in Georgia. June 24, 2006 to be exact! The night I became Mrs. Matthew Michael Whelan!

I LOVED our wedding reception. Maybe because I was finally over all of my "happy" and "so thankful this day is finally here" tears, or maybe just because I loved seeing all of our family friends and my good friends. We had a smaller wedding with a sit down meal at our country club. I had a blast. The only thing I would change now...over 3 years later...is I would have had koozies with our monogram on them for guests to take (I guess there will always be new trends). :)


Arriving at the Country Club...after our ceremony at my church.


Our Centerpieces!


Bride's cake


Golf Balls that were in and around Matt's doughnut cake groom's cake.




My bridesmaids


Taking a swing!


Driving our golf balls with our names and wedding date on them onto the course!

There was a little bit of dancing...









Our two oldest friends watching our first dance. This picture is priceless to me. It shows true friendship :)

We ending the night with a sparklers and a golf cart ride! My cousins decorated my brothers golf cart :)





I can't believe I carried around my make-up bag like I did...but I guess it was my best friend that day...haha!

There are so many more pics I could put up...but there you go a peek into our wedding reception.

We spent the night of our wedding in downtown Savannah, Georgia. Then drove to Hilton Head, South Carolina, where we boarded a ferry and honeymooned on a private island...PERFECT seclusion!


We just arrived!

A few pictures of where we stayed...the Melrose. I spent some late afternoon reading on the yellow porch in a rocking chair while Matt hit golf balls into the ocean.





Waiting on my new husband to get ready :)


Loving coctail hour on the island!


We even played croquet!


You can only get around the island by bike, boat, or golf cart. So we drove the golf cart to a local restuarant called Marshside Mama's. You had to go on this little path through the woods and marsh. Scary and Exciting....this picture describes it because we were literally flying though the dark with just the South Carolina Moonlight guiding us.


Can't you just feel the moonshine??

Wow! This has to be my longest post ever. I want to join in on all Kelly's tours from now on. What a nice trip down memory lane :)