So here is a recap of the past couple of weeks the Farish's have endured:
The wedding went fabulous. We had so many friends and family there to celebrate with us. Walking down the isle with my dad to meet Reagan at the end was the most amazing thing ever.. Reagan's smile was so huge -- I could not wait to get to him at the end. Once we got there, all I wanted to do was hold his hands. The wedding music and sermon was so beautiful... even though I did not have a voice the day of the wedding and had to whisper my vows into a microphone.. it still turned out so beautiful --- AND though half way through the sermon my left hand and arm started shaking because my boutique was so HEAVY! I tried getting someones attention that I was going to drop my flowers... but no one was really paying attention to what I was trying to say discreetly. So needless to say, I was so grateful when the ceremony was over so that I could let me left arm relax. Paul and Swig did an incredible job officiating the sermon... I still can't believe sometimes that Reagan and I are finally married we have waited so long for this moment and it is here!!!
The reception was incredible. The food was amazing, the decorations and room looked incredible, and the band was the best I have ever heard. Everyone enjoyed eating, chatting, and dancing it up on the dance floor. I loved the cake cutting... it was the most delicious cake ever... I can't wait to eat our cake topper on our one year anniversary! The toasts made me teary eyed... our friends and family had such beautiful things to say. My first dance with Reagan was one I will never forget... I loved just being held in his arms spinning around the floor to our song. My father daughter dance brought me to sobs... It was in that moment that I realized I won't go to my dad first I will go to Reagan. I am such a daddy's girl and listening to my dad in that moment whisper that I will always be his "Sweetiepie"... I could no longer hold back my tears... and they just kept flowing. I love my dad so much, and I miss my family greatly but I love the new family I am creating with Reagan... Life moves on but you never lose your past.
Our honeymoon got off to a rough start. We had to wake up at 6 am on Sunday and after staying at the reception till almost midnight... we felt like "death" when we woke up the next morning--- we were so tired! I do not do good on lack of sleep at all, so when I woke up Sunday morning I felt so sick at my stomach. Our good friends Eric and Shavaun were awesome enough to take us to the airport. Once we got to the airport and got our bags checked in I felt even worse, and ended up getting very sick to my stomach. Needless to say the flight from San Antonio to Dallas was awful for me. Once we got to Dallas our plane sat on the Tarmac for 50 minutes for no reason and we missed our flight to Miami. We were not happy campers at this point, and we were told that we would not be able to make it to St. Lucia until Monday. So we accepted this because we knew there was nothing we could do. So from Dallas we had to fly to Tampa. Once we were in Tampa we found out that our flight was delayed to Miami... we could not catch a break! While in the airport we met an awesome church group that was from Florida. Their lead pastor prayed for us after he heard our crazy honeymoon story thus far and prayed that God would bless our marriage and the days ahead of us, we were so grateful. After waiting for 2 hours for our plane, that finally arrived-- mechanical issue fixed and all we were headed to Miami. Once we got to Miami we had to wait in a compensation line to be able to get a hotel to stay in for the night since we could not make it to St. Lucia. After Reagan and the church group (they missed their connecting flight to Guatemala) waited in this line for over an hour, one of the men from their church group came up to us and told us he had found an American Airlines man who could help us and get us our hotel. So we got out of line and followed him to the secret man who would help us. All the way to the man, the church group was joking with us that we were going to spend out honeymoon in "GUATEMALA!!" with them and adopt kids from the orphanage. As much as Reagan and I love kids and Jesus we laughed and said for this week only we needed it to ourselves and just time to relax!! Once the American Airlines man got us our hotel we were so relieved... and by the grace of God, after the man helped us he got in trouble from someone higher up on the totem pole and could no longer help anyone down at this secret spot... thank goodness we made it through! We spent the night in Miami and then woke up the next morning ready to be in St. Lucia. Our plane out of Miami was delayed but at this point we did not care, we just wanted to be in St. Lucia. Once we got there, with our luck our baggage did not make it to St. Lucia... at this point I wanted to cry--- what more could go wrong?! So American Airlines had us fill out missing baggage paperwork and hoped they could find our bags... even though they were not showing up in the system. Once this was taken care of, we got in a taxi and embarked on our one hour drive to the hotel-- during this drive we almost got in a horrible car accident because cars in St. Lucia think it is a great idea to change lanes and go around people on mountain curves--- WORST IDEA ever, I wanted OUT of the TAXI to say the least!
Once we arrived at the resort and had seen our room we needed to buy clothes and toiletries since we had no luggage. We were told by American Airlines that we would be reimbursed for anything we bought while we waited for our luggage to arrive. After we purchased all the necessities that we needed we were shocked at the bill-- $430!! In America it would have only been about $100 we couldn't believe it... we were just so glad we were being reimbursed for this by American Airlines. Once we had what we needed we headed back to our room and yet again crashed, we both had never been so exhausted in our lives!!
The next morning we slept in until we woke up.... and it was 10:30 am... that never happens often-- at least not for Reagan he always wakes up pretty early so I was amazed when I woke up before him! Once we got up we headed to breakfast, hoping that our luggage would come today! The best thing about our resort is that everything was paid for--- so Reagan could eat as much as he wanted and he sure did!! After breakfast as we were walking back to our room we spotted our luggage!! We could not believe our eyes!! I started freaking out so excited that they had found our stuff. So we claimed our bags and happily took them to our rooms ourselves! Once we were back in the room we officially got all settled in and then we headed to the beach to lay out, swim, and RELAX --- we deserved it after the past couple of days we had had!
The rest of the week, we hung out with our new friends Ashleigh and Jon (met at the airport in Miami and then really got to know them at the Resort!), laid out, swam in the pools, caught waves in the ocean, played in the sand, went on a boat cruise-- saw the beauty of St. Lucia, went through a drive through volcano, walked through the botanical gardens, ate at the most amazing five star restaurants, took walks at night, and relaxed and enjoyed each others company! It was so nice to just spend time with my husband and soak in being married!
At the end of the week on Sunday we were ready to go home but were definitely going to miss the beautiful ocean view from our room and the sound of the waves hitting the rocks. God's glory is definitely glorified in St. Lucia... it is so breathtaking!!!
Our flight home was a lot less eventful than the flight to St. Lucia... and we were so grateful for that! Once we arrived in Dallas we thought American Airlines had lost our bags again, but suddenly they magically appeared-- Thank the Lord!
We are enjoying being home and starting our life together. We are still getting used to living with each other, understanding each others cleanliness and habits.... but loving every minute of the learning experience! There are still boxes to be unloaded and things to be hung up, but as I see it it will all come together eventually-- it cannot all get done in one day and for once I am okay with that!
I am enjoying the simple moments with my husband--- making dinner, watching TV together at night, and just curling up with him on the couch!
Sorry this post was so long, there was just so much to catch up on!! :)
"Life is the most incredible journey --- LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE. ALWAYS!"
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