Willem: For me it was the ceremony. It was the culmination of our 9 year relationship and months and months of planning for this one moment. There was so much energy and buzz in air as guests took their seats and we walked down the isle. It was a very surreal experience. Standing up there with all of our family and friends looking on as we performed our vows, I could feel the love and support. Our officiant and very close family friend made the ceremony so perfectly personal and heartfelt - while we were very much concentrated on each other I could feel each emotional reaction our guests had throughout the ceremony. That was the calm before the storm of the rest of the night - which turned into one raging dance party! #turndownforwhat

Brittany: My father-daughter dance was definitely a moment I will never forget. We took dance lessons and all of that training kind of went out the window in the moment. We just danced and sang Jimmy Buffet lyrics to each other. It was such a sweet part of the evening Another favorite would have to be the birthday surprise I planned for Willem - he was turning 30 just 2 weeks after the wedding so I figured we had to do something special since we had all of our friends and family there with us. The surprise included a song and dance (to Katy Perry's "Birthday,") a birthday cake topped with massive sparklers, gold balloons, funny masks of Willem's many faces, and a gold streamer cannon! Everyone loved it!

Processional: Family: Into the Mystic - Van Morrison; Bride: Heavenly Day - Patty Griffin

Recessional: Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boy's

First Dance: Is This Love - Corinne Bailey Rae

Start a spreadsheet for your invited guests and use that to track everything! This will include columns for name, address, Rsvp'd # of guests, Gifts, Thank you Card sent, Table Number, Entrée selection, and anything else you can think of. If you keep everything in one place it makes life so much easier! I used a spreadsheet for tracking my thank you cards to be sure everyone got a personal note. It also makes life a lot easier if you are using a calligrapher or trying to do your seating chart.

Maria at Studio 1208 took us aside the day before and really emphasized the importance of staying present in the day. It can all be a bit of sensory overload with everything going on. We really tried to stick together throughout the evening and try to see and experience the same things. That's our other bit of advice, stick together!