If you need to catch up, check out PART 1 of the story first! :)
So Tara and I drive to Dallas on Friday the 11th because my birthday is the next day and my parents are in Dallas through the weekend. Long story short, my car flat out DIES on the way to Dallas. That is another story in itself, so I won't bore you with the details, but feel free to ask :) We have a good weekend with the fam, my parents fly back to Cali on Sunday and we drive back to San Antonio (in a rental car). We hear back from Trudy (Consulate friend) on Monday, and she tells us that their hands are really tied. The only way that Tara can get over is on a work permit, as a student or as a dependant (aka married). They won't even let her go over on a vistor visa because with me over there, she has too much incentive to not come back (yes, I am THAT loveable). So we discuss it, and we decide that getting married is our best option if we plan on going to Scotland. We had been together over 6 years and we had been planning on getting married for some time....we just sped up a little bit (though sped up is NOT the term many would use! ha)....sooooooooooooo.....
On Tuesday morning the 15th, we call our parents and tell them we are going to the courthouse to get our marriage license. My parents (who had just gotten back to Cali) suggested we get the license but NOT get married by the judge, because they wanted to come down. We agreed and got the license and then went off to get wedding rings! We also called the rest of our immediate family and close friends to tell them all the good news. As my parents travelled to San Antonio, they along with Tara's parents and the concierge at La Mansion were planning a beautiful little ceremony for the next day. My sister Jenni drove down from Dallas that night (and met us as Tara was picking out a dress). The next morning, Jen made us a nice breakfast, and then Tara was wisked away to an undisclosed location (La Mansion) to get ready for the big day. My dad picked me up and drove me downtown to La Mansion, where we met with everyone else. To this point, nor Tara or I knew of any of these plans. We were taken to a little location along the Riverwalk called MARRIAGE ISLAND, where the ceremony was to take place. Tara, of course, looked beautiful, and the ceremony was wonderful. Despite such short notice (24 hours is short notice!), the wedding was absolutely stunning and went off without a hitch!
Many thanks to the lovely concierge at La Mansion, CJ, for running around and putting this all together for us!
You can see a lot more pictures in our picture gallery!
The rest of that week, my parents stayed in San Antonio with us as we packed up our apartment, put all of our things in storage and got ready to move! We decided to give ourselves a few more days and pushed our flight back to leave on August 28th. After last minute arrangements and packing was done, Tara and I said our goodbyes to the US and left for Glasgow, Scotland! I'll leave the trip and many more stories for later....feel free to leave comments or drop us an email (links on the right) to say hello!
So Tara and I drive to Dallas on Friday the 11th because my birthday is the next day and my parents are in Dallas through the weekend. Long story short, my car flat out DIES on the way to Dallas. That is another story in itself, so I won't bore you with the details, but feel free to ask :) We have a good weekend with the fam, my parents fly back to Cali on Sunday and we drive back to San Antonio (in a rental car). We hear back from Trudy (Consulate friend) on Monday, and she tells us that their hands are really tied. The only way that Tara can get over is on a work permit, as a student or as a dependant (aka married). They won't even let her go over on a vistor visa because with me over there, she has too much incentive to not come back (yes, I am THAT loveable). So we discuss it, and we decide that getting married is our best option if we plan on going to Scotland. We had been together over 6 years and we had been planning on getting married for some time....we just sped up a little bit (though sped up is NOT the term many would use! ha)....sooooooooooooo.....
On Tuesday morning the 15th, we call our parents and tell them we are going to the courthouse to get our marriage license. My parents (who had just gotten back to Cali) suggested we get the license but NOT get married by the judge, because they wanted to come down. We agreed and got the license and then went off to get wedding rings! We also called the rest of our immediate family and close friends to tell them all the good news. As my parents travelled to San Antonio, they along with Tara's parents and the concierge at La Mansion were planning a beautiful little ceremony for the next day. My sister Jenni drove down from Dallas that night (and met us as Tara was picking out a dress). The next morning, Jen made us a nice breakfast, and then Tara was wisked away to an undisclosed location (La Mansion) to get ready for the big day. My dad picked me up and drove me downtown to La Mansion, where we met with everyone else. To this point, nor Tara or I knew of any of these plans. We were taken to a little location along the Riverwalk called MARRIAGE ISLAND, where the ceremony was to take place. Tara, of course, looked beautiful, and the ceremony was wonderful. Despite such short notice (24 hours is short notice!), the wedding was absolutely stunning and went off without a hitch!
Many thanks to the lovely concierge at La Mansion, CJ, for running around and putting this all together for us!
You can see a lot more pictures in our picture gallery!
The rest of that week, my parents stayed in San Antonio with us as we packed up our apartment, put all of our things in storage and got ready to move! We decided to give ourselves a few more days and pushed our flight back to leave on August 28th. After last minute arrangements and packing was done, Tara and I said our goodbyes to the US and left for Glasgow, Scotland! I'll leave the trip and many more stories for later....feel free to leave comments or drop us an email (links on the right) to say hello!
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