It’s Our 6th Wedding Anniversary! Things I Would Change!
Home » CELEBRATE »Six years ago today I was getting ready to walk down the aisle towards my future husband. It was one of the happiest days of my life, and a memory that is etched onto my heart forever and for always. It turns out, that today is also the weekday that we got married on – so it feels like an extra special wedding anniversary! We got married on Wednesday 5th August 2009 at The Reid Rooms in Margaret Roding, Essex – a beautiful venue that we fell in love with and was perfect for us and our wedding party!
I’m sharing lots of the official photographs (they can be clicked to enlarge) that we had taken on the day – the favourites that went into our wedding photobook.
I have written all about our wedding day, and made a series about all the planning that went into our big day; and at the end of this post I’ve written about some of the things I would change!
Things I would do differently!
I had planned to write a full post about what we would do differently, but time got the better of me! However, as I’ve compiled the photos for this post, some things have sprung to mind, so here they are in short…
- I’d choose a different photographer – now my eye for photos has become a lot better, I look at some of our wedding photos and cringe at the composition and lighting. I would choose a much more modern photographer who has a good eye for candid shots and for the little details.
- I’d make sure I’d got key photos taken – there isn’t one of just me with my mum; I don’t have any of my husband with the bridesmaids, or him with his best men; there isn’t any of us with our friends; and lots of the little details that I asked to make sure were photographed, were not.
- I’d make sure that the back of my dress was done up correctly – the girls did their best at lacing me into my dress – but having only been shown once, they forgot to pull down the panel, and I can see it sticking out, which winds me up!!
- I’d order more buffet food for the evening – it ran out, even though we were told we would have enough. It’s my worst fear when catering for a party! So many people told us since that they didn’t even get a look in!
- I’d make sure that our singer, Craig Neil would set up outside – our wedding day was blazing hot, and so, everyone sat outside in the courtyard. No staff told him he could set up out there, so he was set up in the reception room, and barely anyone saw him! You could hear him outside though, but it’s not the point!
- I’d hire the photographer and videographer to stay into the evening – I am sad that we have barely a single photo from the evening reception and all the additional guests we had!
- I’d remember to kiss my dad at the end of the aisle – in my rush to get married, I forgot to give him a kiss! I see it every time in the video and it makes me so sad that I didn’t do that!
And I think that is it! I had so much fun planning our wedding, and still love all the added extras we did to make the day memorable. We think our wedding day was FANTASTIC!
I’ve loved looking back at our wedding photographs, and I hope you have enjoyed looking at them too; but I’m curious – would you change anything about your wedding day?
Chez Mummy
August 17, 2015 @ 6:20 am
Awww, congratulations on your 6th wedding anniversary. You have so many wonderful photos of your big day and I just knew there’d be purple involved! We celebrated our 10th this year :-)
Michelle Ordever
August 17, 2015 @ 7:51 am
I don’t think people expect anything less from me any more! It’s always been my favourite colour! Congrats on your 10 year anniversary! x
Vaichin@RamblingThroughParenth
August 16, 2015 @ 6:13 pm
There’s always things you would like done differently in hindsight. I know there’s a long list of things I would have changed about my wedding day. Bottom line, you look gorgeous and married the man of your dreams. xx
Michelle Ordever
August 17, 2015 @ 7:51 am
Always the way isn’t it? Thank you Vai – another bottom line is that on the day it was perfect for us, and looking back, it still was, despite my niggles! xx
Michelle Ashmore
August 14, 2015 @ 2:15 pm
Aww you looked beautiful, Michelle :D Happy anniversary xx
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
Thank you Michelle! xx
lisa prince
August 10, 2015 @ 12:01 pm
aw happy anniversary theres a lot of gorgeous pics to keep there
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
Thank you! Many are in a photo book x
Ness
August 10, 2015 @ 12:14 am
I know you said you wanted different shots but you have so many lovely ones. When we got married 17 years ago there was only film so we have only a small selection of shots. We even had to scan one out of the wedding album so we could have one in a frame in our living room!
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
I know what you mean – we do have some lovely shots, but it amazes me how bothered I still am that I don’t have one of just me and my mum! So grateful though for digital cameras these days!
Amy Squires
August 9, 2015 @ 9:21 pm
Aww happy wedding anniversary! It looked like a beautiful day! You looked stunning and I love your purple shoes!
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
My purple shoes were my favourite – second only to my dress!! x
Sarah Bailey
August 9, 2015 @ 5:51 pm
Happy Wedding Anniversary! What some gorgeous pictures and you looked stunning! x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
Ah, thank you! xx
You Baby Me Mummy
August 8, 2015 @ 8:37 am
What an incredible day! You look amazing! Happy Anniversary xxx
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
Thank you sweetie! xx
Michelle Twin Mum
August 7, 2015 @ 6:56 pm
Gorgeous wedding pictures, a bg happy anniversary to you both. You look so very happy, just as it should be. Mich x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
Thank you x
Erica Price
August 7, 2015 @ 6:30 pm
Happy Anniversary! Looks like you really had a day to remember.
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
It was indeed – thank you!
Ickle Pickle
August 6, 2015 @ 8:15 pm
Aawww Congratulations! You looked absolutely gorgeous – and I LOVE the purple. Kaz x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:03 pm
Thank you Kaz – very me!! x
lucy B
August 6, 2015 @ 4:39 pm
Happy anniversary!! You look gorgeous, it sounds like a brilliant day.
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:03 pm
Thank you – it was!
www.justmeleah.co.uk
August 6, 2015 @ 3:49 pm
Happy anniversary! It looks like a fabulous day with great attention to detail. You looked amazing and I really enjoyed reading about it. Other people’s wedding photos are one of my favourite things to see! xx
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:03 pm
Thank you! I’m the same – I love a good wedding blog post! xx
JuggleMum, Nadine Hill
August 6, 2015 @ 12:25 pm
Lovely post – happy anniversary!! It’s nice to relive things like this on our blogs isn’t it?
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:03 pm
Definitely – if it was’t for this blog, many things would be committed to memory only, but now I can read them over and over again.
Kara
August 6, 2015 @ 11:37 am
Happy Anniversary, looks like you had the perfect day. Wish I had a video of ours – hubby forgot to put a disc in the camera
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:02 pm
Oh no! The video was a very last minute thing, so glad we did it
Jen Walshaw
August 6, 2015 @ 10:56 am
Wow, what an amazing day and so many finnish touches, but I never expected anything less from you!
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:02 pm
It’s the little things that I can’t help but do! I love planning our wedding!
Sandra Clarke
August 6, 2015 @ 8:46 am
Happy Anniversary, you all looked really lovely. :-)
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:02 pm
Thank you :)
Claire Toplis
August 5, 2015 @ 10:33 pm
Happy anniversary my lovely lady x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:02 pm
Thank you lovely lady xx
Newcastle Family Life
August 5, 2015 @ 10:28 pm
Happy anniversary it looks like a wonderful day and you had such a beautiful wedding , love your wedding shoes x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
Thank you! I loved my shoes! x
pinkoddy
August 5, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
Happy Anniversary. I just love how you got all that purple in there.
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
Thank you! I’m not called the purple pumpkin for nothing lol x
Beautyqueenuk
August 5, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
Happy Anniversary lovely, I absolutely love your photos and your shoes – wow x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
I LOVED those shoes! Killer to stand in all day, so they came off quite quickly and I walked bare foot! x
angela
August 5, 2015 @ 8:32 pm
Happy anniversary. What beautiful photographs!
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
Thank you x
Emma
August 5, 2015 @ 8:09 pm
Happy anniversary. I’d love to get married again and would make some changes too!
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
Thank you! I’m sure many would make changes!
Bek B
August 5, 2015 @ 7:45 pm
Happy Anniversary! This looks like an amazing wedding day. I think, in hindsight, you can always find something you’d have liked to have done differently but it was your special day, with nerves and everything, not all of it will ever go to plan. It does look like a wonderful ceremony though. You look like a very happy couple.
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 3:57 pm
It’s always the way isn’t it? I know I shouldn’t let these things get to me, but amazingly, they still do >_<
Mama Syder
August 5, 2015 @ 7:20 pm
Happy Anniversary! How gorgeous was your wedding! You look stunning! x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 3:57 pm
Thank you! I thought I scrubbed up well!! xx
Sonia
August 5, 2015 @ 2:43 pm
Happy Anniversary to you both. It looks like you had an amazing wedding and you looked absolutely beautiful x
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 3:56 pm
Thank you! xx
Kim Carberry
August 5, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
Happy anniversary to you and your husband!
It looks like such a wonderful day! I love all the purple touches! So you ;)
Michelle Ordever
August 14, 2015 @ 3:56 pm
Thank you! Have always loved purple!!