Sweet 16

We have celebrated our anniversary in many ways...staying at the Renaissance Hotel, where we spent our first night as a married couple, surfing in Hawaii, riding in sea planes in Seattle, and zip lining in Vail.  This year, we celebrated #16 by working together at Jared's office and then packing up our car.  We took a short break to enjoy dinner a la Chick-fil-A and have a slice of cookie cake, that had been specially delivered by my mom.  You see, we were headed to Sky Ranch by 7:00 that night, en route to Florida--we were beach bound!

Cheers to us!  I love us.

Sweet 16!

And now, a walk down memory lane.  This trip was inspired by our daughters, who asked to watch our wedding DVD that morning.  They love it, and so do I.

Walking down the stairs for pictures before the ceremony.

I loved my dress!

The Hays boys--my goodness, how young they all look!

Before the ceremony there were lots of laughs...

and big smiles.

Then it was go time!  Jared walked his mama down the aisle.

My dad walked me down the aisle.

We said our vows, heard some fantastic singing by Matt and Clare and were soon pronounced husband and wife!

We arrived at the ceremony and were so ready to see all our friends and family.

Andrew and Amanda gave the toasts...

along with a sweet one from my dad.

We fed each other cake and the party began!

We were on the dance floor most of the night.

From the very beginning, so many people were out there with us, too.  Greatness!

I'm so thankful that Pa and Ma were both able to be there...

and that I got to dance with my Papaw.

I'm pretty sure that while Jared was dancing with Ma, I was dancing with Pa, but I couldn't find a photo of that.  

Every few songs we'd find our way back to each other.

and probably went to chat during the line dancing, since that's not our favorite thing!

The crowd was gettin' down!  Jenny and Dusty are two of my favorite dancers!

The Wake Forest crowd was awesome.

Matt had the best dance move of the night, though!

Such an incredible night that we will never forget. 
We said goodbye to everyone at midnight as the new Mr. and Mrs. Jared Hays.