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Top 10 Unforgettable Moments from Our Wedding

It wasn't our intent to create the most unique wedding experience for our guests. But I don't think anyone has ever attended a wedding quite like ours.  Usually, all I need to mention is the words "piƱata," "floor M&Ms," and "cake-cutting sword" to pique someone's interest. Followed by, "Jeff's biggest regret is we didn't get to do any of the close-up magic tricks." That's before I even mention someone broke their hip on the dance floor. In my bride(zilla) era About two weeks before the wedding, I was in full stress mode, ready to write a blog post about embracing the term "Bridezilla." I was facing the societal expectations—and most importantly, contradictions—every bride likely faces, and I was sick of it. Contradictions like, "It's your day, do whatever you want!" and "You have to think about the guests, they came all this way. You owe  them." Instead of having fun planning our day...

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