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Our Wedding Night Dinner

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We finally decided on a place to eat! We settled on the Turtle Restaurant in downtown Brownwood. It only took 15-20 minutes to get here. We decided on this place since it had good reviews and seemed to have good food and some vegetarian options for Eileen.

I took some pictures inside of our food, and we just got through taking some more outside. The ambiance was calm. We had some issues getting Eileen’s vegetarian dish to actually be vegetarian, but it was cleared up without too much fuss. I had a fantastic steak. Probably one of the best I’ve ever had. Looks like there’s a wine tasting place next door to the restaurant, but we haven’t ventured over there.

As I was saying, we took a walk down the road here to see everything and get some cool pictures. The area feels very safe and is all around nice to look at. I took some pictures of Eileen walking around with my jacket on. Feels like we’re in the 1950s. Cool place. The night sky is even more amazing than what we see at home. I’ll get some pictures of that later.

But for now we need to get to the Hideout and go to bed! It’s been a really long day. We’re fairly tired. We’ve finally done it, we got married, we declared our love for each other to the world. It’s official now, we are one.

-Kori

The Morning of…

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Today is the day! We’ve gotten up and have all of our clothes laid out and ready to go.

Eileen took some time this morning to go get her hair done at a place she found in the area. I was here by myself at the Hideout taking pictures, preparing myself mentally, and of course getting my camera equipment ready for shooting pictures of everything. We have a photographer, but I also want to capture our own images of this huge moment in our lives. The view outside our room on the deck is absolutely wonderful.

Eileen is getting ready. I haven’t seen the dress yet, but very soon I will. The photographer is supposed to be here around 11:30 am, so I’ll go ahead in a few minutes and get dressed to greet him.

I’m nervous. I know I’m going to lose my composure and cry when I say these words that I prepared. We’ve written our own statements to read before completing our vows, and we haven’t discussed them with each other. It’s a surprise. We collaborated on the actual vows, which we both think represent what we believe and how we feel.

-Kori

Lunch in Austin

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We made it to Austin. After a few detours, and a lot of cows, we’re here at Santorini Cafe. We decided on this place on the way. We made a list a few days ago, but figured we’d decide what we were hungry for once we got close enough.

Eileen and I have been taking this time out here on the patio to reflect on this morning. We had a really stressful start this morning, so we needed to collect ourselves a bit. Everything at the cafe has been good so far. I (Kori) got the lamb plate, and Eileen got the vegetarian gyro. The lady who runs the place has been very nice; she’s been bringing us some complimentary food. Perhaps she’s surmised that we’re getting married, or she has some left over stuff she made too much of (she actually said that about the soup she just brought us). Or maybe because of all the camera equipment I dragged out of the car, she thinks we’re food critics? Regardless, this place is pretty great, and now we definitely recommend it. We’re gonna to get an order of baklava to go!

-Kori