Balloon Release

I had researched so many options for our unity ceremony. I didn't want to do the candle, the duel sand, watering a tree, etc. Of course I was on Pinterest and I found a couple that did a balloon release ceremony. Usually, the whole audience gets a balloon and they all release it together, but I wanted something a little more intimate. I worked out the details of how the whole shin dig would go down right up until the morning of my wedding. It was a combination of me being lazy and just having no idea how to organize it. The whole concept of the balloon ceremony was to have 2 gigantic balloons symbolizing Ryan and I and our two separate lives. Then having our parents each have a card with self-written prayers for us on them and attaching the cards to the balloons. After, Ryan and I would tie the balloons together symbolizing joining  in one heart and one life, and then sending those prayers to heaven by releasing the balloons.

Let me just tell you, getting 36 inch balloons into my best friends car was impossible. Literally, they wouldn't fit. So instead of waiting for someone to come with a bigger truck, we decided to drive 5 mph down the road to my house. I wish I had pictures because it was one of the funniest things we've ever done together. We got so many crazy looks from people and A LOT of laughs. You would think it would be somewhat easy to hold 2 giant balloons while the car is only going 5 mph but let me be the first to say it was so painful. Yes, painful. The car felt like it was going 100 mph and I felt like I was holding onto little razor blades. Never again will I do that, but its a funny story to tell.