It is just so visual, or something. I love the look of it!!!
Showing posts with label Ceremony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ceremony. Show all posts
Friday, January 15, 2010
Bridal Party Program
I love the look of this ceremony program found on Style Me Pretty.
It is just so visual, or something. I love the look of it!!!
It is just so visual, or something. I love the look of it!!!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Ceremony
Our Ceremony was perfect!!! We laughed, we cried, our guests laughed, our guests cried . . . what more could you want?? Ha! It was really personal, and fun, casual, meaningful, special, unique . . . just everything.
Our ceremony musicians. I think I am the only bride who really didn't have specific songs picked out for the bridal party and herself to walk down the isle to. I just told them to play . . . and when it was me just make sure it featured the banjo! They did great.
Everyone hanging out before the ceremony begins!
Me watching everyone gather outside. It was totally a weird feeling to be able to watch everyone I care about gather in one place.
M with my Dad and his sister Martha, who was our officient.
Cute ring bearer, M's nephew.
Super cute flower girls. M's niece and one of the groosmen daughter.
Becuase my Dad had his achilies issue, and really wasn't even supposed to be walking, AND I had to go down about 9 steps, I had my brother hang out with me inside and then get me down the stairs. 
I met my dad at the bottom of the stairs to walk me down the isle! I love the pic above because a little breaze came through and picked up my viel.
Me and Pops
Everyone all lined up.
Waiting for my Dad to give me away . . . and wondering what he will actually say. At the rehearsal he jokingingly said something like "go forth my virgin dove" . . . that sure got a crack up!
The girls.
Joe Lewis reading something for us. I will actually share what he read later. Him and I and M brainstormed for months about what to read and none of us ever found anything that we really loved so he ended up writing something just for us. It was really so special. Plus, it had some laughs in it as well.
M and I listening.
Our programs in use.
Pretty flower shot.
The boys.
M giving me my new wedding band.
Smiles!
Tears!
Laughs!
Me giving M his ring.
Me struggling to get M's ring over his giant knuckle!
Still trying.
We had flowers for our Mothers. I gave one bouquet to M's Mom and M gave one to my Mom. It was a surprise for both of them!
I love this photo!
We walked back down the isle to "Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers, so some dancing was in order!>
There is some dancing!
More Dancing. 
And my brother being my brother!
Our ceremony musicians. I think I am the only bride who really didn't have specific songs picked out for the bridal party and herself to walk down the isle to. I just told them to play . . . and when it was me just make sure it featured the banjo! They did great.
Everyone hanging out before the ceremony begins!
Me watching everyone gather outside. It was totally a weird feeling to be able to watch everyone I care about gather in one place.
M with my Dad and his sister Martha, who was our officient.
Cute ring bearer, M's nephew.
Super cute flower girls. M's niece and one of the groosmen daughter.
Becuase my Dad had his achilies issue, and really wasn't even supposed to be walking, AND I had to go down about 9 steps, I had my brother hang out with me inside and then get me down the stairs. 
I met my dad at the bottom of the stairs to walk me down the isle! I love the pic above because a little breaze came through and picked up my viel.
Me and Pops
Everyone all lined up.
Waiting for my Dad to give me away . . . and wondering what he will actually say. At the rehearsal he jokingingly said something like "go forth my virgin dove" . . . that sure got a crack up!
The girls.
Joe Lewis reading something for us. I will actually share what he read later. Him and I and M brainstormed for months about what to read and none of us ever found anything that we really loved so he ended up writing something just for us. It was really so special. Plus, it had some laughs in it as well.
M and I listening.
Our programs in use.
Pretty flower shot.
The boys.
M giving me my new wedding band.
Smiles!
Tears!
Laughs!
Me giving M his ring.
Me struggling to get M's ring over his giant knuckle!
Still trying.
We had flowers for our Mothers. I gave one bouquet to M's Mom and M gave one to my Mom. It was a surprise for both of them!
I love this photo!
We walked back down the isle to "Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers, so some dancing was in order!>
There is some dancing!
More Dancing. 
And my brother being my brother!Next up: Guests, Funny Moments, and some other random ones!
Most photos by Alyssa Jul Photography (a couple are from friends and family!)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A Wee Guest
I just read the best story about the youngest guest at our wedding, a big two weeks old!
"Toby'd already been to two weddings and performed admirably. At Cat (Zach's sister) and M's nuptials, he managed, during a particularly quiet and emotional moment of the ceremony, to rip forth with an extremely audible fart that had people's heads turning."
Ha!! That is totally awesome. I honestly didn't hear it, but in about 16 years I will be telling Toby this fabulous gem of a story!
And here a pic of the little guy with his two adorable parents!!
"Toby'd already been to two weddings and performed admirably. At Cat (Zach's sister) and M's nuptials, he managed, during a particularly quiet and emotional moment of the ceremony, to rip forth with an extremely audible fart that had people's heads turning."
Ha!! That is totally awesome. I honestly didn't hear it, but in about 16 years I will be telling Toby this fabulous gem of a story!
And here a pic of the little guy with his two adorable parents!!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
What went wrong
So, I figured I would start with this so I could get it off my chest and move on with the fun stuff. Here is my list of what went wrong:
1. The lanterns didn't get put in the port-o-potties . . . so my guests had to "go" in the dark all night. Because of this, my bathroom baskets were unused completely.
2. The beautifully written table number chalk boards didn't make it onto the tables (why someone couldn't have asked what the pile of chalkboards was for, I have no idea). This is what my mom was most upset over. Not only did she spend months going to Michael's to buy each chalkboard one by one with a 40% off coupon, but a good friend of the family made them look so pretty!!
3. The cake was supposed to have three layers of filling in each layer of cake - it only had one - and the filling is my favorite part.
4. My cake toppers were left off the top of the cake - instead just a pile of flowers - which my mom absolutely hates!! (But I thought it still looked pretty)
5. No one tossed the flower petals that were hanging in the cones on the back of chairs as we walked back down the isle (well, someone did, cuz I saw something fly by me when I was walking)
6. The caterer decided not to bring shrimp even though we had it at the tasting and had agreed to it as our final menu.
7. Somehow no formal pictures were taken with one of the flower girls. Because the other one is M's niece we have some with her in the family pictures . . . but somehow we don't have one with us and the flower girls and ring bearer (which I wanted). Oh well I guess . . . I know I am holding her in the big group picture!!
8. Not a big deal, but the parasols weren't really needed because it wasn't nearly as sunny as we had originally expected. I was wanting to see the cute pictures with people holding the umbrellas . . . oh also, it was actually expected to rain so we rented a few tents for the ceremony . . . so I had a kind of outdoor ceremony, under tents . . . this one really didn't bother me that much.
9. The dance floor . . . first, when they were delivering it, they didn't bring enough plywood for the whole floor, so we had to make the floor smaller (0f course they refunded some of the cost), then on the big day, the whole thing was falling apart, we ended up not even using it and used the lawn behind the head table as our dance floor . . . I think it actually worked out better, so again not a big deal (plus they refunded us for the entire floor!)
10. And the biggest one, that makes me want to cry . . . the ceremony did not get filmed! Somehow it had caused a bunch of drama a couple days before - although I am still not sure how - so on the day of I just didn't even bring it up, although now I wish I had. We had everyone laughing and crying. It really was the perfect ceremony and I wish more than anything it had been filmed. I don't think I will be able to forget this issue for . . . forever. It seriously makes me so sad. I wish we could have had the speeches filmed as well, they were particularly funny, oh well I guess!
Anyway . . . I should get the professional pictures back in about a month more, I will get some of the ones on my camera up soon!!
1. The lanterns didn't get put in the port-o-potties . . . so my guests had to "go" in the dark all night. Because of this, my bathroom baskets were unused completely.
2. The beautifully written table number chalk boards didn't make it onto the tables (why someone couldn't have asked what the pile of chalkboards was for, I have no idea). This is what my mom was most upset over. Not only did she spend months going to Michael's to buy each chalkboard one by one with a 40% off coupon, but a good friend of the family made them look so pretty!!
3. The cake was supposed to have three layers of filling in each layer of cake - it only had one - and the filling is my favorite part.
4. My cake toppers were left off the top of the cake - instead just a pile of flowers - which my mom absolutely hates!! (But I thought it still looked pretty)
5. No one tossed the flower petals that were hanging in the cones on the back of chairs as we walked back down the isle (well, someone did, cuz I saw something fly by me when I was walking)
6. The caterer decided not to bring shrimp even though we had it at the tasting and had agreed to it as our final menu.
7. Somehow no formal pictures were taken with one of the flower girls. Because the other one is M's niece we have some with her in the family pictures . . . but somehow we don't have one with us and the flower girls and ring bearer (which I wanted). Oh well I guess . . . I know I am holding her in the big group picture!!
8. Not a big deal, but the parasols weren't really needed because it wasn't nearly as sunny as we had originally expected. I was wanting to see the cute pictures with people holding the umbrellas . . . oh also, it was actually expected to rain so we rented a few tents for the ceremony . . . so I had a kind of outdoor ceremony, under tents . . . this one really didn't bother me that much.
9. The dance floor . . . first, when they were delivering it, they didn't bring enough plywood for the whole floor, so we had to make the floor smaller (0f course they refunded some of the cost), then on the big day, the whole thing was falling apart, we ended up not even using it and used the lawn behind the head table as our dance floor . . . I think it actually worked out better, so again not a big deal (plus they refunded us for the entire floor!)
10. And the biggest one, that makes me want to cry . . . the ceremony did not get filmed! Somehow it had caused a bunch of drama a couple days before - although I am still not sure how - so on the day of I just didn't even bring it up, although now I wish I had. We had everyone laughing and crying. It really was the perfect ceremony and I wish more than anything it had been filmed. I don't think I will be able to forget this issue for . . . forever. It seriously makes me so sad. I wish we could have had the speeches filmed as well, they were particularly funny, oh well I guess!
Anyway . . . I should get the professional pictures back in about a month more, I will get some of the ones on my camera up soon!!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Ring Bearer Gift
Shopping for kids is harder than you would think! We bought our little four year old ring bearer a Thomas the Tank Engine Coloring Book, Book, and I made some of those famous alphabet crayons. We were going to make the crayons for every kid, but when I realized how long they took to make, I nixed that idea fast. Plus, not sure if you know this, but you have to use the non-washable crayons to make the alphabet crayons, and I am not sure I want to have to pay the stain removal fees from my caterer for getting crayon out!! So, just our special little guy gets the alphabet crayons!!
Cute little gift!!
Cute little gift!!
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