Let's start with some photos from the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.
Here are some photos of us getting ready...
The first photo has a funny story. One of my BM's dropped her digital camera right into her cup of mimosa. So, now we have a saying of "Drop that in your mimosa!"
Here are some photos that I've begun collecting from people who are present for our big day.
The guys and the pastor at the front waiting for the processional to start.
My sister/MOH walking down the aisle.
Apparently the only BM anybody captured coming down the aisle was my sister.
Notice the guests in the background laughing. My flower girl had just taken off running and abandoned my ring bearer (her brother)!!
Russ and I doing our unity sand ceremony
The Kiss!!!
The head table
My wonderful, wonderful cake!
My proud, happy mom!
Some more photos from the ceremony...
Some of my wonderful, beautiful family!
One of my gorgeous centerpieces! I named all the tables using winter related words. This particular table is named "Chilly Wille". Based on the adorable cartoon penguin Chilly Willy with a play on spelling of Wille. Some of my family have a last name of Wille!
I did this "pose" several times that night. Everybody wanted to take a close-up picture of the beading on my dress! Which of course, I was all for!
A wonderful picture of DH, me and my sister Melissa (MOH)
I LOVE this picture. I was visiting tables and leaned over to give my cousin Aimee a from behind hug and ended up having a moment with her beautiful son Zach. My aunt managed to capture the moment.
I like the next set of shots. You can see how some of the kids were still enjoying the dance floor when Russ and I took the floor for our first dance. Particularly the ring bearer who was dancing with the daughter of another friend of mine. In the last shot, you can see him behind DH. Just a short bit into the song, our RB decided he wanted to hug DH's legs and ran out to do so. Caught us off guard, but you can kinda see that we were laughing. It was totally something he would do and it was very amusing!!
My dad passed away in 2003, so...not only did my mom walk me down the aisle, we did a mother/daughter dance. The best and most amazing part about our dance was the song. When I was growing up, my dad was in a band and would often record some of their sessions. Well, thanks to my DOC...I was put in contact with a man that was able to pull one of the few songs that my dad ever sang with the band and he put it on cd. We were then able to play that song for our mother/daughter dance. It was amazing and emotional to dance to the sound of my father's voice. Also, about two-thirds of the way through the song, we pulled my sister onto the floor to join us in the dance (you can see a photo of this in our pro pics). The photos below are of my mom and I
