Wedding Fun

It’s kind of funny that we haven’t been to a wedding in over three years and then we go to two of them within six days of each other!  Both were T’s cousins, but from different sides of his family. 

This wedding was two hours away, but we had some errands to run on Friday and were halfway there to start out.  We drove the final hour (plus two unscheduled potty stops) and made it just in time for the ceremony. 

When we first walked up we saw the guestbook. Cutest idea for a guest book I’ve ever seen!  There were four small canvases painted with a tree.  There were also a whole bunch of ink pads sitting there waiting. 

The guests put ink on their thumbs and then put their thumbprint on one of the tree branches.  So cute! 

The ceremony was short and sweet with a beautiful river as a backdrop.  The only picture I got was of the flower girl in her adorable poofy dress.

The wedding was held at the groom’s Aunt and Uncle’s lake (well, river, I guess) house.  It was gorgeous!  The flowers everywhere were so pretty and I loved all the little touches that made it special.

The girls were very excited about the cake table…or cupcake table I should say.

They had fun watching the wedding party.  It was a small wedding as far as guests go but they each had seven attendants so the wedding party was large.

We were at the table closest to the cake so we got a great view.

Bug was fascinated with the bride.  So sweet. :)

The girls had only asked me about ten times if they could have a cupcake so they were thrilled when it was finally time.  They both picked a strawberry shortcake one (so did I).  Grandma had a mint chocolate, Grandpa had oreo, and Daddy had peanut butter chocolate.  They were definitely gourmet cupcakes and it was definitely the best cupcake I’ve ever had!  The girls agreed. :)

We watched the bride and groom do all the traditions: bouquet toss, garter toss, first dances, etc.

Then the girls got out on the dance floor.

Brown-eyed Girl came on so Daddy got out there and danced with his two brown-eyed girls. :)

So sweet.

Boo had only had a 45 min. nap on the way up so she was crazy-hyper for most of the reception, and then hit the wall and collapsed into my lap at about 8. 

We made our goodbyes and got on the road at about 8:30.  K hadn’t had a nap earlier so she fell asleep right away, but S got a second wind and had a hard time falling asleep.  I think she finally gave it up around 9:30.  We pulled in at 10:30, carried them upstairs and put them straight in bed, still in their dresses.  It was a long night for them, but we had a fun time seeing the other side of the family and attending another beautiful wedding! 

Now we are officially done with events for the summer!  Hopefully we’ll be able to relax in these next few weeks and get a few things done before baby girl decides to make her appearance!  19 days and counting!