Another bride, tons of photos!

So ladies, I finally got all my pictures uploaded last night. 800 proofs by 2 different photographers in black/white, color, wideangle lenses, shortangle lenses... I was going cross eyed!!

I'm in the process of typing my review with all the boring details. But I will say that boy howdy, it was the best day of our lives!

If you recall, we had a couple weeks of horribly crummy rainy windy weather. I resolved myself to having rain on my wedding day and had bought matching umbrellas for my hubby and I.

But heck if the stars didn't align or God shine down upon us or something, because the day's weather was glorious!

Saturday was great too, a little windy. But Sunday, WOW! We couldn't have planned it better. It wasn't overly hot, which is great because I'm a sweat-er (TMI, probably sorry!) and the wind died down quite a bit from the day before. Sunny skies, everything fresh from all that rain.

We only had one snafu. My hair/makeup girl was supposed to be at Mom's at 6:30am. At 6:15am, I start putting in my contacts and I dropped one in the sink. Not normally a problem since I always stop up the drain. But we couldn't find it! 15 minutes later, she was supposed to be there and I still couldn't find it. We started worrying about her when we found out that the wind from the day before knocked a big tree branch across the road. And there is only one road in and out to my parent's development!

Finally at 6:45 she arrived (in addition to the tree branch, she forgot the directions at home and had gotten lost), just as my Mom found the contact hanging from the edge of the faucet!

We still made it to the ceremony with plenty of time to spare, and that was the only problem the whole day!

We had our ceremony at Planting Fields Arboretum and our reception at Milleridge Carriage House. More details to come in the review but here are pictures from the day:

Coe Hall at Planting Fields Arboretum:



My father in law pinning on my husband's boutonniere:



My bouquet:



My bridesmaid and MOH bouquets:



Seeing each other before the ceremony:



Rusty said WOW! You look GORGEOUS! And clapped his hands laughing; you can see his hands clapping in the picture.



And for that reaction, he deserved a kiss:



The wedding party, viewed from a balcony:



Here is Dad giving me away:



Another balcony view, of my niece/bridesmaid singing 'I Dreamed of You' for us:



The ring:



The kiss:



The recessional:



Escaping!



Our photographer Gaston showing my nephew Conor his picture:



Scaring my godson/nephew/ringbearer with a bee in my bouquet:



Our adored nieces and nephews, also our wedding party:



Some portraits of the happy couple:












From the reception, our dais:



Our DIY menu on the table:



Our seeded heart favor:



One of our picture tables with baby pictures of Rusty and I, and pictures of those who couldn't be with us on that day:



Stealing a kiss before the reception begins:



Our first dance:




The chicken dance, a family staple:




The electric slide, another 'must':



Cake cutting, we were nice and didn't smoosh each other!:





Random photos, Dad laughing at my joke:



Kids looking a little disheveled after the day:



Rusty and my new in-laws:



My sister and brother in law - guys looking one way, girls another...:



Me and Mom:






And this last picture just about sums up the joy of that day: