PhoenixStrength
Found my Prince Charming!
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Hi everyone! So, Heather and Jimmy's wedding was yesterday and it went incredibly well 
Everyone was commenting to me and my family about how great it was, how great the hall was, the food was, the cake was, how great Heather did, etc. We obviously did not get the professional pictures back yet (that will be about 3 weeks) but our Mom brought her camera so I have some pictures from that. So, here they are!
The day started with Myself, Heather, our sister Lisa and one of the other bridesmaids, Samantha, going to get our hair done at 8am. Here is a shot of my hair, which is what all of the bridesmaids had theirs done like.
After our hair Samantha went to her parents house (she had come up Wednesday from Georgia, where she and her husband live), and the rest of us went to our parents house. Once we ate something it was time to start getting ready. Our cousin Rachel came at 11am and did Heather's makeup for her (she does it as a side job) while Lisa and I got dressed. The photographer, Katrina, showed up right after Rachel and started working. We got lucky, as the photographer is the cousin of the best man, so we found one easily, she gave us a family discount, and she is fantastic!
Once Rachel was done the other bridesmaids got to my parents house and we all did our makeup and helped Heather get in her gown. The limo showed up at that point too. Once we were all dressed and had our makeup and jewelry done we went out for pictures.
You'll notice on almost all of the staged pictures that we are not looking in that direction, because we were looking at Katrina and her assistant who were taking the professional pictures. They still turned out well, I think!
From left to right that is Samantha, our cousin Christine, Me, Heather, Lisa, our cousin Tracy (whose husband Steve is the Best Man) and Kimberly the Flower Girl, who is also Tracy and Steve's daughter.
This is our father, Heather and our Mother. You can't tell from these pictures, but Mom started crying during our hair appointment and didn't stop for the next 10 hours when the reception ended. It didn't surprise any of us, as she is very emotional and cries often. She had tissues with her at all times.
Once we got done with the pictures the bridal party all got in the limo and we headed to the Banquet Hall, which is only about 10 minutes away. Katrina left right ahead of us so she could get pictures of us arriving. Kimberly, the flower girl, had the best time in the limo. She just turned 5 and had never been in a limo before. She was fascinated by everything. Oh, we got the limo cheap too, as Steve's father knows the owners of the Limo company and got us a deal.
We arrived to find that the guests were arriving as well. Once the guests went in we got Heather out and went into the bridal suite to wait. We only had to wait about 15 minutes and it started.
We were very lucky with the wedding. The sole reason Heather and Jimmy chose that location was they do outdoor weddings in a gazebo overlooking the water. At the rehearsal Friday we found out that there was a 70% chance of thunderstorms at the time of the wedding and so we planned to have to have it indoors. When we woke up Saturday morning we found that it was changed to no rain until hours after the wedding and was supposed to be partly sunny.
So, we did the whole wedding march and all of us got into the gazebo.
Left to right, that's Pastor Dave (who is the brother-in-law of my aunt and a friend of Mom's since they were teenagers), Jimmy, Steve, Will (Heather and Jimmy's roommate), Jimmy's friend Frankie, Jimmy's friend Walter, and my cousin Tommy (whose sister is a bridesmaid, Christine).
During the ceremony
No picture of Samantha and Tommy, they didn't turn out. Oh, and the Ring Bearer is Will, who is the son of Will the groomsman. I will call him Little Will in the future of this to not mix him up with his father. You can see in the background of the some of the pictures that he is being walked around by his mother. He is only 3 and does not focus well so he needed to be distracted at times to keep him from throwing a fit or misbehaving. You will hear later that it didn't always work.
Continued in next post.
Everyone was commenting to me and my family about how great it was, how great the hall was, the food was, the cake was, how great Heather did, etc. We obviously did not get the professional pictures back yet (that will be about 3 weeks) but our Mom brought her camera so I have some pictures from that. So, here they are!The day started with Myself, Heather, our sister Lisa and one of the other bridesmaids, Samantha, going to get our hair done at 8am. Here is a shot of my hair, which is what all of the bridesmaids had theirs done like.
After our hair Samantha went to her parents house (she had come up Wednesday from Georgia, where she and her husband live), and the rest of us went to our parents house. Once we ate something it was time to start getting ready. Our cousin Rachel came at 11am and did Heather's makeup for her (she does it as a side job) while Lisa and I got dressed. The photographer, Katrina, showed up right after Rachel and started working. We got lucky, as the photographer is the cousin of the best man, so we found one easily, she gave us a family discount, and she is fantastic!
Once Rachel was done the other bridesmaids got to my parents house and we all did our makeup and helped Heather get in her gown. The limo showed up at that point too. Once we were all dressed and had our makeup and jewelry done we went out for pictures.
You'll notice on almost all of the staged pictures that we are not looking in that direction, because we were looking at Katrina and her assistant who were taking the professional pictures. They still turned out well, I think!
From left to right that is Samantha, our cousin Christine, Me, Heather, Lisa, our cousin Tracy (whose husband Steve is the Best Man) and Kimberly the Flower Girl, who is also Tracy and Steve's daughter.
This is our father, Heather and our Mother. You can't tell from these pictures, but Mom started crying during our hair appointment and didn't stop for the next 10 hours when the reception ended. It didn't surprise any of us, as she is very emotional and cries often. She had tissues with her at all times.
Once we got done with the pictures the bridal party all got in the limo and we headed to the Banquet Hall, which is only about 10 minutes away. Katrina left right ahead of us so she could get pictures of us arriving. Kimberly, the flower girl, had the best time in the limo. She just turned 5 and had never been in a limo before. She was fascinated by everything. Oh, we got the limo cheap too, as Steve's father knows the owners of the Limo company and got us a deal.
We arrived to find that the guests were arriving as well. Once the guests went in we got Heather out and went into the bridal suite to wait. We only had to wait about 15 minutes and it started.We were very lucky with the wedding. The sole reason Heather and Jimmy chose that location was they do outdoor weddings in a gazebo overlooking the water. At the rehearsal Friday we found out that there was a 70% chance of thunderstorms at the time of the wedding and so we planned to have to have it indoors. When we woke up Saturday morning we found that it was changed to no rain until hours after the wedding and was supposed to be partly sunny.
So, we did the whole wedding march and all of us got into the gazebo.
Left to right, that's Pastor Dave (who is the brother-in-law of my aunt and a friend of Mom's since they were teenagers), Jimmy, Steve, Will (Heather and Jimmy's roommate), Jimmy's friend Frankie, Jimmy's friend Walter, and my cousin Tommy (whose sister is a bridesmaid, Christine).
During the ceremony
No picture of Samantha and Tommy, they didn't turn out. Oh, and the Ring Bearer is Will, who is the son of Will the groomsman. I will call him Little Will in the future of this to not mix him up with his father. You can see in the background of the some of the pictures that he is being walked around by his mother. He is only 3 and does not focus well so he needed to be distracted at times to keep him from throwing a fit or misbehaving. You will hear later that it didn't always work.
Continued in next post.
After the trying to jump in the water incident, Little Will was very well behaved the whole reception. He and all the younger kids played together and kept each other occupied. 
After everything your sister went through with the accident, it is so inspiring to see her finding her happiness with Jimmy. How nice that his parents got to come after all - I know that meant the world to him and to them. Your whole family looked great - you and your sisters were beautiful, your dad was handsome, and your mom is so pretty. She looked more like a sister than the mom! 
I loved the picture of the four "girls" together - how lovely is that!! 
We all knew it would be a great day no matter what happened, but it turned out better than we hoped. And Little Will certainly added a little spice, but it's a funny story now.
for the compliment. 
scared1
For driving 1 hour on the toll section! Oh, I almost forgot that somewhere along the toll section I saw a deer. Well, not so much saw as had to swerve to avoid as it was in the middle of the road after I came over the top of a hill. But thankfully I had no trouble going around it since there were almost no cars. This was the only deer I saw in the road THE ENTIRE TRIP. 
