Wedding Pictures - Ceremony and Traditions

Handfasting

Thanks to the Murph's sister in law (now my sister in law too!), we have 100's of pictures of the wedding before we even get any of the pictures from the photographer.  Here are a few of them....

Lighting the candle in memory of my dad and Murph's mom

Murph's niece reading "I Like You" 

Murph reading his vows

Murph handed the glasses to me so I can read my vows

Mr. & Mrs.

Us with the Best Man and Matron of Honor

Me and The Boy

Us with my family

Walking out after changing into the short dress

After cutting the cake

First Dance

Bouquet Toss

Father Daughter Dancing

Toasts

Cutting the cake

Posing for the photographer

The Murph's friend, Nick agreed to do the blessing for us.  He and his wife drove all the way from Little Rock to attend the wedding.

The Blessing

The Murph's family wouldn't let us come into to house unless the Murph carried me over the threshhold.  The Murph obeyed.   They cheered and took pictures and were right, I love these pictures!

Carried across the threshhold 

There are so many more photos, including some fun ones from the photobooth.  I will post the professional ones as soon as I get them.  Our wedding is also being featured in Alabama Wedding magazine.  Can't wait to see the issue!

Nontraditional Wedding Ceremony Music- That's Us!

I knew from the start that I didn't want to use the traditional wedding ceremony music for the processional and recessional.  I didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to choose the perfect songs for us.

It was easy for The Murph.  He quickly chose the Rocky Soundtrack theme "Gonna Fly Now."  The day before the wedding he and his brother, who was his best man, joked about how they were going to walk down the aisle.

Then it was up to me to come up with the the processional songs for me and the bridesmaids.  We only had two attendants each, so the DJ only had to play a little of each song.  I chose the "Butterfly Waltz" even before the Rocky song was chosen, but then I thought about using "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."

After Rocky, that one just didn't cut it.  I went back to "Butterfly Waltz" and it seemed to transition the groom's processional song with my processional song.  The DJ set it all up to play short segments of each song as we were walking down the aisle.

The song I walked down the aisle to was "Only Time" by Enya.  It's such a beautiful song.  The Boy walked my down the aisle and then took his place behind the best man.  He did a great job walking his mom down the aisle.  I was so proud of him!

You will have to go to YouTube to listen to these songs and watch these videos since they are blocked on my website.  (Never mind!  They do seem to be working on my blog now.)

For the recessional, the DJ played  "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do" by Abba.

We had an awesome jazz trio headed by Carlos Pino  played prelude music as our guests were being seated and then during the cocktail hour before dinner.  The DJ, Jeff Davidson, from Feel The Beat Entertainment took over at dinner then continued for the remainder of the evening.  He did a great job!

The entire evening was amazing!  All the vendors we chose were excellent.  I had so much fun and it went by way to fast!  I can't wait to get the professional photos back from the photographer so I can post them.

Wedding Flowers and Flip Flops

Just wanted to post some pictures of the beautiful flowers from the wedding.  They were absolutely gorgeous.  J Ross at Hot House Design studio did a great job.  I couldn't have been happier with them.  Most of these pictures I took this morning, but I will post the professional pictures when I get them.

I love the shades of pink and white flowers.  Our wedding colors were pink and gold. 

Two days later and the flowers still look great.  These were just some of the ones on the tables and my bouquet that we managed to grab on the way out of the country club as they were disassembling the arrangements.

A big hit with the women were these cute flip flops from Heels Off.  I found them online just last Saturday and emailed them to see if the flip flops could be delivered to me in time for the wedding.  Nina at Heels Off responded promptly even though it was Saturday and I had them shipped from the UK on Monday and I received them at my door in Birmingham, Alabama on Wednesday.  How fast is that??

LOVE THEM!!

They come 20 to a box in assorted small, medium and large sizes.

The flip flops come in a cute box too.  I had them sitting next to the DJ and the dance floor.  A couple of ladies kicked their heels off and put these on as soon as the reception started.

One of my friends that came to the wedding has a daughter getting married this month and is going to order some of these for her daughter's wedding.  It's a fun and practical wedding favor.

We got some really great wedding gifts including this one from The Murph's brother's family.

My brother's family gave us this frame with my favorite quote written on it.

One of our sweet guests had our wedding invitation framed for us in a gorgeous frame.  I love it!

This sign was at the entry way as our guests arrived for the wedding.

I love the bling on the bride's bouquet wrap!

The Murph's niece read parts of this book "I like You" during the ceremony.  On top are the groomsmen boutonnieres and some wedding mints we had out for guests near the entry.

One of our Waterford toasting flutes.

With a house full of family all weekend, I didn't see much of this little guy until everyone went to bed.  Then he would appear, hungry and demanding, just in time for bed.

I will have many more pictures of the actual wedding, my dresses, my beautiful bridesmaids and their dresses and the guys and their tuxes.  The Murph, his brother and The Boy looked so handsome in their tuxes!  Can't wait to show you!