We snuck in a few last minute shots and headed over to the Orangery. The photos took up most of cocktail hour, so we decided to do our “formal” introductions at this time. First came my parents. Next were Mac’s parents. And GM Shann with Antlers and JBenz (big pimpin over here) Last were MOH Sister and BM El Cunado. Please pretend we played “Enter Sandman” when we walked in…. View Post »
Pics with friends
I love Words With Friends and Matching With Friends. Sadly, my friends don’t like playing with me because I play to win. But I’m off track. After our formal portraits, we walked from the Main Lawn to the Arbor for some more shots with our bridal party. Mac and the menfolk: Joey, you’re in the Army, not the Wu Tang Clan. Myself and my ladies. And Mac and I just… View Post »
Family portraits
We headed back down the aisle to Tech Triumph. We gathered up some folks and started the family portraits. With Pastor Cook With all of my relations With my mama’s side of the family With my dad’s side of the family With my immediate family With my parents With Mac’s parents and grandparents Mac’s immediate family With Mac’s parents The whole bridal party As I mentioned, my original plan was… View Post »
Our short and sweet ceremony
After our processional, Pastor Cook welcomed our guests and began our ceremony with an invocation. Pastor Cook: Who gives this woman to be married?Daddy: I do. Pastor Cook gave a short homily that involved a story of him growing up on a farm in Minnesota. Probably 85% of his sermons include this farm. Our first reading: Song of Solomon 2:10-14, 16a10 My beloved speaks and says to me: ‘Arise, my… View Post »
Number crunching
Now that the honeymoon is over and the thank yous have been mailed, it’s time to calculate how much this bitch cost. Weddings are expensive, duh, and ours wasn’t totally an exception to that rule. According to www.costofwedding.com, a wedding in the Fayetteville area should cost around $28,000. I had all sorts of commentary in my chart, but the HTML got screwed up. Instead, I wrote them as numbered footnotes…. View Post »
Wedding gift smorgasbord
I wrote most of our thank you notes the week after the honeymoon. I still have a few stragglers from gifts received after the wedding (like a wine.com gift card, yippee!). As I mentioned before, we received a fair number of gifts from our registry. Some of our family surprised us with some impressive homemade gifts. My sister, MOH Leslie, mentioned that she wanted to recreate our favorite team logos…. View Post »