Friday, October 15, 2010

Wedding Festivities

Oh my goodness, I have posted TONS of pictures, but it hardly compares to the amount on my computer! The thought of going through our Honeymoon pics totally overwhelms me at this moment:) August was such a fun month, I loved having all of our family here in town and spending 3 days doing wedding 'stuff' before our big day! I can barely remember the stress, but the forecast for rain was my biggest concern! All in all, we had a great weekend with our family and appreciate all the help, support, and love! -At my bridal shower:) Dez, Callie, and Danielle.
-Cousin Christi and her Daughter Rigley, Aunto Connie, Auntie Tara, and Abi.
-Little Rigley, she is sooooo cute!
-The Beautimous Cup Cakes my mom made for the shower, they were strawberry made with real strawberries. They weighed about 1lb each!
-All of our yummy sandwiches and salads.
-Present opening area
-My favorite robe for our Honeymoon!
On the Thursday before the wedding, I had a little bachelorette party at the Granary with all my closest friends and family. It was sooo nice out and we had fun sitting on their patio and eating great food. Thanks for coming girls:)
-Me and my cousins Christi and Becki.
-Granny, Mom, Aunt Tammy, and my Step-Mom.
-All the Moms and Aunts.
-Bj's Mom Carol, my sis in law Justine, friends Jamie and Mitrianne, and my neighbors Lynne and Linda.
-My girlies Abi, Audrey, and Dez.
Here we all are at our Rehearsal dinner on Friday night. We held it at Jakes Steak House where I work. We indulged in plenty of wine (some indulged a little too much:) and greath appetizers. The boys were VERY well behaved, thank goodness! It's always scary combining all family, pastors, and friends! Haha. What a great night!
-My Dad and Bestie Sam.
-Some of the crew, Best man Roger and his wife Audrey, Groomsman Mike and his wife Brenna, and other groomsman Jeremy and his wife Jessi.
- Bj with his parents Bob and Carol.
-Our pastor Merv and his wife.
-My Mom, her husband John, and my Gramps.
-My Dad's parents Granny and Grandpa.
-My Step Mom and her parents Martha and Dave, all the way from Illinois.
-Sam and her Husband Tim.
-Dez and her Fiance Jeremy, can you see the love?!
-My husband to be, with a beer on his head!
-Bj's business partner Dan and his wife Mitrianne.
-Handing out gifts to the wedding party.
-Tim and Bj's Dad.
-My bridesmaids, the juniors were at home babysitting our little ones.
-Tim snapped about 45 pictures right here so we were getting a little annoyed with his, but obviously found it funny!
And FINALLY here are some pics from our wedding day. The morning went good when it came to decorating and getting hair done, but when it was time to go pick up my wedding dress, Sam and I decided that we needed to rear-end someone, woopsies. That was fun. But when we finally made it back to the Country Club, things went great again. I couldn't wait to get my hair done and in my dress!! We enjoyed some mimosas and yummy food while waiting for pictures to start. Then it started.....RAINING! Our photographer was a little nervous but we made it work. About 18 minutes before the ceremony it suddenly stopped raining, thanks to my Grandma up in Heaven looking down on me:) It was a little chilly but the ceremony went well and before I knew it we were married! Hip hip hooray! The reception was a blast and filled with dancing, good food, drinks, and CAKE! We stayed to late and took a limo ride at the end with friends before off to our hotel! The day couldn't have been better!
-Bj waiting in the bar while I was FREAKING out about the rain and trying to come up with a back-up. I didn't see him before the ceremony and I wouldn't have done it any other way!
-Grandma putting Bubba's flowers on, he looked so grownup and handsome.
-Lookin at our pictures from birth till we met. -Bj and his Mom.
My Dad walking me down the aisle, it was a little windy too did I mention!

-I love Braxton in the pic just staring at us!!
-Bj's brother Nik and their Dad.
The end!

JULY

Just as June faded and July was here, our schedule just filled up!! We had so much going on, starting with engagement pictures, Fourth of July parties, Braxton's Birthday, and a trip to our neighbors cabin. It was such a fun month and somehow I didn't have a panic attack planning the wedding at the same time! -engagement pic

-Fireworks at Dan and Mitrianne's house

-All snuggled up to watch the show

-Bj and the little boys on a 'youth' four wheeler!! Bj's face matches 2 of the boys!

-Bubba gettin ready to ride in his pj's and coat!

-Tenley holding the Young's new puppy, we think we will breed him with Thumper:)

-Bj and Braxton

-The little girls playing with their babies!

-Tenley and her mama Teagan

Uncle Nik got a new puppy, the smallest puppy EVER!! Thumper was very busy about every 5 seconds making sure this dog was still on the couch, it was hilarious! Here we have Braxton's birthday party pictures, it was toy storied out!! We had a fun BBQ and let the kids run wild! Our favorite part was definitely the cake! Baskin Robbins never let's me down! Here is silly David in the above pic using the candles as chopsticks, what a goof!-Happy Birthday! Braxton getting ready to blow out his candles!



-Buzz Lightyear cake

-I'm Three!

This was our weekend trip to our neighbors cabin, we had such a relaxing time and it was fun for the boys to fish, hike, bbq, etc. The hike as you can see was beautiful and I had no idea Billings had any beauty like this so close!!



-Can you tell Bubba is about done hiking??

Braxton and our favorite neighbors, Tom and Lynne, and Pete and Linda.





-Aren't my boys cute!?



-Amazing view of the moon coming up over the hill by the cabin.

-Hummingbird for Linda, she loves them!

-Braxton and Bj heading out to four wheel

-What they saw on their trip, I believe they are called elk????? Bahaha, I have no idea, they are all deer to me:)

Done by the River that we ended up floating later in the day. Braxton was trying to skip rocks, he made me soooo nervous because of course we left the life jacket at home!

-Bj and Braxton holding a water snake, ewwww!

-The boys putting together a toy so Braxton had something to play with while the adults relaxed!

-View from the cabin, next on the blog~)wedding pictures! Hooray!