The Wedding of B&R-part 3

Well, here's the farewell part...

They drove off  into the sunset on this cute little tractor. :)

 But first the bouquet  toss had to happen!

If you look closely you can see Dana's dramatic catch...

Which her brother helped her to get excited over! :D

Do you recognize her now that she's showing
 her sweet side again? :D

We had a potty break that inconveniently coincided with the releasing of the butterflies so the girls let theirs go on their own and I was able to get this cute video. :)

Time for bubble blowing and good-byes.

 And they're off!!!

 Kate watched them driving away...all the way around the field until they disappeared from view...and then some. :)

And she was still watching when they sent the vehicle after them to collect them because someone had played a little trick on them and snuck off with their getaway car.

 So the happy couple was dragged back to the waiting crowd and were made to jump thru some hoops before they were allowed to depart for real. :)

The kids kept their noses in the midst of the action right up until the cutting of the keys loose from their prison so the newlyweds could go their married way.:D 

The end

The Wedding of B&R part 2

A bunch of pics of "The Girls" with a few of folks that we are related to hanging out,waiting for food, enjoying each others company, and taking care of our kids. :)  Thanks ya'all.

(you can tell by these photos that mostly all I did was follow the kids around!)  :D

Michael- the preferred babysitter by our kids
 and prayed for regularly by them. :)

I felt the same way Jillian...
about the time I found out we wouldn't have our luggage
in time for the wedding. :) 

Someone get this girl some food please,
before something bad happens! ;D

Hours of fun and fighting were had
by the kids in this hammock!

Lala and Kate

Snack time in the shade and quiet of the front porch.

Kate ordering her cousins around...

...and rewarding them accordingly with a taste of her yogurt.

goofy girls
(and if you notice the reflection there's goofy uncle too)

"i'm a princess!"

"when they say 'smile' go like this"

Wait...are these really relatives!?!

And here I thought this one was such a lady!!! :D

It appears my daughters been hanging
 out with the above cousins too much.

Scouting out the victuals...

sweetness :)

Destination discovered!

The groom -the bride-
and her mom...whom I so much enjoyed getting to know!
Such a sweet person! ( now I know why her daughter is so sweet)

Waiting patiently for the time to free her butterfly...

It appears they may not last that long tho
 as it been a long day. :)

    They soon opted to put me in charge of the butterfly and go play,
but  not before the poor butterfly endured a few good squeezes. :D

Running for the potty!

These are the real photographers!  :)
 I can't wait to see their photos since I missed out on a lot of the wedding.

Well, I have to admit I spent more time out behind the shed than I did enjoying the ceremony...not because of naughty children tho. :D  Simply because that is where the wedding party waited before going to the front and that was the best spot to feed my baby, which was necessary immediately after sending the girls up the aisle. :)   Coming up-Part 3 is the final wedding post.

The Wedding of B&R part1

 Let me preface this with a quick apology!  :)     I realize I haven't blogged in ages!  I apologize  to those of you who wait patiently for something, anything, to appear on here, only to find ...nothing.  :(   I haven't been spending much time on the computer these days as ours is running irritatingly slow and I have alot of more important things keeping me busy. :) That being said, I really do like to be able to keep ya'all updated on stuff around here when I have opportunity to. :)

SO THEN...here is the beginning of the small collection of photos that I managed to snap at the lovely wedding of Ben & Rosemary, which took place in the fine state of New Jersey.  The particulars of how we got there (and home again) is a story for another day...if I ever get it typed out. :)   Of course I got no photos during the ceremony because I was busy running to and fro keeping people happy.  I didn't think to give the camera to my sister to handle as all I had time to think about was getting 2 small girls hair done, getting them in the right place at the right time, and keeping my baby fed and happy in the middle of it all. All of the photos I took are from during the reception and afterwards, as you will see.  The good news is  that everything went off without a hitch (although the 2 people intended DID get hitched). Miss Kate actually walked up the aisle this time, which is more than I can say for the last time she was supposed to be a flower girl! :)  

There were cute handpainted signs all over the grounds
to direct us where we needed to go.

Always good to keep track of when you have small kids
who wait to tell you till the last minute that they
GOTTA GO!

Waitin'  for a turn...
They were very deluxe portable toilets and the joke was that
they paid more for them than the whole wedding cost!  :D   Anyway we
appreciated them Mucho as we spent plenty of time in there!

Loved the cake topper!

The start of the aisle (all the chairs had been moved
to the reception tent in case you were wondering)

"The Altar"

More cute signage :)

Good Eats!

The cute couple themselves!

 Some hastily snapped decor shots. :)

The happy poser!