Wedding Day

What a beautiful day Jeff and Jess had for their wedding.  In fact, the entire week was gorgeous, making it possible for them to get so much accomplished before the wedding without the hindrance of bad weather.

With an 11:00 AM wedding it meant early to rise – shave shower and shine – and get to the church on time.

When I arrived, Jess was already in the midst of getting her hair and make up done The little blue flower in her hair is for the the “Something Blue” in the traditional wedding poem…

Something Borrowed

Something Blue

Something Old

Something New.

Soon Gracie arrived to get dressed in her Cinderella Lattice Dress. 

She went from this… To this…  And then it was time to get her hair done too. What a little princess!  She was so patient and sat so perfectly still, enjoying every minute of the primping.  Perhaps Gracie is already planning out her own wedding – MANY years from now (you know how we girls are)

Here is the beautiful bride!!  Check out the cute sandals she wore – perfect for the sunflower themed decorations they had throughout the wedding. One of the most precious moments, I thought, was when her dad stepped in the room to see Jess for the first time in her wedding dress… This is Jess with her mom. This is a table they had set up on the platform in honor of the grandparents and one special uncle to Jess who have passed away, but would have loved to be a part of this special day.  Another unique thing they had during the ceremony was that they had the signing of the marriage license.  It was so cool to be able to witness this special legal document.  However, we were reminded that they are not entering into a ‘contract’ that can be broken if both parties agree, but they are entering a ‘covenant’ that can only be separated by death.

Jess and her two little Cinderella’s

A special moment between Uncle Jeff and Gracie

Now the beautiful bride and the  handsome groom – are no longer two,

but one            They were so very happy, they only had eyes for each other and their smiles were as wide as an ocean.

Standing up with Jess and Jeff from left to right are Jess’ sisters, Bonnie and Melody, her best friend Brooke, Caleb and Dave, friends of Jeff since jr/sr high school, Joey – Jeff’s younger brother and our youngest son.  The two little Princesses Gracie (our grand daughter) and Abby (Jess’ cousin) Cutting the cake and enjoying their reception.  

The bells were at each place setting and used to see the new couple kiss. The bride and groom danced to a recorded song of Jeff and Jess singing together.  What could be more special.

Father/Daughter and Mother/Son dance…

It was a BIG DAY!! but what a blessing to be able to share this special occasion with all our friends and family.  Thank you for joining us on our week long blog adventure.

Tyler and Gracie sitting on the big rock outside the church saying goodbye to Uncle Jeff and their new Aunt Jessica.

So For Now…

Happy Ever After!!

Christi