This past weekend my brother got married. He married a great girl named Jenipher who has really been a good match for him. They got married near her hometown, which is about an hour or so from our house. The ceremony & reception were held at a little “farm” type area with a pretty lake, cabins, and a nice building for dinner & dancing. The ceremony was outside by the water. Friday night the rehearsal was freezing cold, but the weather Saturday turned out beautiful, in spite of the drizzling in the morning.
When we got there Friday we had some time to wait before the rehearsal. We walked across a big bridge.
And Andrew chased this poor kitty EVERYWHERE. She was a good sport.
I missed most of the rehearsal itself because I had to take Abigail inside where it was warmer—she was not a big fan of the wind blowing in her face, and she was hungry. But Brett took some pictures. And I did enjoy the good food we had for dinner.
Leah got to be the flower girl, along with Jenipher’s younger niece. She was an absolute princess! She was so excited about wearing her pretty dress. Jenipher told her to twirl and dance when she was throwing out the petals, and boy did she ever! She was a ham and everyone thought she was too cute.
Thankfully, with the ceremony being outdoors, I wasn’t as concerned about Andrew being still and quiet. Most of the time he played with his cars on the ground.
Our pictures of the ceremony probably have a little different view from the photographers’, but you can see how beautiful everyone looked.
These ring bearers were so funny to me. They came down the aisle to some cool boy music.
The reception turned out to be a lot of waiting. All three kids were getting fussy by the end, and Abigail (my usually easygoing baby) especially cried a good part of the meal (until my dad volunteered to take her downstairs and ended up rocking her to sleep in her car seat). She hadn’t had a good nap all day. We had told Leah we were going to the “ball” so during all of dinner she kept asking when we’d get to dance. Both kept asking when we’d get cake (and as you can see, they got CAKE!—a huge piece).
Finally it was time to dance, but we only stayed a few minutes because it was already around 9:00. Leah did get to do some twirling around on the dance floor. Most of the rest of my pictures didn’t turn out great because it was all moving so fast.
And this was how we all felt by the end of the night.
It was a long and busy day but we were so happy we could celebrate with BJ & Jenipher on their big day!
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