A Day to Remember

Oh Connie's wedding.  Ooooooohhhhh Connie's wedding!  Excuse me, Connie and Dustin's wedding.  Guess it kinda takes two....

To sum it up it was absolutely perfectly pleasantly lovely. 

We all had been looking forward to the big day, but the girls were especially excited to be honorary members of the wedding party, aka flower girls. 

Here's the backdrop.  Take note there is not a soul in sight.  No one wanted to step foot outside until absolutely necessary seeing as though they just might melt into a heaping puddle.  It. Was. HOT.  Beautiful nonetheless! 

The afternoon started of with a brief rehearsal, then family gathered for a pre-wedding luncheon.  Maybe I should have remembered BEFORE the massive helping of amazing dutch oven potatoes that I still had to squeeze into my wedding attire for the ceremony.  Shucks.  Then the moment we all were waiting for-- the wedding party ready to march!  Yes, real flowers for the girls to throw!  A little girls' heaven!  With the exception of Miss Kylie, who decided she would keep each and every last petal to herself.  Ha!

Ty, being the lone nephew old enough to walk, had the distinction of being the ring bearer.  He loved it!  Here's a closer look at his little responsibility:

The ceremony was beautiful, performed by Dad Israelsen.  Here is the Ty Man in action.  He took this role very seriously and performed with precision!

Mr. and Mrs. Eastman!  YAY!

Connie and her flower girls.  They all looked so incredibly darling.  And the bride- oh my word.  She was stunning.  She looked like she walked right out of a magazine.  So beautiful!

The wedding would have most certainly fallen to pieces if it weren't for this handsome lil' dude (wink, wink):

This little lady decided she wasn't too big on the whole celebration bit.  But she looks like such a cute little lemon custard wrapped in an orange peel!  Needless to say, she had a nap.  Whew for us.

At first glance, you might think Ty is going in for a choke-hold:

Have no fear!  This mini Casanova is simply going in for a smooch! 

...Again, and again, and again...they thought it was hilarious!  It didn't help that the rest of us standing around were laughing at them too.  There must have just been a lot of love in the air.  I love the neck hold.  He's so suave!  I can't WAIT to hear what these two have to say about this when they're teenagers. 

The rest of the evening was spent keeping the kids from getting entirely drenched in this:

We were only somewhat successful.  Even Lexi woke up and joined in the fun:

At last the seemingly never-ending line died down and the happy couple were ready to be on their way via a tunnel of sparklers.  Here is Kenna getting ready to bid the bride and groom farewell:

So fun!


Some people throw flowers at weddings.  Us?  Well, we like to throw our kids.

But no need to worry, there was no harm done:

Sorta.

All in all it was a PERFECT day!  Thank you Connie and Dustin for letting us be part of your amazing day.  We are so happy for you!!

And just in case you haven't seen quite enough pictures to do your ol' ticker some good, here are a few more from the reception in Woodruff the following evening:

Yep.  Proud mama right here.