The Miss Elaine-ous Life

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Wedding Meme, 3B1M Style!

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It’s been a while since I turned the pages of my wedding photo albums. Life gets busy and we tend to forget to look at the pages of images that capture one of the most important days of our lives. So I just want to thank my friend Three Boys 1 Mommy for hosting this wedding meme, if for no other reason, for giving me a peek back at the photos and memories of the day I married the love of my life.

So, without further ado, here are 8 of my favorite photos (and a little bonus at the end) from one of my very favorite days on a beautiful Autumn day back in 1999…
(and because blogger is being a “poopy head” about pictures, a few are out of the order I would have preferred.)
The classic hands with rings photo…
My cake, which I LOVED. It was pretty and scrumptious. Also, that is the cake topper that was on my parents’ wedding cake in 1960. And, my SIL Kathy wrapped our left-over cake SO well that we devoured the frozen piece of it on our 1 year anniversary and seriously, it tasted exactly the same. No lie.
My favorite posed picture of us by the altar. I pass by this photo a million times a day since it is framed in our living room.
This was pre-wedding. Me and my nieces and flower girls, Sarah (5) and Megan (8) at the time.
I don’t think you can see my Dad’s smile in the picture as he’s handing me off, but of all the people and details in this one, that smile is my favorite part.
Here we are kissing during the “sign of peace” and after saying our vows. And, yes I did have the big bow on my bum. Don’t judge. It was still the ’90’s and I adored my dress!
Leaving the church as Mr. & Mrs!

The entire wedding party

And lastly, here is a little snippet from the last page of my wedding scrapbook, made MANY years ago, with snapshots taken by friends… A blurry picture of my mother and I hugging as Tim and I prepared to leave, a tiny pic of Tim and I dancing together and my Dad writing the check for the caterer – love it!
Legend has it that there was quite the party at the hotel where our guests stayed, after our reception was over. Seriously, it sounds like it was so much fun that Tim and I are kinda sorry we missed it. But, our comped room in a VERY nice hotel near downtown Dallas pretty much makes up for us missing it. And that’s all I will say about that…
Here is the chorus to the song we danced to for our first dance, “I Could Not Ask For More.” The words are perfect and that is why we chose it.
I could not ask for more than this time together
I could not ask for more than this time with you
And every prayer has been answered
And every dream I’ve had has come true yeah,
right here in this moment, is right where I’m meant to be
Oh, here with you here with me…
To join the wedding meme and see other’s posts about their big day, head on over to Three Boys 1 Mommy’s place!

elaine

Comments

  8. Stopping over from Three Boys One Mommy…
    So there are legends from your reception. I’m working hard trying to put together those embarrassing moments that I have either had at my wedding or have witnessed first hand. I’m hoping to get it finished this week, but may just post next week so that I don’t break up my current nickname theme.

    Thanks for sharing.

  10. So fun! I have to laugh about the bow…do you know how long it took me to find a dress that DIDN’T have a bow on it? I had to drive 8 hours to Calgary to find it! We got married the same year, I think…1999?

    Your dress was beautiful, as were you!

    Great song!

  11. Nice recap. I love seeing people’s photos of their lives. That is why I love blogging, it allows you to share things with people that they would otherwise never know or see.

    I am ready for another DFW bloggers dinner!

  12. awww i love traveling back in time with wedding memories…such fun!!

    do you guys have big plans for your big anniv??

  14. What a fun one..thanks for taking us back with you.

    And, there was a bow on my dress…I insisted they chop it off!

  15. ahh, there was some legendary partying going on after my wedding too. we heard some very interesting stories about things that happened that night.

    beautiful wedding photos. if only i had a scanner i could put some of mine up!

  17. What a great post and fun idea. I tried to scan some pictures and my scanner isn’t working right now I need to wait for the hubs to come home!

  20. What a fun meme, I loved seeing your wedding pictures. You were a beautiful bride, and you both look so very happy.

  21. what great pics! I’m honestly thinking about is only the cake!!! yummmy I LOVE wedding cake. Ours was super tasty after a year of being frozen, too 🙂

  26. I skimmed over the pics and then went back and read. I knew it was a late 90s wedding because of the dress style. I think the short sleeves were pretty big back then (that was my style too). I LOVE your cake–so cute!!

  30. Fun to see all of your pics! I’m so pathetic with my wedding pics…I STILL haven’t put together my wedding album…ummm…we’ve been married 6 1/2 years! But, that may be a good thing because our photographer just sent us the negatives for all of our pictures and I’m going to have them all transferred to digital so I can do cool things to them!