So, yeah, I posted some pictures from the wedding prep and then... what? We kind of left y'all hanging. No more! Where to start, where to start?
Wedding
Here are a few photos below. There are a whole lot more at the "Wedding Photos" link here . Or, if you like your pictures more professional-like, the photographer's pictures are here . But, here's the Cliffs' Notes version:
First, the ceremony. Based on Rachel and Shawn's recommendation we decided to have it not on the lawn behind the "Lucky Bend" house, but in the little grove next door, in the yard of the "Graystone Place" house -- I think that's what it's called (they're both rental properties and they have names so you can say "Oh, remember when we stayed at the Purple Platypus house? That was wonderful!" I don't think there's a purple platypus house, but there should be)
If anyone is interested in the ceremony I could post it here. Post a comment and let me know.
After the ceremony, we went back to our yard and things got under way -- here's the cake Anna made (anyone who was at our wedding knows what this tastes like):
Misha and Evan came up and played lovely cocktail music during the reception. It was really, really cool -- and I mean "cool" in the "It was neat!" as well as in the "woah, man, that's really cooooooool" sense. Because it was.
I call this one "Self Portrait with Bride and Groom":
Here you have the reception completely underway and Rachel passing out favors (which you saw them finish in the prep post -- scroll down, you'll find it):
Shawn, Anna, and Rachel -- aww!:
And, the side of the wedding no one saw (but us): the aftermath. This was post-wedding, post-cake cutting.... and this was representative of the rest of the house as well. Disaster area. But we got it cleaned up in record time!
As the evening grew darker, Shawn had rigged up a sheet over the office window and had a projector showing pictures and, when it was quite dark, he showed the video he made to propose to Rachel. Twas awesome!
So there you have it! The wedding in a nutshell! I highly recommend checking out the above links, as there are many, many more pictures. If you go to the photographer's website, check out picture 411. :)