You Make My Dreams Come True: Cake

I’m really hoping to get my recaps finished within the next couple of weeks. The more time that goes by, the more I’m forgetting, so I’ve got to get busy!

After the toasts and finishing dinner we went ahead and cut the cake. We wanted our guests to be able to eat dessert while they watched the mother-son/father-daughter/first dances. I already wrote a vendor review for the lady that made our cake, but I’m still SO happy with it months later. She works out of her home, we got a great deal, and she does great work.

I also had a grooms cake made for David – It was a Jayhawk (of course) but they were able to make it into a Jayhawk referee. I think I’ve mentioned it before, but David refs a lot of soccer, so it was perfect! It incorporated two of his big passions, and although I’m pretty sure everyone at the wedding ‘got’ it, I printed a couple of pictures to sit next to the cake to kind of explain it.

We had kind of a dessert table set up and had additional sheet cakes, too. We ended up with way (way WAY) too much cake, but better too much than too little!

Sadly, I can’t remember which song we had played while we cut the cake. I know we did something standard/cutesy, but I have no idea which one. The night went by so fast – If I could offer advice to future brides it would definitely be to write down little details while you’re on your honeymoon, because as much as I hate to admit it, you forget things! It hasn’t even been 8 months and there are so many things that are already fuzzy in my mind.

{edit by me – some of the recovered reception photos were unedited}

We got up there in front of everyone and realized we had no idea what the heck we were doing. We look so confused in the next picture.

{edit by me}

We just cut out a big chunk, broke it into a couple pieces, and fed each other. The cutting may not have been very graceful, but the feeding definitely was. I am most definitely NOT a fan of having cake shoved in my face, and David knew it. And like most grooms, he wanted his bride to be happy, so I was fed nicely. :)

{On a side note, I love how my $7 DIY hair flower looks in these pictures!}

{edit by me}

Next up? The dances!

*First 9 pictures in this post taken by Brandi Coldwell of Lola Jo Photo Design. Remaining pictures taken by Becky of Stamp of Life Photography with some edits (as noted) by me.*

Need to catch up?

We started on Thursday.

We decorated Friday morning.

We rehearsed.

We got pretty!

I put on my dress. 

We had our first look!

The guys had their turn.

The girls stole the show. 

We got some fun bridal party pictures. 

We took bride & groom portraits.

We took care of the formal portraits.

We took pictures with the kiddos.

We spent time hanging out waiting for the ceremony to start.

The grandparents and parents were seated.

It was finally time for the processional.

A step back to the playing of the slideshow.

The ceremony started. (Part 1)

The ceremony continued. (Part 2)

The ceremony ended. (Part 3)

We had a little fun with our recessional. 

I shared our ceremony details. 

We made our grand exit.

And then made our grand entrance!

We listened to touching toasts.

You Make My Dreams Come True: The Toasts

I apologize again for my long absence – I can’t believe I only posted once during the month of December. Eek! I’m sure you can all relate to the holiday season being incredibly busy. If you’re ever interested in what I’m up to (besides procrastinating on finishing my recaps) be sure to check out my other blog! I’m usually pretty good about posting about what’s going on, and sometimes I’ll even throw in some house/decorating/DIY tutorial posts. :)

Anyway, back to the wedding! In the last post I mentioned the meal, but I realized I don’t have any pictures of our buffet line setup or the food itself, so I don’t have much to share. We used a small family owned caterer (the owners are actually related to my SIL) and couldn’t have been happier with them! You can read my vendor review here. 

As soon as we were finished eating we started with the toasts. I wish more than anything else that I had a videographer JUST so I could’ve had the toasts recorded. Both my matron of honor (my oldest sister) and my maid of honor (my best friend) and both of David’s best men (his brothers) prepared toasts and all four of them were SO sweet. Each of them had at least a line or two that made me cry.

My sister started off the toasts and talked about helping take care of me when I was young and the special connection we had. (In a family with 6 kids, you find ‘favorite’ siblings, and she was definitely my favorite sister.) She also said she couldn’t have chosen a better husband for me or a better younger brother – You can definitely tell at which part the last photo was taken.

My best friend was up next and talked about how it was all because of her that David and I started dating (she actually was the one who told him I had a huge crush – even though it was supposed to be a secret!). Her toast had the perfect balance of sweet and funny.

David’s younger brother wrote an incredible toast. He typed the whole thing out (we still need to get a copy) and said some of the NICEST things about both David and me. He started out by talking about how talented both of us are and then talked about our relationship and how he looks up to us and is inspired by our love for each other.

{I’m pretty sure this is when he was talking about how I can always beat him and David in a game of horse. :)}

And last, but certainly not least, was David’s older brother. He talked about how he and David had grown really close over the last few years since David lived with him and told us how proud of us he is.

{I only have the copy with a logo of this picture. :( }

After he was finished he asked all of our guests to stand and toast to a long and happy marriage – I loved that moment of the night!

After the toasts were finished David and I took a minute to thank all of our guests for coming and for their continual love and support. David did all of the talking and I did a lot of nodding and smiling – I absolutely hate public speaking. :)

With the toasts finished, we were ready to cut the cake! 

*All photos in this post were taken by Becky of Stamp of Life Photography*

 

Need to catch up?

We started on Thursday.

We decorated Friday morning.

We rehearsed.

We got pretty!

I put on my dress. 

We had our first look!

The guys had their turn.

The girls stole the show. 

We got some fun bridal party pictures. 

We took bride & groom portraits.

We took care of the formal portraits.

We took pictures with the kiddos.

We spent time hanging out waiting for the ceremony to start.

The grandparents and parents were seated.

It was finally time for the processional.

A step back to the playing of the slideshow.

The ceremony started. (Part 1)

The ceremony continued. (Part 2)

The ceremony ended. (Part 3)

We had a little fun with our recessional. 

I shared our ceremony details. 

We made our grand exit.

And then made our grand entrance!

You Make My Dreams Come True: Our Entrance

After realizing we had no money for drinks at McDonalds, (read my last recap if you aren’t sure what I’m talking about) we decided to go ahead and drive to the reception. The majority of our guests were there already, so we just waited for a few minutes near the entrance for everyone to get drinks and for our bridal party members to arrive.

After everyone was there, we got lined up and ‘I’ve Got a Feeling’ by Black Eyed Peas started. Cliche? Yes. Perfect for us? Also yes. We love that song and sang it to each other all the time. Unfortunately, I have a total of ONE picture of our grand entrance even though we had two photographers there. I’m really not sure how that happens, but here it is!

{Stamp of Life Photography}

I don’t think my smile could get any bigger. I just couldn’t contain my happiness when we entered the room and I saw that everything I worked so hard on had come together and everyone (almost) we love was gathered together to support US joining as husband and wife.

{Brandi Coldwell of Lola Jo Photo Design}

We headed to the head table to find our seats and get a drink! I was still dying of thirst, and you can see me chugging my cup of tea in the second picture – ha!

{Stamp of Life Photography}

Next up? A delicious meal and some sweet toasts! 

Need to catch up?

We started on Thursday.

We decorated Friday morning.

We rehearsed.

We got pretty!

I put on my dress. 

We had our first look!

The guys had their turn.

The girls stole the show. 

We got some fun bridal party pictures. 

We took bride & groom portraits.

We took care of the formal portraits.

We took pictures with the kiddos.

We spent time hanging out waiting for the ceremony to start.

The grandparents and parents were seated.

It was finally time for the processional.

A step back to the playing of the slideshow.

The ceremony started. (Part 1)

The ceremony continued. (Part 2)

The ceremony ended. (Part 3)

We had a little fun with our recessional. 

I shared our ceremony details. 

We made our grand exit.

They’re Here!!

I FINALLY have the CD with the majority of our reception photos! Some are unedited, some have the photographer’s logo, and they’re not very organized yet, but I HAVE THEM. For awhile there I thought this day might never come. I’m so excited to finally finish my recaps! 

Here’s a sneak peek of our fabulous reception (no thanks to the awful venue) with MUCH more to come:

{These first five pictures are from Brandi of Lola Jo Photo Design}

{The remaining pictures are from Becky of Stamp of Life Photography}

Eeee, exciting, right?! Recaps will be finished up soon, although I can’t promise I’ll be able to post every day – Things are a bit crazy with the holidays and everything. I want to get them written as soon as possible, though, before I forget any more than I already have!

I’m officially BACK! :)

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