We were finally ready for the bouquet and garter tosses. David and I are pretty young and were the first of our friends to get married, so we had LOTS of single friends who were more than willing to participate. I loved this part of the night!
First up was the bouquet toss, and we used the most popular/cliché song out there - ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyonce. Say what you want – I loved it!
My first throw didn’t go so well. The bouquet ended up hitting something on the ceiling, and it landed on the floor – Turning it into a mad dash from the kids to get the bouquet.
{guest photo}
I tried it again, and it turned out much better.
Mainly because my best friend, MOH A, caught it!
David chose the song for the garter toss and he chose the Mission Impossible theme song – ha. Random, but comical.
Do you see that bright blue shirt right in the middle? That’s MOH A’s boyfriend. He was inches away from catching it – Wouldn’t that have been perfect?!
Instead, one of our friends’ younger brother (who’s still in high school) was the lucky one.
{See my DIY garter?}
I wore two garters so I wouldn’t lose my KU garter that my mom made me. I wish I’d gotten a pro picture of them, but thankfully BM S snapped this one while we were getting ready:
{guest photo}
I know the bouquet/garter tosses are controversial in the wedding world now, but I’m so glad this was one tradition we kept. Everyone enjoyed it, and these memories and pictures are some of my favorite from the day!
*All pictures in this post (unless otherwise noted) 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!
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.
Then it was time to cut the cake.
We had our first dance!
We danced with our parents.
