You Make My Dreams Come True: One Last Dance

The night was coming to a close, and the DJ totally surprised us by having all of our remaining guests join us on the dance floor and surround us in a big circle. We weren’t exactly sure what he was doing until he started playing ‘Then’ by Brad Paisley and told us to soak in minutes of our reception surrounded by people who love us.

 

Both of our photographers had already left, but BM S was there to capture it. I’m SO thankful, because this was honestly one of my favorite parts of the day and these pictures (although we’re dripping with sweat and my hair is frizzy) are some of my most treasured.

 

{I love everyone’s expressions in this!}

 

 

I love that you can see David’s brother and our SIL L with their arms around each other – I made the slideshow for their wedding a year before, and used ‘Then’ as the song for the pictures of them together. :)

 

 

And then David’s cousin yelled his congratulations and best wishes to us:

 

 

 

 

David sang to me the entire time. His face in this picture just makes me smile:

 

 

 

And with that, the song, and our reception that we’d poured so much into, was over. This next series of pictures is my absolute favorite:

 

 

 

 

Guys, I’m down to my last recap, and it’s a short one at that. I can’t believe it. I hope you’ll stick with me for the last one!

 

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.

Then it was time to cut the cake.

We had our first dance!

We danced with our parents.

We did our bouquet and garter toss.

And the dollar dance!

Then it was finally party time!

Our sneaky bridal party decorated our getaway car.

I shared our reception details.

You Make My Dreams Come True: Party Time

It was finally time for some dancing! I think the dancing was honestly one of the things I most looked forward to about our wedding. I LOVE good music, good friends, and shakin’ my booty. I was so happy to see our dance floor packed the majority of the night.

{Thunder clap and ‘Yeah’ by Usher, anyone?}

{Remember my friend J?}

{David’s older brother and best man, J and his wife, L – I love this picture!}

{My SIL and David’s cousin – We all have the same first and last name!}

{LOVE this picture! Both my dad and David’s brother J say they don’t remember this happening – ha!}

{Cupid Shuffle!}

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{I love my niece and nephew in the bottom left corner!}

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{My brothers! Guest photo}

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We had SO much fun dancing the night away. Towards the end of the evening, a few of our friends (and several members of our bridal party) disappeared for a few minutes – You’ll see what they were up to in the next post!

*All photos 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!

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.

Then it was time to cut the cake.

We had our first dance!

We danced with our parents.

We did our bouquet and garter toss.

And the dollar dance!

Vendor Review - DJ; Another Dimension Mobile DJ Service

I loved our DJ. We booked Another Dimension nearly a year ago at a bridal show we went to where they had their equipment set up and were 'working' like they would at a wedding. We loved how upbeat and fun they were without being overwhelming. I cannot stand DJs who try to make the night about them.

He did a great job with the uplighting, which was pretty much left up to him and he was awesome at getting our guests dancing and having fun without ever being pushy. He would come find either David or me before ever making an announcement that we'd be doing something (i.e. cutting the cake, bouquet toss, first dances, etc.) so he knew we were ready. And he even got out there and did the electric slide with us!

He was training another new DJ, but it was never noticeable and we were totally fine with it. He got tons of ladies out on the dance floor for the bouquet toss, but he wasn't obnoxious and didn't drag anyone out there like I've seen done. He was excited, it showed, and it made everyone else excited. We had a great time, and the dance floor was full most of the night! I would definitely recommend the company to any bride looking for  DJ in Wichita!

My rating: A