Two Weddings~The Second One

The second wedding was my cousins. She was absolutely beautiful. Her brother married them. During the ceremony they had the whole congregation part take in communion and their baby was baptised. Another neat thing was instead of a unity candle they had a vase with colored sand. The Brides and Grooms mothers when up on the platform together. The Grooms mother poured brown sand first, into a clear vase part ways and then the Brides mother poured white sand part ways. Then during the ceremony the Bride and Groom filled the rest of the vase with the remaining sand, mixing it all up. Very neat idea. Following the ceremony was dinner and dancing on the top floor of the Westin Galleria. We had so much fun dancing, even my mom was out on the dance floor! We left before the happy couple just before midnight. The honeymoon is a cruise in the Caribbean and then they will be residing in West Texas. Here are a couple of photos from the evening.

Two Weddings~The First One

We have had two weddings and a funereal this month! I love attending weddings to see the newest trends and ideas that Brides come up with. I had so much fun planning my wedding with my mom. Our budget didn't allow us to have a planner so we had to do it all ourselves.

The first wedding was a friend from church. The decorations in the church were minimal. The bridesmaids wore chocolate brown full length gowns and carried a fall cluster of flowers. The wedding cake was not tiered but on different level cake stands tied with sheer ribbon. The grooms cake was a tree stump with their initials carved on the side. Opposite the room was a table for punch and a table with fruits. The fruit table had caramel apples mixed in for a nice Fall treat. The reception was held in our Church's gym and yards and yards of materials hung from the walls to make it look like a tent. The favor was a fall cellophane bag fill with an assortment of wrapped candies. Birdseed was thrown as the couple left in a Black Hummer. They will be honeymooning on their way to Oregon to visit the grooms family and then settling down in the Dallas area. I was so busy visiting with my girlfriends, the Brides' sisters, from out of town that I didn't snap many pictures.

Wedding

We attended our friends wedding Friday evening. It was a lovely wedding. The bride was gorgeous and the groom was handsome. To keep the peace I had my son play photographer, so the pictures are not the best but it kept him busy while waiting for the couple to arrive at the reception. Thanks for looking!

The Brides family taking pictures after the ceremony. The bride asked my mom when she was about five years old to be her grandmother. My mom has enjoyed being an adoptive grandmother. My parents were escorted into the chapel right before the parents were seated. My parents are not in this picture above.

The brides cake. The bride collects Precious Moments. The one sitting on the table was from my parents. It is the couple leaving in the get away car after the wedding. A cute touch.

The delicious grooms cake. Both the bride and groom are part of the Church's music team so the cake had music notes dancing around the sides of the cake. And the chocolate covered strawberries were a hit!

This was a hit by all the children there. The candy bar! As you were leaving the reception, you got to fill a small bag with all this wonderful sweets.