Magnolia Wedding, Part 11: Dance With Me

Magnolia Wedding, Part 11: Dance With Me

June 11th, 2008 @ 1:59 pm by Mrs. Magnolia

Hey hey! The Magnolias are here!

Y’all. We weren’t introduced at our reception until after 10:00 pm. It was so late, and we truly had no idea. I felt really bad - we actually missed people who had to get home to their babysitters - yikes.

(I love that Mr. Magnolia looks so surprised here, like “Hey! What’s everyone doing here?!?”

Our amazing band, Kingsized, learned both our first dance song, God Only Knows by the Beach Boys, and our Father-Daughter dance song. We selected God Only Knows for a few reasons:

1. We love the tv show Big Love, and it’s the theme song.
2. The night we got engaged, we heard that song no less than five times on an ebay commercial.
3. Well, it’s just a really sweet song.

Mr. Magnolia truly hates any form of attention, so he was dreading the first dance with every fiber of his being. Therefore, we opted for the “middle school stand and sway” rather than take dance lessons and actually prepare something.

But then! That crafty guy, he surprised me with a dip!

My dad and I danced to Little Miss Magic by Jimmy Buffett. My dad, a stoic, conservative businessman, has been a Parrothead for as long as I can remember. Jimmy Buffett has a daughter who’s exactly one month older than me, and he wrote Little Miss Magic for her when she was a baby. My dad used to sing it to me when I was a little girl, so it was a foregone conclusion that this would be our song.

…while my mom sang along. “Your mother is the only other woman for me…little miss magic, what you gonna be?”

Clearly, something was funny…

…and also, very emotional.

All photos by 35 Atlanta.

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7 Responses to “Magnolia Wedding, Part 11: Dance With Me”

Bee

frenchbulldog (message) 6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

You are so cute Mrs. Mags I love the pictures of you and Mr. Mags - SO in love

6/11/08 @ 2:05 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Pineapple (message) 676 posts, Busy bee

ooo! Savannah Buffet (Jimmy’s daughter) went to my high school - an arts magnet. He used to do all sort of benefit concerts for us until she was kicked out, bummer.

I think this is the first time I have noticed your hairpiece, love it

6/11/08 @ 2:06 pm (reply)

Guest

mleeeee

Hey, she went to my HS too. It was just for a short year though…. Small world.

6/11/08 @ 2:57 pm (reply)

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guinness257 (message) 76 posts, Worker bee

Love “Little Miss Magic”! My brother sings it to my niece…so cute. And nicely ties in with the Beach Boys. How fun!

6/11/08 @ 3:14 pm (reply)

Guest

just sayin'

what on earth did you do until 10pm??? 10pm?? wow, a bit rude to your guests? sorry.

6/12/08 @ 5:46 am (reply)

Bee

Mrs. Magnolia (message) 252 posts, Helper bee

@just sayin’: just sayin’, our Catholic ceremony started at 7:30 pm - this was the only evening option at the Cathedral. It finished up around 8:30, and we spent 15 minutes taking family photos at the church. The reception was about five miles away, but traffic in Atlanta (even on a Saturday night!) is always a beast. It took us a good thirty minutes to get there. We took pictures outside the reception for 20 minutes or so, and then grabbed a quick bite to eat by ourselves before our introduction.

Honestly, we were as shocked as anyone that it was already 10 pm - we never intended to arrive at our reception that late. However, things don’t always go exactly as planned. I don’t necessarily think that we were rude to our guests.

6/12/08 @ 9:02 am (reply)

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Nicole

Using the word “rude” is a bit harsh! If I went to a wedding that started at 7:30, I’d probably plan on it being a late night and plan accordingly.

6/12/08 @ 9:23 pm (reply)