We’ll return to your regularly scheduled, sophisticated wedding in just a few moments. But right now, it’s time to get a little silly. Journey with me through some of the low (read: awesome) moments of the Lovebug nuptials. Some will call me crazy for sharing these ridiculous, unflattering shots. Some will call me shameless. But you guys are my peeps, and I couldn’t possibly deny you the comedy. Don’t make me regret it!
Remember when I said that only one pomander suffered abuse? I so lied. Good news for twenty-something males! Reaching your thirties does NOT mean that hitting your buddies in the berries loses its novely. Quite the opposite:
(Note how the gentleman in the white covers himself in empathy.)
Mr. LB’s expression says it all. Namely, “Oh my god. There’s an intoxicated, former marine named ‘Vinny’, wielding a flower mace and chasing after my jewels!”
Meanwhile, on the dance floor, a certain Bouquet Toss Champion is feeling a little naw-tay after her win:
Once my girlfriend Jen realized how quick our photographer was on the shutter, she saw a vast opportunity opening up before her:
For reasons that still aren’t clear, she became obsessed with looking underneath my gown:
Don’t worry. My horrified expression was temporary:
At some point, our friend Tom was adorned (probably by himself) with a fancy blindfold:
See the small clutch of flowers she’s holding? That was my MIL’s bouquet, gifted to my girlfriend when she left. Just moments after that photo was taken, Tom proceeded to eat it.
Ah, Tom. You’d have to know him to really appreciate it, but pretty much every time the camera’s out, he takes the creepiest, most hilarious photos you’ve ever seen:
Meanwhile, what do you do after you and your girlfriends take the Shot Train (woot! woot!) to the outside patio…?
Well, that’s easy. First you make a cute cry face, because you’re feeling really sentimental about how much you love your girlfriends:
Then, you put on the UGLIEST CRY FACE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN and babble with tipsy incoherence about how much they mean to you:
What’s that? You can’t make it out? Here, let me enlarge it for you.
What do you think? Should I submit it to the Knot? Oh, and you sister Bees should consider this a challenge to post YOUR ugliest cry face. Go on…I dare ya! 
(Um, you guys better be grateful for that one. Seriously. I’m talking like, if I don’t get a good twenty comments along the lines of “OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends”, I’m telling Mrs. Bee to pull it. Just see if I don’t.)
Once that’s out of the way, you can get back to the business at hand: showing the village elders what a big girl you are with quick rounds of Ring-Around-The-Rosie and London Bridge:
Rut-roh! Looks like someone’s piggies are going to get dirty!
Of course, all of this was just a warm up. Just practice, really, for my big moment. The point at which I apparently forgot that we even had a photographer there, documenting my every high-class move:
Ohhhh yeah. Sticking to the playlist is fine and all…but mark my words, people. When your best girl buddies come begging you to let the DJ play Flo Rida, all your resolution will melt and you. will. cave.
And now, Tips For Achieving Maximum Wedding Shenanigan Potential!
1) Take the Shot Train, and take it often. Take it to up to Boise, Idaho, then over to Muskegon, Illinois. Take it until it runs out of coal.
2) Multiple photographers help, since a strong shutterbug presence encourages any hams among your group to feel well covered.
3) Assure your elderly or more conservative guests that you’re very much looking forward to seeing them at the farewell brunch, and they must be so exhausted after their long flight…
***clicking “Publish” but with grave, grave misgivings***
All photos by (the maybe too good) Chris Richards.
OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends.
…but seriously, that’s an impressively ugly cry. I appreciated the close-up! Hilarious!
Redonk awesome LB. SO freaking funny! And um…in the shoes on the dancefloor shot, those legs look like they’re connected to a naked body! (No dress hem in sight!) Is there something else you’re not telling the Hive?
Yep, actually laughing out loud (my co-workers think im nuts!). Seriously made my day! And the cry face - best ever!
girl YOU ARE SOOO ON! ‘ugly cry face’, actually, ‘ugliER cry face than LB’ has now been put on the must have shot list for the photog.
OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends
Seriously! You seriously seriously are THA BEst!
That is hilarious! Thanks for sharing, I only wish I knew what you were saying (drinking) to make that priceless face!
Seriously? I’ve never laughed that much at a wedddingbee entry. Or at any other wedding-related entry. Vinnie got me giggling, your ugly cry had be full-out laughing.
Hope we have as much at our wedding! Love, love, love the cry face! We will most def be all aboard the shot train.
Oh, yeah - and looooving the pomander to the balls! LOL
OH.EM.GEE Mrs. LB! That IS the funniest shite I have ever seen, I was laughing so hard I had to minimize the window b/c I’m at work and laughing at your computer raises suspision that you are not doing you job, which clearly I am b/c I am never on Weddingbee ALL DAY LONG!
Anyway THANK YOU for that, you are very brave to post that on here, it being the worst picture ever taken and all and seeing as your ex-boyfriends and enemies could happen across it.
Love the pictures!!! We’re getting married in 9 days and I hope that our wedding is that much fun!
Thanks Lovebug, definitely made my day!
I love this… it looks like your wedding was sooo much FUN!! These pictures are the true winners!
“OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends”
Thanks for sharing!
Mrs. Lovebug, that face is priceless, it’s like your chin just melted in itself, sadly I have the same ugly cry syndrome…I will for sure have the same pic to share in less than 2 months. Is there an exercise for the chin that I can do beforehand, I shall research! You’re the best, really you are, you crack me up!
H-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s! I’m always sharing info to friends and the FH about this site. I even boasted quite a bit about how your wedding looked the the prettiest to the very detail. Now I can say you have covered all bases. Most romantic, most creative, prettiest, and from the looks of those pics…the most fun! I’m so jealous…;o) I want that kind of wedding!(Well, not of the ugly cry pic. That you can keep.) ;o)
that ugly-cry face of yours is the BEST one i’ve ever seen! i have nothing that can top it. now if only someone had taken a video of that moment so we could see what you were saying that would produce such a face. too funny!
Wow! I’m so glad I got to see these in case you did pull them 
I love it, those pictures are great- what fun it must have been! I bet in 10 years, when you look at them, you’ll be transported right back to that happy high. Thanks again for sharing so many pictures with us, your wedding has really been the most fun for me to follow!
freaking hilarious!
love the contrast b/w the cute cry face and the full-blown/all-out ugly cry face
Awesome! At least yours was at the reception with minimum number of people to witness (until now!). Mine was during the ceremony when my dad sang to us. In front of everyone.
That just made me cry with laughter - it looks like Y’all had a blast
OMG that was the funniest look ever. your wedding looks like it was a blast. I want to go.
mrs. lovebug, you are awesome! haha, love the picture, and love your posts! I’m having a hard time trying to not laugh out loud in my office!
OMG - HILARIOUS cry face! Absolutely the BEST I’ve seen so far. You totally caught me off guard with the “Aw” moment with the girls beforehand. It was a….Cry Face Sneak Attack!
Okay, so I know you gave ample warning yesterday, but still: Best. Ever.
Awesome!!
When we first met with our DJ, I told him that if our photographers are able to get embarassing pictures of people acting like idiots on the dance floor, I will consider our wedding a success. Your wedding looks like it was a blast, and this post made me even more excited for mine!
these are amazing, that’s the only word for them. that’s awesome that you had such a good time and weren’t embarrassed to just goof off. 
that’s pretty much how i roll too.
I think you might have put Dawson to shame! =) I wish I have half as much fun at my wedding…
The conversation I just had with myself when I saw the extreme ugly-cry face:
“Bwha haa! That’s hilarious. Wait… is that real? No way that’s real… no. That’s totally real. She PUBLISHED THAT? That’s the ugliest ugly cry face ev-er. She is insane. Bwha ha haaa!!”
Bonus advice: “take the shot train to Boise”. Next time I do that, I’m blaming the hangover on you…
Oh I live for LB posts! This one took the cake! I love you for posting your ugly cry face. And I SOOO wish I’d been at your wedding.
Usually I can hide my Weddingbee reading, but the loud chortle and obvious spit-take I did upon seeing that ugly cry face made it pretty obvious just now that whatever I was doing, it sure ain’t work. Thank you. Just … thank you.
funny shikt indeed! I laughed, I cried. Uncontrollably and in public.
The cry face: Now that took real courage & bravery to post. Wait–did somebody get on the shot train to publish this?
“OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends.”
In all seriousness, thank you for your posts, you are the best! And big ups to your photog for the fab pics–even the classic ugly cry face one!
OMFG ROFLMAONKOTB!
That is the best cry face I have ever seen! I don’t think mine has every been captured…something to look forward to!
I am thinking that yearly vow renewals for the Lovebugs are going to be necessary. I need more. Please start another blog and let us all know about it when you leave, I don’t want to lose you!
Hehehe!!! That face is classic! I think I had a few of these at my friends wedding this weekend, but unfortunately none were caught on film and if they were, I’m not funny enough to post it!
Best. Picture. Ever.
You crack me up! You gotta love a girl who gets tore up at her own wedding! It’s a party after all!
OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends.
that is THE best ugly cry face ever. EVER. =]
“OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends!”
HAHAHA! Really, that picture is priceless, it may be embarrassing, but it’s so hilarious that you can’t help but love it anyway!
i bow down before your cry face. i would try to compete, but i didn’t cry on my wedding day!
you are a RIOT!!
warning to others: don’t mix eating with lovebug posts. the chances of choking on your food from laughing so hard is just too great.
how did you make that cry-face anyway? if you look carefully, the cry-face is actually more squashed than your pressed-up-against-window face. THAT, my dear, takes talent! haha
OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends.
You rock!!
I am speechless…I challenge all bees to post their ugly cry face! That makes weddingbee by far the BEST reason to be an addict!
It is the best cry face evAR…. I can almost hear you “You guys…snuffle, tear… are so great …snuffle”
i so busted myself at work because of the supreme mother of all ugly cry faces picture! i totally wasn’t expecting the extreme closeup and snorted! oy vey but it was totally worth it. i hope i have those kinds of shenanigans at my wedding.
You NEVER cease to entertain. Please post a story about ever photo taken at your wedding. I’m serious! Hurry up and get that book published! We should be paying you for your high entertainment value
OMG Lovebug! That’s the funniest shite I’ve ever seen, and you absolutely made my day for posting it. Kudos for being so gutsy and putting the worst picture you’ve EVER TAKEN out there on the net for the whole world to see, including a small community of enemies/ex-boyfriends!
Love it. Seriously.
Holy jeeb- I teared up & made my nose run b/c I was trying to supress the laughter- that is fantastic & amazing, Mrs. LB!
*le sigh* so good!
bravo! that’s all i can say. this post is possibly my favorite weddingbee post EVER! I’ll take wedding anarchy over perfect diy instructions in a heartbeat!
Ha! You got balls, missy. Your wedding looks like the most fun EVER.
HAHAHA i’m literally laughing out loud! I love the ugly face!
Hysterical! Your posts just get better and better! Your cry-face rocks, Mrs. LB.
LOL. You’re awesome, LB. But I have to tell you that your worst cry face is better than my average picture. And that last picture? HIL-arious! Classic, really. I love it!
That whole post was WONDERFUL! It looks like you had a Great Time! Congrats again - and yes thank you for posting that - it did make my day at work!
dang…thats a serious cry face! could you even breath???
is that the face where you’re gasping for breath and everybody is just around you smiling and nodding but they have no. clue. what you’re talking about?
almost makes me want a pic of my ugly cry….just so i can see how bad it can get, lol!
hilarious and fantastic! who can resist Flo Rida, seriously?
Damn girl! That’s the worst ugly cry face EVER! But it looks like you had the most awesome party ever. I hope my reception is 1/2 as fun as yours looks. Thank you for posting these truly awesome photos!
You made my day! I LOVE IT!!!! I hope my wedding is half as fun as yours looks!!
i always look forward to reading your posts! freaking hysterical!
Your blogs are so much fun to read! Loved the face! PRICELESS!!
Your cry face is teh awesome Mrs LB! I don’t think anybody will ever be able to top that.
This is absolutely fabulous. I felt like I was right there watching it all go down. Best cry face ever- Oscar worthy. I also loved how you were melting Wicked Witch of the West style into your dress. LMAO.
MAHAHA! It’s funny how all the ladies in the picture seem to be looking at you and laughing! You is funny. I want everyone else to post their ugly cry face. I promise to post it on the boards after my wedding.
Ok, let me just say I NEVER post on the blog, just the boards. But I HAD to!
This is the funniest post I have ever seen on here.
I LOVE the way you have written this series and I come back everyday to see what you have for us!
You are too much….I adore it!
Looks like Amtrak could learn a little something from the Lovebug Wedding shot train about convenient and frequent departures!
Not to mention that your wedding coined a whole new meaning for “pomander balls’!
I can’t WAIT to take the shot train to Muskegon, Illinois!!!
love the entire post!! you rock my socks!
I just looked at the pics again. I love how in the first two shot photos all your ladies are looking at you lovingly with “awww” expresions on. Then in the ugly photo some have a look of confusion and sympathy. Perhaps a “oh no she didn’t”.
I think that might just be the best endorsement for your photographer, ever! You pay all this money for photography and you really want to be able to relive your wedding day moments when your mind is mushy for years of age. Now you truly can! Your photographer Rocks! And really, that is the best face. It’s so raw and emotional. You’re going to laugh about it forever.
HIL.AR.I.OUS. You made my day, I was eating lunch and almost choked when I saw the closeup of the ugly cry face. I thank you for posting this for our amusement =)
This has only happened to me three times previously in my life…that made my diet coke come out my nose. Seriously. Best cry face EVER! You’re not officially my favorite person on the planet (uh, second to Mr. Sundae of course…)
wow. that’s awesome. i have so much respect for you mrs. lb, seriously! your post is so fun, authentic, and REAL. (and that’s what weddings are all about- not just the pretty poses and flowers) but about the ugly cries and shameless dances on the dance floor. you’re awesome! thanks for posting this! =D
Hahaha. I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it, and I apologize for any choking/snorting/getting in trouble at work. Now that I’m seeing it through your eyes, it’s cracking me up pretty good, too.
Beanchar! LOL! I can’t believe I missed “pomander balls”.
JenniferB: ahahah. They totally are, omg.
alaud: It’s SO Wicked Witch! I never realized that before! Awesome.
I, also, have never posted on a blog but OH MY GOODNESS you are hilarious! Hugs to you, your awesome wedding, your amazing friends, and your hilarious post! I only hope my own wedding is so touching that I bring out my cry face!
Best. post. ever.
BTW - you’d think there was a giveaway in this post based on the number of comments. Way to go LB!
Hehe-SNORT!! Too funny!!!
I love the pictures from your wedding!!!
I had put a “no shot” rule into effect for our upcoming wedding, but I may have to give in just to see some of the craziness. Maybe just no tequila shots.
Thanks again for sharing Mrs. LB!
hahahahahha! 82 comments is pretty good!!! I’d say definitely enough NOT to pull it! Awesome. Even better than the face were your words. Made me laugh!
awesome. Love it.
I have great classy moments like this too that my photog got. One where I decided to just sit on the floor with a drink…my loving friends quickly got the attention of photog and now I have a picture. Oh and one GM put our chair sash on his head as a bandana…oh and apparently I just sat in the middle of the dance floor at some point.
I feel your pain!! BUT TONS OF FUN!
Oh, Mrs. Lovebug, you are too klassy (yet still classy)! Yay for ugly cries! I can’t wait until mine (as in, I’m sure there will be more than one) get captured for all eternity. Best post in all the land!
your wedding looks like it was too much fun!!!!!!
omg….this post is the best she-it ever! Yes, I laughed. This made my day.
that is a powerfully awesomely funny shot… for real, you have balls of steal to post that!!!
OMG, I love you - even with the ugly cry face! Best.post.ever - you rock!
Hahah, love it! If it makes you feel better, I guarantee EVERY PHOTO FROM OUR CEREMONY will look like that 
Pucking Hilarious! Oh that face….
Those pictures could be our life on any “important occassion” our friends and FAMILY never got the memo about formal somber occassions and we like it that way!!! If we could get the venue to allow a beer pong table on one end of the dance floor let me tell you I KNOW it would be there– So can’t wait to see who the first person is to break out a quarter for aliitle game!!! Thanks for sharing!! but I think I will hold off on sharing the big cry!! owww that was ugly!! lol
so…….i was wondering how bad this ugly cry face could be….OH IT’S UGLY!! put you had to be pretty to make the ugly hahaha i have a horrible cry face too!
LMAO hilarious! I started laughing uncontrollably for your ultimate ugly cry face, then burst into giggles again at your high-class dress dance moves
LOL! OMG! Funniest face EVER!
best.cry.face.ever.period. Oh man.
Seriously crying here from laughing so hard. You. Are. HYSTERICAL. Thank you for even ZOOMING IN to show us JUST HOW UGLY that ugly cry was
My fiance is asking where he can buy some tickets for the shot train! Seriously, it looks like your wedding was an absolute blast! Lovebug, you make my day… every day!
ahahaahahah, you are too funny sweets. i think your ugly cry face just made me pee a little, i was laughing so hard. mr. candy corn just looks at me and shakes his head and gives me the “you must be on weddingbee” face. i also enjoy your rockin’ dance moves. i am thoroughly impressed.
I.Love.It. OMG, LB you are just too funny!! You certainly have guts for posting the ugly cry face and that’s why we all love you so much.
You totally made me wish I had been invited to your wedding!! Sometimes my girls and I will see gorgeous or hilarious people on the street and say, “‘ooh! so cute. I want to be her friend” and you would be one of those people, equally blessed with gorgeous hilarity (esp. the ugly face)! love it and can’t wait for more.
Ahh Mrs. Lovebug! You made me laugh so much that i’m skipping the gym now! Thanks!! =)
You’re the awesomest of awesome Lovebug!
wow. that’s some serious ugly cry face!
Omg…that pomander coming at your husband’s jewels: classic. You always crack me up!
you are the best ever. thank you for sharing! that is the best cry face ever. too many laughs
haha very cute. I love the cry face!
lovebug, i showed my guy this post in hopes of a shared laugh (thnks, by the way, you’re AMAZING!), and in reaction to your ugly cry picture, he actually said “i think she’s kinda cute that way. i mean, apparently you disgree, but i’m the one in the position of judging if girls are cute or not”
and it really looks like you had a TON of fun and i think that’s awesome. even more awesome (or maybe a little unfortunate but still amazing. haha.) is that you have the pictures for it all.
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE your wedding
Mrs. Lovebug, Tucson
Age and Occupation in 06: 31, Writer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Professional Game Show Contestant
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: April 19, 2008
Venue: Historic Inn
About Me: Likes: blogging, wikis, semi-colons, cuddling, fragrant flowers, syntax, and spooning. Dislikes: typos, dangling modifiers, flypaper, citronella candles, and run-ons. If I had my druthers, I'd exchange simple vows in a candlelit library. But I lost my druthers long ago...anyone seen them?
oh my goodness, I just peed my pants. Bust cry face ever