Weddingbee Blog

Okay, I know we’re all about the weddings, but (as I’ve mentioned once or twice), a whole lot of Wedding Stuff is also Marriage Stuff, so I’d like to take this little bit of the internet to say: my wife is kind of amazing. I have been dealing with some pretty major anxiety for the last couple of weeks and she has been a rock star. She checks in with me, she lets me whine or cry, she makes sure I’m taking the right amount of meds, she reminds me to check in with my doctor. Ladylove, you are wonderful.

So while we’re talking about the other member of my fantastic marriage, why not show you some more pretty pictures? After we danced our way back up the aisle, we took off together! I had heard of couples taking some time between the ceremony and reception to have some quiet time together, to giggle and be excited and take in the enormity of it all, and somewhere along the line we decided that the ideal place to do this was in a boat.

Don’t worry! We do know enough about boats to realize that we won’t go far without paddles or while facing the same direction…

This made for a lot of fun and some pretty great pictures, but we also had a lot of people looking at us. I didn’t feel like we could go very far (Look! Everyone’s waiting for us! They’re waving! They’re staring! Are they bored?), but it was really wonderful to get out on the water, just the two of us. There were two guys out fishing and they seemed to get a kick out of us, two brides, out on the water, too.

We made our way back in, took a group picture, and then it was family picture time.

All of our friends and family, except our amazing photographer friend. We know she was there because we have all these amazing pictures without her in them. Thanks, Ellie!

They say you have to smile a lot, and we did. The thing was, though, that it wasn’t hard to smile a lot. We were pretty damn happy. People kept saying, “Kiss! Kiss!” so we kept kissing and making faces. It was all sort of whirlwindy and wonderful.

us with our immediate families

us with a portion of my extended family (I LOVE my grandma and brother in this picture!)

I think the prompt was “everyone look at Seahorse!” How could I NOT make a face? Also, isn’t my family beautiful? The answer is yes.

Us with Fancee’s mom and grandpa. I love this picture.

all images by Ellie Leonardsmith Photography

Next up: our kick ass bridal brigade photos!

You know, I used to think that all the family portraits were sort of silly and not for me. The truth of it all is that it was really fun getting to spend time running in and out of these little groups, and hearing our photographer prompt everyone, and having so many people around us, all being so excited! The only thing I regret about these pictures is that I wish I had more! I wish I had some with just my siblings or with each of my parents individually, or each of my grandparents. But I do love what we had. If you’re on the fence, more is best! That’s my new take on things.

If you’ve done it already, what’s yours? If not, what are your thoughts?