Weddingbee Blog

I know that family portraits are tediously boring to everyone but (and sometimes including!) family, so this is going to be short and sweet. We did photos with our parents earlier in the day (when we were photobombed by angry library man), but wanted to get a few photos of us with other family members—us and everyone who came from England from my side, us with Mr CB’s dad and uncles and family…etc.

We decided to do these on the same platform we’d been married on, for a nice backdrop. After all the speeches and lots of mingling, we opened one panel of the sliding wall, and our DOC friend did a great job of wrangling family in to place. Apart from misplacing my dad for a while (who knew he’d be chatting away with my high school girlies?), it all went quite smoothly.

We did my side of the family first as I definitely have less relatives (8 in attendance, including my parents) in various combinations, then a group shot of both our families combined, then the various combinations of Cinnamon Buns’ relatives. We’d made a list of which shots we wanted, and given copies to the photographers and our DOC, which is what helped it all run so smoothly.

This is both our families combined. We have a regular (wand-less) version of this photo, but I love the waving of the ribbon wands!

Did your family portraits go smoothly? If you’re not married yet, have you made your list? If not, DO IT NOW!

Unless otherwise noted, all photos in this post are by Fotograffika.

The Cinnamon Bun Recaps:

• Baking Pies
• Rehearsal
• Girls Getting Ready
• Guys Getting Ready
• First Look
• Photos in the Park
• Getting to the Venue
• Ring Warming & Ceremony
• The Details!
• The Reception
• PIE!!