Bride Day - Friday

I cannot believe that it's been almost a year since we got married and I have not shown you my amazing bridal portraits!  I guess I can't say that I can't believe it... we haven't done our "After I Do" session and we don't have ANY wedding pictures printed or up in our house.  I know... ridiculous.

SO, check out these amazing pictures and let me know which ones you like best... I feel kind of weird putting up pictures of just me, so let me know how you think I should use these pictures, too  :)

AND, while you are checking out my pictures, you can also check out my photographer, Catie's Captures, on her website, Facebook page and blog!

my favorite...

Hope you all have a great weekend!  I'll be back next week, getting ready for my cousin's bridal shower!

Wedding Wednesday

I just love looking at ideas for photos... I always imagine what it would look like if it was me in the pictures.  I found a really cute idea of a create bridal party picture that I wanted to pass along!

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The mirror is so pretty and I love how the bridesmaids look around it!  Hopefully someone out there can pass this idea on to their wedding photographer!

You can check out all of my Wedding Wednesday pins on my Wedding Wednesday Pinterest Board!

Happy Hump Day, and almost Happy New Year!!!

Back Next Week

Well, the auto-posts have caught up with me and we are in the middle of a very busy week.  I'm going to take a few days and get more honeymoon recaps ready... be back next Monday!!!

Hope everyone has a great week and just to make you smile... check out the most amazing ring bearer ever!

Wedding Day Recap: Wedding Party Pictures

When J and I met with Catie, our photographer, earlier in the week she asked us for a list of pictures that we wanted on the wedding day.  We wrote down every possible combination we could think of with parents, grandparents, wedding party, etc. etc. etc.

We flew threw it… there were only a few times that I had to bring out the “boss Lexi”… the one that my employees understand and see on the rare occasion that they need to… the one that isn’t so much bossy, but stern and semi-demanding.  Like I said, I only pulled it out a couple times when everyone started getting chatty, and I know Catie appreciated it since there were so many of us.

Once again, I’m pretty sure the pictures tell the story best (pictures by Catie's Captures)…

A hug from B, who told me I looked like a princess...

 The wedding party

 Us with my parents

 LOVE this picture with my cousins!!

 What a cute Flower Girl!!

 Love this one!

 J with his sister and mom.  Great pic of them!!

 My favorite pic of the guys... so cute!

The wedding party with our awesome get away car

Next Up: Wedding Day Recap: It’s almost time!!!

Grandma

Sorry for the lack of posts this week... it's been a hard week for me.  Last Sunday, my Grandma passed away.  The only grandparent I had left, the only grandparent who was at my wedding, and my Grandma who I was pretty sure was going to live forever.

She turned 83 on August 1.  Just the day before we were all in Indianapolis.  My cousin was playing a basketball game there and everyone went.  Grandma was her normal self... walking, climbing stairs, talking with everyone and cheering on her granddaughter.  The week before that, she had two of her great grandsons at her house for the week and took them all over the city.

She turned 83 on Monday, August 1 and just a few days later, she was in the hospital.  She had a stroke and although her motor function was not affected, her speech was.  Her sister called a couple of days late to wish her a Happy Birthday.  She was not talking right so her sister called my aunt, who called my mom.  My mom took her to the hospital where she went through tests and continued to have trouble finding words or speaking correctly.

I got to see her on Friday afternoon... I wish I had been there sooner.  I think she knew who I was... but I can't be sure.  We spent the next two days in the hospital and family members came from all over to be with her.  On Sunday, at exactly 9:00 pm, she was gone.  It was peaceful... she had sons, daughters and grandkids all around her bed.  There were a few people who didn't make it back, but who said their goodbyes on a phone held to her ear.

My mom told me that the doctor told her on Wednesday that she could no longer live alone.  I'm pretty sure that this is when she made up her mind that she did not want to live if it couldn't be how she wanted.  I am very lucky to have great memories of her from my wedding week.  She was at my parents' house every day helping me with things... she saved the day by re-making the bottom layer of our groom's cake... and I have these great pictures of her (thanks to Catie's Captures) that I can always remember her by...

 Putting Grandma's corsage brooch on her

 Mom, Me and Grandma

 Grandma arriving at tea after saving the groom's cake

 Bridal Brunch

Grandma with her brothers and sisters

Photo Sneak Peek

We're back from the honeymoon and we were justing checking our emails/Facebook when I got a message from our photographer...

She put up a sneak peek of our wedding pics ALREADY!!!  I can't do anything with them on the hotel computer that I'm current on, so check them out on her blog:

Catie's Captures

Recaps coming soon!!!!

Picture Ideas

Yes, I'm in Chicago for my bachelorette party, but that doesn't mean that I can't get a blog post in!  Just kidding... I pre-set this to post, but I hope you enjoy it just the same... it's a good one!!!  I'll be back on Monday with a post-party recap!!!

Our photographer (http://catiescaptures.blogspot.com/) told me that if I see wedding pics that I like, I should save them and send them to her.  The Knot has TWO slideshows of the 50 MUST HAVE wedding photos.  You can find the articles with commentary here and here, but these are the ones that I'll be sending on to Catie for ideas!!!

A great kissing photo

 Getting ready with mom

 The first dance

 The escort cards

 A silhouette photo

 The girls getting ready

 Getting ready close up

 THE DRESS

 Like a movie star

 Photo with dad

 Pre-ceremony

 Ceremony decorations, i.e. our pomanders

 Walk down the aisle with dad

 THE KISS

 Family pic... think J, his mom and his sis... awesome!

 The get away car

Fun pic in the grass
















I can't wait to see what Catie thinks of my faves!!!