Jacob considers wearing tuxes occasions of extreme gravity. (I love the hands in the pockets.)
The onlookers.
The shoes which came untied a million times that evening. At one point Jacob thanked me for being the best shoe tier in the world. In his words: "Where did you learn to tie shoes so well, Mom?" Hidden talents. Don't worry, he wore black socks for the wedding.
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And here's the rose of our family. These photos were taken at the home of the bride's parents. We were able to be present as the bridal party dressed and took some initial pictures. We felt extremely privileged to be so close to the action. The mother-of-the-bride made Hannah's hairband as well as the basket of flowers. They are a very crafty family (crafty as in very good at crafts, not sly and underhanded).
She is a beauty, no?
And here is the ring bearer carrying his ring bear!
Together. Weren't they just in carseats a few days ago? Where does time go? They were still quite serious during these initial pictures. By the end of the wedding and the beginning of the professional photo session, they had loosened up significantly and become quite silly. I can't wait to see some of those pictures.
We were there as well.
Here are Jacob and Hannah with the bride's parents who are also Jacob's godparents. They are extremely close friends of ours - more like family. Don't they look handsome?
And then Jacob disappeared to the basement where a hairdresser was hiding. He came back with Olympic-flame hair and his mother's smile. (A glimpse of the maid-of-honour in the background.)
Hannah also sniffed out the hairdresser and emerged with a glorious head of soft curls.
Beautiful.
Dave lifted both children into the van and we followed the bride and her parents to the church. I balanced Hannah's flowers and all the boutonnieres on my lap as we snaked our way through the big city.
Jacob on the final lap to light the Olympic torch.
Anxiously waiting. The bride was closeted behind the door to the left.
Hannah and Jacob walked up the aisle in a state of nervous terror. I whispered to them that they could smile but I think that Hannah was actually shaking. Here comes the bride. 
Jacob looking a bit too cool. He spent the rest of the wedding feeling his hair and playing with a bud from his boutonniere. Whenever he slumped in his seat and realised that he might be chastised he would glance backwards to where Dave and I were seated and scowl as he slunk lower in his seat.
I can't say enough about the beauty of the bride that day. Greg and Laura are a wonderful couple and every aspect of the wedding reflected their faith, tastefulness and beauty.
As the photo session began the photographer said, "OK, let's make this one serious." Jacob took his directions a little too seriously.
See, I told you they loosened up as the day carried on.
We thoroughly enjoyed our day. I made it through without a nap and we arrived home at 12:30am with two sleeping twins, a sleeping Mommy and an awake Daddy (thank God, he was driving). We are so thankful to have been invited to play such a role in a wedding of great faith and beauty. Blessings on the happy couple and all marriages. Happy Valentine's Day +1.
No caption needed.
And here's the rose of our family. These photos were taken at the home of the bride's parents. We were able to be present as the bridal party dressed and took some initial pictures. We felt extremely privileged to be so close to the action. The mother-of-the-bride made Hannah's hairband as well as the basket of flowers. They are a very crafty family (crafty as in very good at crafts, not sly and underhanded).
She is a beauty, no?
And here is the ring bearer carrying his ring bear!
Together. Weren't they just in carseats a few days ago? Where does time go? They were still quite serious during these initial pictures. By the end of the wedding and the beginning of the professional photo session, they had loosened up significantly and become quite silly. I can't wait to see some of those pictures.
We were there as well.
Here are Jacob and Hannah with the bride's parents who are also Jacob's godparents. They are extremely close friends of ours - more like family. Don't they look handsome?
And then Jacob disappeared to the basement where a hairdresser was hiding. He came back with Olympic-flame hair and his mother's smile. (A glimpse of the maid-of-honour in the background.)
Hannah also sniffed out the hairdresser and emerged with a glorious head of soft curls.
Beautiful.
Dave lifted both children into the van and we followed the bride and her parents to the church. I balanced Hannah's flowers and all the boutonnieres on my lap as we snaked our way through the big city.
Jacob on the final lap to light the Olympic torch.
Anxiously waiting. The bride was closeted behind the door to the left.
Hannah and Jacob walked up the aisle in a state of nervous terror. I whispered to them that they could smile but I think that Hannah was actually shaking. Here comes the bride. 
Jacob looking a bit too cool. He spent the rest of the wedding feeling his hair and playing with a bud from his boutonniere. Whenever he slumped in his seat and realised that he might be chastised he would glance backwards to where Dave and I were seated and scowl as he slunk lower in his seat.
I can't say enough about the beauty of the bride that day. Greg and Laura are a wonderful couple and every aspect of the wedding reflected their faith, tastefulness and beauty.
As the photo session began the photographer said, "OK, let's make this one serious." Jacob took his directions a little too seriously.
See, I told you they loosened up as the day carried on.
We thoroughly enjoyed our day. I made it through without a nap and we arrived home at 12:30am with two sleeping twins, a sleeping Mommy and an awake Daddy (thank God, he was driving). We are so thankful to have been invited to play such a role in a wedding of great faith and beauty. Blessings on the happy couple and all marriages. Happy Valentine's Day +1.
7 comments:
Beautiful wedding photos! Love the Valentine theme - very fitting! The little ones are not so little anymore, but they look so wonderful.
Thanks Elena!
I'm shocked at how grown-up the twins look! Especially with their hair done and THAT TUX! Wowza.
What does not shock me is how beautiful you look in that picture with Dave and the kids. Really a particularly lovely shot of you.
Your children are adorable.
Yet, I pray that ye should exercise greater scrutiny upon the ones to whom you entrust your children. You can clearly see the horns growing out of Jacob's godfather's head in that picture. I couldn't resist.
I love this post! What a fun and special time for the twins. Thanks for sharing with us. Jaclyn is right -you definately have the lovely pregnancy glow!
Colin, my mother commented on the horns when I spoke to her on the phone last night. I hadn't noticed but the more professional photographer who was there did remove the candlesticks/horns from later poses!
Ok...that is so beautiful. The kids look so wonderful..can i just say when I looked at Jacob in the photo of him in the back seat I immediately got the song 'white wedding' by billy idol stuck in my head..now i am off to the chapel to replace it with something a little more nun-ly. You look REALLY great in your photo too Elena.
update pls. thx.
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