The Wedding Part 1

Cody and I were married on August 21, 2010. We have a tradition in my family that whenever one of us gets married our whole family goes out to pizza hut the night before the wedding and while we are there our parents give us a necklace and a poem that my mom writes. It is always a fun night.

These are a few of the kids enjoying their pizza. I'm pretty sure everyone in pizza hut is always relieved when we go.

The next day our families spent the morning setting up and getting ready for the wedding while I was in Lethbridge getting my hair and makeup done and Cody was at his parent's house getting ready with his groomsmen. It was a cool morning and at one point it poured in Lethbridge and we weren't sure if we were going to be able to have our wedding outdoors as we had planned but by the time of the wedding it was beautiful out. There was no wind and it was just the right temperature. We had the wedding in my parent's back yard. They spend so much time on it and it really pays off. The yard is so pretty and just the perfect spot for a wedding. And not to brag, but they are going to be the yard of the week in the Westwinds Weekly!

 

These are a couple pictures of where the ceremony was held. Cody and I stood in the gazebo and everyone was sitting on the sides of the path. It was a really nice and short ceremony which is just was we asked for. After the ceremony Cody and I and our bridal party went and took pictures with the photographers. We had a calling reception in the yard later that afternoon.

This is a picture of my cake at the reception with my awesome bouquet that i LOVED in front of it and the peacock feathers we had on the guest book table.

This is a close-up picture of the cake. I am very proud of the cake because I made it myself. It turned out much better than I imagined it would! I was so happy with it!

After the reception we headed into Lethbridge to the Croation Center for a dance/party. It turned out to be a lot of fun.

This is Cody and I during our first dance. We are so happy!

Cody and I watching and listening to the welcome to the family speeches. They were so beautiful and we appreciate it all so much!

This was our band. They were awesome! The lead singer's name is Leeroy Stagger. He is Cody's cousin's husband and so amazing. We were so happy when they told us they would play at the wedding and they definately wowed the crowd.

This is our niece Mya and our nephew Spencer sleeping at the dance. By the end of it I wished I were laying there sleeping too! I was so tired! 

All in all it was such a wonderful day and everything turned out so perfectly. Cody and I couldn't be happier with our wedding and we appreciate all of the help we had, especially all the work our parents put into it! And only 3 more days until we can really start our lives together! We will be posting more photos when we get the pictures from our photographer!