Friday, July 9, 2010

Upgrading from Miss to Mrs.

This is a VERY small sample of the pictures I have (like 3,000 or so...) from the wedding. Just a short little picture walk of the most amazing day in my life.

Favorite picture from the entire day. Hilarious. Hugs for Kevin's parents

"Maicey, if Mommy gives you a cookie will you go down the aisle?"

Just waiting to start the wedding. (side note: Not sure what I would've done without Gretchen and Kat, my amazing personal attendants. They were wonderful!)
Such a bizarre feeling. I just kept thinking "is this really happening?" My dad looked so handsome in his tux. I know this was a day of mixed feelings for him - but he was my rock.

Maybe the hardest part of my day.

Surrounded by our greatest blessings.


Proof of the kneeling mentioned here...

With this ring, my dreams come true. :)

Smiling at our nephew Sam, who from the 2nd pew was giving us a big thumbs up with a huge grin. An image of our wedding day etched in my mind forever.

WE'RE MARRIED!
Maicey during the recessional - it's hard to be the flower girl.


This looks amazing - until someone forgets to LET GO of their popper and then you have to be untangled from them as your are being choked. Real cool friends.


Hello from the back of the trolly.
Our beautiful cake :)

I.seriously.love.them.
The boys. Minus Barry. He was likely getting his hair braided or something. Nope, not kidding even a little.
They are ahhhh-mazing. Every single one of them.

By the 'ol Mississippi. What you can't see is the pile of beers and other various adult beverages which we were required to put down to take this picture. Good times.

...and there's the Nerf gun. Priceless.
Grandpa Bill and Grandma Kitty with Gab & Gracie. So cute.
Our first dance. Michael Buble "Hold On".
Giving Sam a big thumbs up - he was giving us another one while we were dancing. God, I love that kid.
This is the group of kids from the studio who were watching us while we were dancing. I am so blessed by them and was so glad they were there to help us celebrate. I love them. :)
I am so in love with him.

My in-laws during the wedding party dance.
Kevin & Kaitlyn and me & my dad during the father-daughter dance. :)
How disgusting. My feet were SO dirty and sore. Might as well have a picture to remember...
I can FINALLY sit down. She captured me right as I was getting my feet up. It doesn't look pretty, but it felt so good!!
I can honestly admit, I had no idea they did this. Never knew they were gone. Not a clue until I saw this picture.
Garter. Don't the boys look thrilled to try to catch it?
...as oppossed to this? They were SO excited!

Kevin with my cousin's husband, Dan. This was taken right after the "cousin talk" - which includes all the male cousins in our family having a short discussion with whomever just married into our crazy Murphy family. I'm not allowed in the circle, since I'm not a boy - but from what I hear it usually goes a little something like, "we love her, we like you, but if you hurt her, we will kill you"...fun, huh? Kevin enjoyed the talk, however was slightly afraid as he's pretty sure because of Dan's military experience, he wasn't really kidding. Ohhhh, I love them.


These are my cousins from the other side. Tom was at the reception, however he was grabbing another drink and missed the picture. Only one of the eight of us missing, my oldest cousin Dan couldn't be there.
My mom and her siblings at the end of the night. I don't have words to describe how amazing this day was. I loved every single second and wish it would've lasted forever. I will never forget all the amazing people we were surrounded by, the love we were showered with, and the feeling in my heart for my new husband. Dreams really do come true. :)

Rehearsal Dinner

Our wonderful photographer Donna was with us all night Friday and captured these images.

Miss Maicey being naughty during our discussion of the details of the ceremony. Gabbi & Gracie hanging out at the church during the rehearsal
Dad practicing walking down the aisle

Our wedding party - LOVE them :)
Shout out to Kim & Mark for their amazing kneeling skills :)

I love this view of our beautiful church.

Aunt Judy sharing some advice with me at the rehearsal dinner.

Props to Alla and her beautiful amperstand "&" :)

Simply amazing to be in a room with the most important people in our lives. I.am.SO.blessed.

My best friend. Not a clue what I would've done without her during the wedding process. She did it all. Really.

I LOVED our cookie cake. It was adorable.

We had our dinner at ORA (thanks to Dr. Stewart) - it was perfect. We served Olive Garden (Thanks Patty!) and Cookie Cake (thanks Kim & Rob) for dessert. The highlight of the night for most men in our wedding was opening their wedding party gifts. My husband gave every single one of them a Nerf gun. Yes, you read that correctly. All 13 of the received guns with which were immediately opened and used. Darts flying everywhere. Classic.
After the rehearsal dinner, mom and I went to the hotel everyone was staying at to spend some relaxing time with the fam. I soon got tired and went to spend my last single night at my parent's house. We stayed up late laughing, talking, and watching the grim weather forcast which included rain, rain, and more rain.
I went to bed excited, anxious, and giddy.

Wedding Prep

Making mints at Aunt Judy's - such a fun tradition! Thank you for your help! :) Setting up the reception hall on the Friday before the wedding.
The AH-MAZING ceiling design.
SO many people helped make the wedding possible. I can't even begin to list or thank everyone! Had I been in my right mind, I might have been better at taking pictures of the preparations and all those people who gave their time to make this happen - but I wasn't, so this is what I got.
My bad.

Can I get an UPDATE?!

I have really been a slacker on this blog. I have decided it's time for a MAJOR picture update - we'll see how this goes. Hold on!! :)

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Spoiled

That'd be a good word to describe Miss Kaitlyn. Saturday while I was getting my hair done, my mom took Kaitlyn shopping for a dress for the rehearsal dinner. *Note the word "a" in that last sentence.

Kaitlyn came home with not "a" dress. She came home with FOUR dresses. Yep, that's right, 4. Each of them is adorable and Kaitlyn feels like a princess. God, I love my mother. :)