Our wedding was at
Deer Creek Lodge in Davis, Oklahoma in the lovely Arbuckle mountains in the middle of May. The lodge had two large ponds with canoes, lots of trees, and on our particular day lots of wind!
This is the state where the wind come sweeping down the plains.
We had a very traditional ceremony, led by my grandpa. After the processionals, we heard a brief message about God's plan for marriage, said the traditional vows, were pronounced, kissed, and walked away married!
When I say traditional vows, I mean they even had the 'thees' and 'thous' and don't tell me that's not a tongue twister! We worked hard to say those vows!
Here is a look at our ceremony through pictures!
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| Guests arriving and house ladies greeting them with the guest book and programs! |
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| Our ceremony location from behind, guests arriving! |
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The groom and my grandpa, our officiant.
He has officiated almost all of his children's and grandchildren's weddings!
Looks like he is giving Tyler instructions. |
Processional
Family Processional
Our families and wedding party walked to parts of "Married Life from the Up! soundtrack.
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| Tyler's Paternal Grandmother, my cousin escorting. |
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| My paternal grandmother, my uncle escorting. |
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| Tyler's Maternal Grandmother, my uncle escorting. |
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| My Maternal Grandmother |
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| Tyler's mother |
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| My mother |
The Bridal Party's Processional
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| Groomsman and Bridesmaid Joey and Kelsey |
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| Groomsman and Bridesmaid Wei and Sherry |
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| Best Man and Matron of Honor Louis and Deana |
The lovely Pebble Girls make their entrance!
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Our oldest pebble girl scattered pebbles.
Her basket says, "We're Standing on the Solid Rock" |
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| Our younger Pebble Girl carries our beloved stuffed puppy, Maggie. |
The Bride's Entrance...
My walk down the isle started at the back door of the lodge. The beginning of "Carl Goes Up" set the scene, and my dad and I walked to the climax of the song. (My dad is wearing a police dress uniform).
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The Ceremony
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| The Giving Away |
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A word from my grandpa's "marriage book" as he calls it.
(He also likes to pretend he has 'forgotten' his marriage book. haha) |
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| Saying our vows. |
The Kiss
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| Our first married kiss! |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith!
Read more about my wedding dress
here!
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| Heh, I got him that watch! ;) |
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| And we walk away as married people! |
Last, but definitely not least, we asked
our friend Kevin to video our wedding for us. He seriously went ABOVE AND BEYOND and we are super impressed! He even went so far as to match the songs to the correct parts of the ceremony so that the sound quality would be full. Seriously.
Check out this
HIGHLIGHT VIDEO that he made to recap our ceremony and reception! I'd love to embed it for you, but I think due to the song used YouTube won't let me! But it is really worth the click! :)
All photos credited to Birds and Coffee Design.
