Arbuckle Mountain Wedding Reception

After walking back down the isle as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, it was reception time for our guests!  

The Food

Since our wedding was in a Lodge, we did everything ourselves - including food and drinks.  We had everything prepared ahead of time, and asked one of my dad's fellow police officers to grill the hamburgers.  We'd asked the other to drive the shuttle for our guests, and of course compensated them for their hard work.  (The other nice thing about this is that we had 3 active police officers at our wedding, just in case anything went wrong...not sure what could go wrong, but anyway!)

Caskey in grilling action!

Guests lined up at the outdoor tables for a picnic style cook out, getting their hamburger at the end of the line after they prepared the rest of their plate.

We had tables lined up off to the side of the lodge under the trees overlooking one of the ponds.  The weather was pretty nice, the view scenic, and the mood was relaxed!

The groom had the chance to sit and eat dinner with his family...

The Photobooth

**See here for my photobooth specific post**

We'd asked our house ladies to have the photobooth open for just the first hour after the ceremony.  That way people could take their pictures at the photobooth, then join in the rest of the reception activities without having to keep our house ladies tied to the photobooth for the entire reception.

 I wasn't really hungry right after the ceremony...probably due to being in a tight dress, and the fact that I ate a sandwich right before the ceremony.  Instead of going to eat, I joined family and friends at the photobooth.

My favorite part of this picture is our friend Kevin using a mustache prop upside down as a unibrow. haha

My little cousin and I at the photobooth.  We're trying to raise up more SOONERS in our family, which is why I shoved that OU flag into her hands before we took the pictures.  She can go to whatever school she wants....but maybe? Hopefully?  I know her dad will agree!

 First Dance and Best Man's Speech

After dinner and outdoor fun, we all went inside for the first dance to 'My Girl' by Dave Barnes.

Our best man, Louis gave an excellent speech talking about the friendship he's had with us over our college years, and specifically pointing out characteristic of Tyler that I think everyone in the room could relate to - especially about his servant heart and work ethic.  You can catch a bit of his speech in our wedding recap video.

Next was cutting and eating cake, which has its own post!

After cake, we had planned to dance, but the night just wasn't feeling it.  We spent the rest of the evening chatting with family and friends and eating s'mores.

My friends that I went to Cardiff, Wales with.  Love them!

My OU girlfriends.  We are cracking up because of what the wind was doing to Veronica's hair.
Sorry Veronica, but I like this picture.  :)

We are really silly and call ourselves Kaysadeanaronica.  That's our names combined.
And after a few trials, we are finally standing in the correct order.
Is it also weird that we all have blogs?  Kayla {Me} Deana Veronica

We took a group picture with our OU friends too!
This is the ultimate symbol of being a Sooner, we do this when we sing our alma mater.

A picture of us with our Sooner friends later in the reception!

We stayed until most guests left...which doesn't come with a traditional farewell, but we loved that we could be there until the end and say goodbye to everyone who helped clean up and make the wedding day even possible.

A big thanks to Birds and Coffee Design for capturing our wedding photos!