A Wedding!

Boy am I tired! I have just spent about the last 10 hours on my feet, running up and down stairs, here and there. Mysia was the flower girl in our friends Daryn and Amber's Wedding and I helped get her and the other flower girl and ring bearer in the right spot at the right time and was a general gofer for the bridal party. Not that I'm complaining I enjoyed being able to help and the wedding was so beautiful.
The church was decorated with an iron garden arbor/gate at the door, it was decorated nicely with vines, white flowers, and daisies. Each pew had a bunch of tulle (both white and yellow) and sunflowers and daisies. On the platform they had 4 iron (hollow) pillars, inside of the pillars they had white tulle and Christmas lights, tulle was also draped across the top and bottom of the pillars and on the on the outside of the pillars was a sunflower chain,the effect was wonderful.
The Bride wore a strapless white gown trimmed in buttercup yellow with a very small train and exquisite detailing. The Maid-of-Honor was the bride's sister and she wore a calf length skirt of buttercup yellow and a white top with yellow detailing. The first bride's maid was also the bride's sister and she wore a chiffon knee length dress of the same color. The grooms sister rounded out the bridal party and wore a floor length chiffon skirt a top that matched the MOH and a silk, yellow jacket. The groom's men were a good friend of the groom and his two brothers, they all wore black tuxes with yellow vests and bow ties. There were two flower girls and a ring bearer, the ring bearer wore a miniture of the grooms men's tux and the other flower girl wore a floor length yellow gown in style much like the bride's, and Mysia wore a knee length dress with a sheer overlay and small roses hanging down the side.
The Ceremony was pretty traditional, with the exception that instead of lighting a unity Candle they had unity sand, they had 3 different colors of sand White - to represent the Christian foundation of their lives and marriage, Blue - to represent the Groom and Yellow - to represent the Bride, which they poured into a heart shaped vase. The White sand was poured in first and and then the yellow and blue was layered until it was full. The vase also had the couples monogram and the date etched onto it. The Groom had also recorded a song for his bride that was played during the ceremony. They also dismissed each row of guest themselves.
The reception was wonderful, since they had taken all of the pictures before the ceremony they were able to mingle with their guests and enjoy themselves. The beucay was caught by the other flower girl and the garter by her older brother.
The Bride and groom changed into their going-away clothes and ran to their car amid a shower of bubbles, the car had been tastefully decorated by the groom's brothers. The couple is honeymooning in Branson.
Many people stayed afterwards to take down the decorations and get the church ready for services Sunday. After that was done we headed home, stopping at McDonald's for some luper (that's Lunch and Supper) and Walmart to get my birthday present, which we were able to get part of but I'll tell more about that later.
~Lydia