Bloopers from the Big Day

I do have several things on my blog agenda (great trip home, stupid drunkards on the return flight and non-profit job burnout, among other things) but first and foremost, I should acknowledge the fact that Brandon and I have been manacled together for two whole years! Now I know you've seen most of our wedding pictures, so I thought I'd offer you a rare sneak peek at the behind-the-scenes action of the Haw-Richards affair on August 19, 2006...when we forgot the cameras were rolling...

I imagined the coming-out-of-the-temple-and-being-greeted-by-adoring-family-and-friends part of the wedding day a little differently. Apparently my flower girls were a little too adorable and everyone was taking pictures of them and didn't notice us coming out...this is my disappointed cry for attention caught on camera.

Here we have the Haw Family, apparently listening to wise words from father (and by "wise words" I mean complaints about all of the picture taking).
But it turned out quite well:The Richards crew caught unawares...nervous, Manda? But they pulled it together.Brandon does not look impressed...and we do not look ready.Better.One is bound to experience technical difficulties when one wears a corset, coupled with a dress weighing several pounds and a slip that doubles your radius.Fixed, for the time being.We left a few pieces of cake for the guests.
I definitely got a workout lifting that dress everywhere. It was more graceful at first, but by the end of the night I had no qualms.Brandon's insatiable need to wear flip flops wouldn't let him make it through the day in socks and shoes.Were we afraid to do EFY line dances at our wedding? Not so much. Made for each other? I think so.
The launching of the third bouquet...I tossed as many as I needed to in order to get one to my good friend Jen - in the black & white and still single, fellas! (My Uncle Steve is in the background poised with another bouquet just in case.)Oh, you said "Cheese"? We thought you said "Make a cheesy face!"

Had to end it on a good note with a serious one. I know it's very late (and so is my present), but HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BUDDY! I'll spare everyone the mush and write about how much I love him on the card I'll give him next week for our anniversary last week. Isn't he lucky?