The groom, Shawn, and the guys, ready for the procession to start, while the drummers play very unusual and lovely sounding music.
The judge. This is his property. Most of the people Bambi and Shawn know hung out on the judges property since they were young. The judges kids grew up with them. He's a great guy.
He performed the ceremony. Here he is ready for the procession to start with the father of the groom ready to take pictures.
The bridesmaids.. On the left, Autumn, the brides cousin and my niece. The next bridesmaid is a friend of the bride. Then the 3rd from the left if Patty Ann, the brides cousin, and my niece.
The maid of honor with the ring bearer, Sasha. Sasha is Bambi's dog. Bambi is the bride.
The flower girl. She is Shawn's niece. When they asked her to be the flower girl it was around Halloween and she said, "I want to be a fairy". Bambi was fine with that and found these wings for her to wear, and some for Sasha too. :)
The bride has her parents walk her down the aisle together...
...and gives them both a hug.
The ceremony...
Our son Will reading a prayer poem.
The scripture reading by the grooms brother.
A poem by the brides cousin, my niece, Dawn.
The wedding cake... depicting a big bonfire.
..and the top. The tombstone says, Love Never Dies.
The drummer
The stage for the band. The band is Bambi's favorite band. They are all personal friends of both the bride and the groom.
The wedding party.
The other end of the wedding party. Somehow, I managed to cut one person off of the end in all my pictures. ::eyeroll::
Sweet little Sasha sitting under mommy's skirt...
...and standing up with her fairy wings.
The groom reveals the t-shirt under his wedding attire. I think you can read it.. but just in case, it says "GAME OVER".
Sasha in her mommy's arms.
Bambi's grandparents, Barbara and Eddie Johnson, and great uncle Herb & his wife.
Grandma Ferree sitting at a table waiting for a bowl of hot vegetarian chili with saltines and tortilla chips after the ceremony. The chili was so good and perfect for the weather. It warmed us up and we had hot chocolate to drink.
Getting the bonfire started. We found out later that they really wanted the fire burning during the ceremony but it wasn't. It was cold there. Thankfully it was sunny and clear, which kept things nice for the ceremony but shortly afterwards as the sun went down it got really cold. It was supposed to get down to 23 degrees that night and I never heard what it actually got down to but it was cold. The bride & groom, and lots of the younger set, including our boys camped out all night in tents that night.
Cutting the cake.. ready to machete the thing.. or so it looked like.
But then they decided to cut it into a nice slice.
Sitting around the campfire after eating dinner... roasting marshmallows and listening to the band.
Staring into the fire...
Grandma sitting by the fire nice and cozy warm. They had hand warmers for everyone that wanted them. They felt really good in our hands.
The bride's brother, Sammy and his girlfriend, Kristen.
Bambi and her mom, Judi...
...and her dad, Sam.
The band... "Fractal"
You can play this video to hear them play.
It was a really fun wedding in a beautiful place and we all had a great time!
Congratulations Bambi & Shawn!
