I’ve been MIA because I’ve been working very hard on these… I’d love for you to see!!
Pam
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I’ve been MIA because I’ve been working very hard on these… I’d love for you to see!!
Pam
In my family, before any of us were married, we used to have this... record? 8 Track? Cassette? Not sure what it was... but we would listen to it... us girls... and cry... and our dad would begin to sing it... and we'd stop him... we'd cry... (he'd cry too... truth be known!!)
At my wedding... I played it.
At Lana's wedding... she played it...
Her and my dad danced to it...
They couldn't look at each other... it was too hard not to lose it...
I saw them dancing... I hadn't known they were going to play that song... I went to my other two sisters.. I told them, we need to go up there and finish dancing this song with them...
We did...
Then my mom came up and joined us too...and of course we all cried... again...
So, grab your tissues, and have yourself a listen, I found the link on you-tube... it's the song we played... Steve and Annie Chapman singing, "Only Little Girl". (of course the pictures aren't us)
Pam
Here are few of my favorites of the wedding pictures.
Of course I don't have pictures of the actually ceremony... I was standing on a little step... praying not to fall... and thinking mostly about how much my feet hurt! And I wasn't going to try having Zach take pictures again! That didn't work so well!!
You have to know how well Kiahna did though! OH MY!! We were all almost in tears! She did so good!! We were praising God as she reached the end of the aisle, and dumped the remainder of her rose petals onto the floor! Too funny!! She was very focused on getting those rose petals placed... I wonder if she even looked up to see 400 people watching her!?! Thank you for praying... Thank GOD for caring, about the little things!!
Okay... pictures...
Katie, Me, Diann, Hallie & Lana, Sally, Allison, and Leslie...
My sister and I... Allison, Sally, Lana, Pam...
James and his Alisen...
The whole wedding party...
All the nieces.. (let me tell you, we got all these dresses off of EBAY!) Livia, Whitney, Kiahna, Kaitlyn, Breann, Hallie, and Leah...
Ben & Lana with all the niece/flower girls + Hallie, who was the maiden of honor...
Ben & Lana with her kids... Koty, Sammy, Colton, and Hallie...
What began as this...
Is now this...Our entire family...
Dad and Mom with Lana...
My kids and me...
Dad and Lana being silly...
Allison and Brent...
Sally and Jeremy... (sorry it's blurry...)
And that is all I have from before the wedding... After the wedding... coming up... tomorrow... ;)
Pam
Our morning began Saturday, at the salon... almost 4 hours later... I was the last one to leave... and we all began feeling like princesses as the transformations took place!
Hallie (Lana's daughter) and Leah before:
Leah painting Hallie's nails...
Hallie getting curls...
Amanda (Essential Kneads) Does amazing curls in Hallie's Hair!
Hallie... AFTER...
Leah in progress...
Leah... after...
Lana... in progress...
Lana... AFTER...
Sally (my sister)... Before...
Sally... AFTER...
Allison (another sister)... before...
Diann (matron of honor, cousin and friend) Before:
Leslie (Ben's sister) Before:
This is where I confess my complete failure as a blogging queen! I have no after pictures of any of them (until the wedding pictures)... I do have an after picture of Katie (cousin and friend)... but no before picture...
... and I confess.. no pictures of me... sigh... of course there is more to that story... this angel came and offered us free hand/foot massages... sigh... of course we obliged her... and then I asked her if she had time for a paid neck/back massage... and she obliged me... so I missed the afters... and was the last one to get my hair done... and no one was around to take my picture...so you'll just have to wait for the real wedding pictures to see the rest of us!!
One more of Lana and Hallie at the salon...
The REAL THING is next... stay tuned...
Pam