October 27, 2013

The Wedding


Many of you have followed along as we prepared for our daughter's wedding. I thought I would put together a post with all the details of the beautiful day, including a slide show of some of my favorite pictures.

The wedding was held in our backyard. The prep work throughout the summer kept us busy, but it was worth it. I can look out my back door and still have images of the beautiful day...how great is that. The weather was beautiful. Being at the end of August we were worried it was going to be really hot, but it wasn't. We had a nice cloud cover that kept the heat down.

Everything went perfect throughout the day. We had a house full of people that's for sure. We had Tiana and her girls in our bedroom getting ready while we had Donnie and his guys at the other end of the house in Tiana's room getting ready. That was fun trying to keep the two of them from seeing each other. They decided to take their pictures before the wedding. Because our back yard was full of tables and chairs there wasn't really anyplace they could use. We live pretty close to a park that is right on the river, so that's where they did them.

The ceremony was beautiful. Donnie and Tiana are both on staff at church for high school ministries, so they asked Roger, who is the pastor of high school ministries to do the ceremony. He knows them both so well and has watched them grow as a couple it was only fitting. He even got choked up during the ceremony and said "This is good". While they did communion the best man played How He Loves Me...such a special moment.

Because the wedding was at 7:00 we went with a dessert reception. We had all kinds of cookies, and cupcakes. To help keep the sugar levels down we did do a fruit salad and some veggies too. After the cake cutting, first dance and father-daughter/son-mother dance, the rest of the evening was spent dancing and having a wonderful time. We had to stop the reception and 10:00 though because of the noise curfew.  My parents have a 33 Dodge and Donnie and Tiana had my dad drive them away in it. It's the same car my husband and I used 23 years ago when we got married.

Because it was so late, we weren't going to worry about cleaning anything up until the next day. We were standing around talking and I looked over and bunch of their friends were picking up chairs and starting to clean up. So we all pitched in and had in cleanup in no time. It's a good thing we did too because it rained so hard that night. We would have had a big mess to deal with the next day.

I put together a slide show of some of my favorite pictures from the wedding. The song I used is the one everyone walked in to.  The song starts off really soft..but it's there. I hope you enjoy it.



I want to say thank you to everyone who helped make this day so special for Donnie and Tiana. We couldn't have done this without you.

Blessings,
Deanna Jean

23 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for sharing your dd's wedding day with us all. What a lovely wedding! All your hard work certainly paid off - glorious setting. Sure looks like it went off without a hitch and everyone had a wonderful day. Beautiful bride. Sweet! Bev

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  2. Deanna, Thank you so much for sharing this. Your daughter looked absolutely beautiful and beaming with love and happiness. All the details look absolutely gorgeous!

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  3. This memory will live in your hearts forever. Thanks Deanna for sharing your daughter's wedding day with us!

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  4. Thanks so much for sharing Deanna. Everything was so perfect! You know what, I couldn't help but cry a little ... because I could sense the love,not only between the bride and groom, but all around,
    BEAUTIFUL... and thanks again!

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  5. deanna.. it looks magical and i really love how the groom and groomsmen are dressed simply fabulous!!
    glad everything went ok

    jenxxx

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  6. Awesome, Deanna...everything looked perfect...the couple (beautiful, beaming, so full of grace) the parents (so proud) the tables and accessories...wonderful memories.

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  7. Wow....what a gorgeous wedding...so fun to see all the beautiful photos and fabulous music too. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  8. Thank you for sharing! Reading about the big day and getting to see the end results was rewarding -- beautiful couple -- I hope they have a long and happy life together!! Excellent job with the video~

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  9. So beautiful. The pictures were lovely. I am happy that it all went well.
    Congrats to hr couple.

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  10. Thanks for sharing such a happy moment in your life! It looks like everyone had lots of fun!
    The tables and yard looked so pretty and your daughter looked beautiful!

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  11. Deanna, thank you for sharing. The wedding was absolutely beautiful and your daughter has grown into such a gorgeous woman! I know how proud you are. :) Everything turned out so nice. Great job there Mom! xo Shirley

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  12. Thank you so much for sharing, Deanna! The wedding looked absolutely beautiful! Congratulations to the happy couple.

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  13. You did such a great job. They will have many great memories in the years ahead.
    God bless you all

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  14. It was fun to see how all the little things you shared in preparation on your blog came through as a completed event! It started with your beautiful invitations, the doors, the burlap and lace accessories, etc. It all came out so lovely and what special memories for your family! Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Such beautiful photo's and memories Deanna, such a special day for you all. Glad it all went well and tfs :) Viv xx

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  16. What a beautiful wedding! The bride and groom are such a beautiful couple and look so happy. Love the casual elegance of the wedding. You all did a fabulous job with the decorations. It looks like it was a perfect day and then to drive away in that great looking vintage car - Wow! Best wishes to the happy couple. Thanks, Deanna, for sharing pictures of your daughter's wedding, they were wonderful!

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  17. How wonderful! I loved the slideshow, the photos were beautiful, and it looked like a fabulous time was had by all!

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  18. Great pics of the wedding, so beautiful and elegantly simple, a moment they will never forget. Blessings to the couple and also to the friends and family that witnessed a union blessed by
    God!

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  19. Aw, thank you so much for sharing, Deanna. That was so beautiful, it brought tears to my eyes. You did an amazing job with all the gorgeous details in the back yard! The tradition of the car and that photo ~ priceless!! Hugs, Darnell

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  20. Absolutely lovely. Such a happy day. Thanks for sharing.

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  21. Really enjoyed the show. TFS. The photos in the Park are fantastic. I wish the happy couple all the best.

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  22. Everything & everyone looked awesome! Best wishes to your DD & SIL as they begin this new journey together. TFS, Deanna!

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