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My dd got married Sunday

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…to her boyfriend of always, whom she met through homeschool co-op and a field trip to the Statue of Liberty twelve years ago. 
 

The wedding was awesome, the setting was spectacular, the food was totally delicious, the DJ was on point; people danced and had fun; the weather cooperated; the entire weekend spent in the AirBnB in the Shenandoah Valley, with family and friends was freakin matchless. 
 

Things that went differently than planned: the flowers, which were ordered and dd planned to assemble herself, did not all arrive. SIL drive to three grocery stores and bought up white roses, to be the feature flower. So after the rehearsal dinner, beginning at midnight and ending close to 2 am, the bridesmaids, dd, myself and groom’s mama assembled bouquets and boutonnières. They turned out rather well; average person would probably not realize how they got there. 
 

Other thing: the dress was mystifying to bustle. The bustle did not work in any normal way; even the events coordinator was baffled. There were frustrated tears. My dear, kind niece (not part of the wedding party, but somehow got involved) was a calming force and worked out *a* way to bustle it, though not *the* way; safety pins were involved. 
 

I don’t have many photos of my own; I didn’t want to be behind a camera half the time and sharing photos is so easy now, I’m getting some from others while we wait on the photographer’s work. But here are a couple I will temporarily share here: 

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Just now, Farrar said:

Gorgeous! What a picture perfect looking wedding!

You're not truly behind the scenes at a wedding unless something went wrong. 

You know, weirdly, I love the stories created by the glitches. It was very bonding making flowers past midnight. 

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It looks beautiful!

I remember when my best guy friend got married, his bride was in tears that something minor went wrong at the reception. Another friend and I had to calm her down by pointing out only she knew anything was "wrong". Everyone else was partying and having fun, not missing a thing.

Glitches do create some of the most memorable moments, too! We've made several cross country moves, but the memorable moments are the random adventures of the wrong turns and dead batteries.

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On 9/14/2021 at 8:05 PM, Katy said:

She’s beautiful and even with the flowers it sounds perfect.  But you know after all that shopping I want to know what dress you wore!

Very happy with my gown. I had ordered one when we were discussing it here, but I hated it. So I ordered a long, navy sequined gown from Macy’s. 
 

I don’t have a real picture of me in my gown yet. (I do have a video my Dh took of me saying the blessing, but that might not upload.) But I can share a picture from a few weeks ago when I tried the gown with roughly the same hairstyle I wore in the wedding: 

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Awwwwww..... thank you SO MUCH for sharing.  They're gorgeous, the site looks amazing, your dress is gorgeous, you are beautiful.

May the couple, and all your family, share many blessings in the years ahead.

So nice to have a spot of GOOD news. Ahhhhhhhhh.....

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I am speechless.  Everything looks perfect.  Your daughter is stunning and it is obvious where her beauty comes from because you are stunning as well.  Wow.  Just wow.  Love, love, ❤️ .

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Congratulations!

Thanks for sharing such lovely pictures of a beautiful day.  The happy couple look so relaxed and full of joy.  💜  I think we all need to see some joy.

May substitute flowers and un-bustle-ing bustles be the least of their woes.

I love your dress as well--very elegant on you.

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Lovely, lovely, lovely. It makes me so happy when couples who met young stay together! Thank you so much for sharing this with us, and congratulations! You look beautiful, too! 

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Love your dress!

The story of them meeting!!!  AWWWW.  

She looks so beautiful.  Cute couple.  Love everything about the wedding, location, setting, everything.  So perfect.  Flowers look great.  Family did ours too and they were wonderful.  

Glad the bustle worked out!

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58 minutes ago, Harpymom said:

Time to update your signature!  Beautiful photos, thank you for sharing.  The flowers look perfect, nicely done!

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Oh, Quill, congrats to your newlyweds, you and your entire family!  

WOW!  What a very handsome couple and I agree that the background was spectacular.  So very happy for y'all!  

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