Our Wedding Part 2 - We get our photos taken...

Our Wedding Part 1

After the ceremony we had some family and wedding party photos done at the church. It's a beautiful church and the grounds are equally as awesome. We didn't request many posed shots, so we just had a few immediate family ones done. One regret I have is not getting one shot with both families... I'm not sure why I didn't think to ask about this!! Oh well. Here we are:

My family

My husband's family

After the family shots, we took a few with our wedding party. My maid (matron? I hate that term so I am sticking with maid!) of honour was my sister, and my two bridesmaids were my new sister-in-law and my best friend. My husband had my brother-in-law (my sister's husband), a high school friend, and a new-ish friend. Everyone was so great!

 Afterwards, my husband and I went with our photographer to have some photos taken of just us. We went downtown to a pretty courtyard. There were lots of cobblestones and pretty buildings to pose in front of.

 I really loved my cathedral length veil. It was easily my favourite part of my entire bridal outfit. It just felt so airy and feminine. I haven't decided what to do with my dress yet, but I am 100% keeping the veil in hopes of a future daughter wanting to wear it for her wedding!!

I don't want to overload you with too many pictures all at one time, so I am just sharing some of our favourites. We saw an elderly couple sitting on a park bench and holding hands and it was so sweet. When they left, our photographer snapped a photo of us sitting on the same bench. I am really looking forward to holding my husband's hand in the many many years to come...

And finally, the -over-done but I still love it anyway- shoe shot. I wore Nine West purple satin flats with multi-colored gemstones on the toe. They are the most gorgeous pair of shoes I own, as well as the most expensive! I had to show them off! My husbands socks are purple too, but you can't really tell in the photo, which is sort of disappointing, but I think it's cute anyway!

Finally, I'll leave you with a few detail shots. Everything turned out just as I imagined. The flowers were amazing, and other than my veil, my hair flower was one of my favourite accessories for that day. I purchased it at the same store as my dress, and I am planning on keeping it for a future daughter as well!

 I think I have about one or two more recap posts before I am done writing about our wedding! I can't believe I never wrote all of this down until now, when we just celebrated a year. I'm happy to document it though. Stay tuned!!!