Wedding Week, Part 3

Today is THE WEDDING on Wedding week and I have a real treat for you all, some of her professional sneak peaks have ben released! You know, I wish Pinterest was a around when I got married.... I believe that if you got married "pre-pinterest" you should get a do-over!! FOR REAL!

So how beautiful does my mother look?? It thrilled me to no end when the blush I put on her matched her dress to a T!!! We all got to pick our own dresses for the wedding and I loved this one, it was comfy and original!

 Two of my friends Melissa and then Becky (below) got invited and I was so excited to see them!! It was so nice of them to share in this day with my family and ya....... look at her daughter Ashton, what a knock out!

 Matty and I looking dapper...

 We had fun at the reception there was a Photo Booth, Popcorn Bar, she gave away custom seed packets as her favor and everything came together perfectly! This is Matt and I cheesing with my brother and sister-in-law!!

These are the professional sneak peak and there photographer is based out of Portland, Melissa Marshall and you can check her out HERE

This is amazing isn't it??

Pretty amazing isn't it? Pinterest Worthy for sure!!!
Cake- Amy Cakes, Norman Oklahoma
Photog- Melissa Marshall
Venue- Southward Hills
Flowers- Poppy Lane Designs
Make-up- Nicole Savage

Wedding Week, Part 2

The morning of the wedding Marissa scheduled a make-up session at a place in the city and since her photographer wasn't coming until Noon to the venue I got to be her "Getting ready" wedding photographer! I was so excited to pretend, but luckily I have a professional camera and it was nice to get to use it! First up was the Starbucks Bride shot.....

 I like pictures of the details and I will post all my photos on Facebook at the end of the week but here it just a few...

 She makes the funniest faces while having her make-up done.... I will let you in on a secret, Marissa didn't like her make-up AT ALL so.... I had the pleasure of doing her make-up and my Moms for the wedding! I was beaming at how pretty they looked and how I made them look that way!

 CHEESE.....

 I thought Marissa looked stunning but I knew exactly what she wanted and how to make it better, when I was finished she loved it!

 Marissa and Ryan made these cute signs to direct wedding guests.....

 And this is the GRAND entrance to the venue, so pretty and although it did rain ALL day... the sun literally came out 1 hour before the ceremony! Praise the lord!

 This is the walk up to Southwind Hills, I wish this had been around when I got married! ha

 My my pledge sister Saradee makes cookies that are works or art and I had her make some custom wedding day cookies to match the wedding as a surprise for Marissa and the bridesmaids! Everyone loved them and Saradee is amazing!!!

 I don't have any pictures of us all in our robes but Marissa provided us to get ready in! The venue had a beauty shop themed Bridal room for us all to get ready in which was fun! The guys had a man cave on the 3rd floor with pool, shuffle board and TV's!! The chef created special lunch menus for us girls and then the guys while we were getting ready! Something fun I did was create a special wedding day playlist that the venue played on the intercom all day for us... even the guys LOVED it!! Here it is.....
White Wedding, Billy Idol
Can't Stop The Feeling, JT
Love me like you do, Ellie Goulding
Hey Ho, The Lumineers
Marry You, Bruno Mars
Adventure of a Lifetime, Coldplay
Love you madly, Cake
You're my best friend, Queen
Send My love, Adele
Can't Feel my Face, The Weeknd
Sex on Fire, Kings of Leon
Cake by the Ocean, DNCE
Home, Phillip Phillips
Work from Home, 5th Harmony

 You can catch a glimpse of the venue behind my Dad getting all gussied up!!! He was cool as a cucumber but this is the 3rd family wedding so we were all pros!

It was a wonderful and LONG day!!! Tomorrow I will share pictures from the actual ceremony and reception!

Wedding Week, Part 1

It's Wedding Week you guys!!! I have 3 awesome posts lined up to celebrate my sisters wedding in Oklahoma last Friday!! It was a trip home filled with LOVE, family, friends, stress, spray tans and high heels.... I am not sure my feet will ever fully recover! ha! But today is all about the Rehearsal!

It was nice being able to get ready with the Bride at our parents before heading out.... and yes, she looks stunning in her white!

 I got a TON of compliments on my dress... Thanks J Crew! And I'm glad everyone loved it because you will be seeing it again! This was our Good Hair pic before we left the house and the Oklahoma humidity destroyed our hard work!

 Marissa got married at the literally the #1 venue in ALL of Oklahoma, the wait list is INSANE and it is insanely stunning! Southward Hills, you can check the website out HERE

 My handsome hubby and I rocking our "Wedding Party" duties!! We were the oldies in the group! ha!

After the rehearsal Ryan's parents hosted a beautiful dinner at a nearby country club and we had a wonderful Italian dinner, the grooms favorite!

Mother of the Bride, our baby is getting married and it's hard to believe!

Look at the men in our family.... very Dapper! Welcome Ryan, officially!

While I wasn't a Maid or Matron of honor I knew that if I didn't get to talk about my baby sister I would regret it! And my speech was full of love, memories, laughs and heart... everyone including the bride and groom loved and it and that made my heart VERY happy!

 Sisters of the Bride and Groom which makes us family now somehow! How pretty is Jamie??

 And lastly is the ORIGINAL DuBois clan!! One last time..................

Cheers!

The main reason I went home to Okc last weekend wasn't to celebrate my Birthday, that was just an added bonus! The reason was to celebrate my baby sister at her Bridal shower! When we were in the midst of the IVF cycle I cancelled this trip because I would have had the embryo transfer a few days prior BUT the good that came out of that not happening was I could go home!

The shower was Sunday afternoon at my families church and was thrown by a few of us Bridesmaids so last minute I threw together a Photo Booth (the girlies loved it) I ordered Bridal props and had them sent to my Moms and I got the backdrop together.... plus it was great for me to break out our nice camera!

Here I am doing a test shot.... testing 1 2 3............

Here is the Bride and this post is quite fitting, today marks the 1 month till her wedding day.... day!!!

 I mean it turned out SOO cute and there is nothing wrong with me beaming a little because my idea was a hit!! I uploaded all the pictures to Facebook and then had my sister share the post so all her friends could see it and tag themselves!

 Marissa got a ton of fun stuff and I swear I can barely remember all of my showers, 9 years ago is a long time. And 9 years ago this little girl was only just starting High School and was my bestest and youngest Bridesmaid!

 Here is my favorite picture ALL the women in my family... it was so nice sharing this day with everyone and the beaming bride!! Cheers!

 So here we have the "Must Have" typical Tri Delt picture and I am pretty sure all the young girls were like who is the short old lady holding up the rear!! haha!

I was so happy to be able to not only share in this day but contribute, ONE month to the big day!!!