My little brother got married

pretty Mumsie
First up, it’s Mumsie! She picked out this beautiful dress from Anthropologie, I bought it, and after the wedding she gave it to me to keep as I enjoy wearing dresses and she doesn’t. She kept saying she felt fat and I kept re-assuring her that SHE WASN’T (sound familiar?). Then I wore the dress to work this week and one of my patients asked me if I had a baby “in there”. I patted my fupa and smiled, “Nope, just cheeseburgers!” Sigh.

mother and daughter
Why are our arms so awkward in this photo? Like mother like daughter. Remember the Myer-Briggs test? Uh huh.

brother and sister
The six foot six groom.

husband and wife
Mumsie and Daddums. Their colors coordinate!

Mom and Josh
Look at how pretty the Botanical Gardens are. Even with those awful yellow foothills in the background.

florals
If you have to get married in Boise, this seems like the best place for it.

Lizzie and Joshy
The best man and a bridesmaid. That purple dress photographs nicely, doesn’t it?

roses
We were supposed to show up two hours early for photographs but they didn’t really kick off until an hour before the wedding, and even then I was only required for a few of them. Plenty of time to wander the Gardens.

Lizzie is a poser
SHAZZAM! What a show-off! The black shoes (that I complained about) actually ended up being pretty cute.

groom with parents
My family.

bride, groom, and flower girl
Stephanie, Stewart, and the little flower girl. She did pretty great leading up to the time she had to walk down the “aisle”, and then she had a major meltdown. Children are so unpredictable!

Josh and a bouquet
Joshy holds my bouquet. I thought the flower selection was really nice.

bride and groom
The happy bride and groom. They were very affectionate with each other, and there was a lot of touching and hugging and kissing. I thought it was a very good sign.

mike, kyle and caroline
My uncle Mike, cousin Kyle, and Aunt Caroline. My Aunt Lisa was unable to attend the wedding due to physical problems, and she was dearly missed. She did, however, send a crapload of jewelry for me to pick over and keep, though, which was GREAT. Score!

mom and dad are smiling
I like this shot of my parents.

mini cupcakes
In lieu of a cake, they had about a million mini gourmet cupcakes instead. I had an apple caramel and chocolate ganache, and they were fantastic. My only regret is forgetting to take some home!

Joshy and Anna
Joshy sitting next to the pastor’s wife at the head table. Isn’t she cute? She was really nice. Apparently she’s a talented musician and singer…it’s too bad she didn’t perform at the wedding. The song selection was meh, and when I requested “Groove Is In the Heart” the dj HAD NEVER HEARD OF DEEE-LITE. O-M-G.

Pastor and his wife
The pastor and his wife. Married for eight years with no children? That’s practically unheard of in Idaho.

head table
The head table.

Stephanie and Stewart
I liked Stephanie and her family. Her grandparents are delightful.

S and S
Mawwwww.

best man speech
Joshy giving his Best Man speech. He did a nice job.

first dance
First dance. My brother could use some dance lessons…but I’m pretty sure he had never danced before. Big moment for him!

dances with parents
Stewart and Mumsie. She had attempted to give him a little dance coaching the night before, much to our amusement.

YMCA
Ubiquitous YMCA dance.

Joshy gets down
Joshy gets down. We did dance together for a couple of songs–he spun me around and dipped me once. Too bad no one took pictures of that!

happy flower girl
The little flower girl cheered up.

congrats
The written congratulations. You can see mine in the lower right corner–I was the first to write. Ever since my friend Lisa wrote “Welcome to the club” at our wedding, I’ve been using that line. I don’t know why, but I just like it.

mens
The next day my mother, Josh and I met my uncle and cousin at the Green Belt and had a lovely walk. Until of course I strayed across the path to pet a dog that looked just like Bear Cub and some female cyclist suddenly came up right behind me yelling, “On your left…JESUS CHRIST ON YOUR LEFT.” That wasn’t so fun.

bouquet toss
Bouquet toss!

bouquet catch
And successful catch.

football garter catch
They wrapped the garter belt around a football, and that little boy caught it.

All in all, it was a beautiful wedding. I’m so happy my brother has found love!

Next up: Josh and I are house hunting…and today we made our very first bid! Yes! Scream! Holler! Excitement! More about that to come!

2 thoughts on “My little brother got married

  1. It seems an awesome wedding. I loved your dress, the color, the size, everything about it. The Dj’s not knowing Dee Lite is a huge bummer. I have seen worse from down here. We once had “blindly” hired a DJ who did not know who Britney Spears was. Go figure!?

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