Show Us Your Life - Wedding Party & Flowers

My husband and I were married on May 31, 2008. Our ceremony and reception were both held at RH Philips - a winery near our hometown. For our wedding, we each had four attendants. Here are mine:

From left to right - Michelle, Stephanie, myself, Shara and Carrie. Michelle and I met on a house boating trip in 2004. Friendship was instantaneous with her, Carrie and I.  Stephanie became fast friends with Shara and I in the sixth grade. Shara and I have known one another since we were three and in preschool, the rest is history! Carrie is also Matt's sister. She actually used to be Shara's after school "nanny" and is the reason that I first saw Matt at age 15. Three years later, she showed up at her brother's to find me on the couch. She and I became close quickly, and couldn't be happier to not only be friends, but sisters too!

Here are Matt's groomsmen, plus my brother and his Dad:

From left to right - Justin, Zach, Marc, Matt (the groom - what a hottie!), Jeff, Mitch and Jason. Justin and Matt have been friends since they were babies going to the same day care. Zach is Carrie's (Matt's sister) husband, he fits right in with all these boys. Marc has been Matt's step-brother for seven years and they are pretty close. Jeff is Matt's Dad. Mitch is my brother. Jason is Matt's good friend, and was his best man.

And here are just some fun pictures, taken after the ceremony:

The whole wedding party - Justin, Zach, Mitch, Marc, Jason, Groom, Bride, Carrie, Steph, Shara, Michelle....

                                                                   Matt and the Girls...

Me with the Boys...

I have to include a special picture of my brother and I. Our Dad passed away when I was 17 and Mitch was 14. On my wedding day, I couldn't imagine anyone other than my little brother giving me away. He did an amazing job and it was so special to share that walk down the aisle with him.

And here's a picture of my Mom and I. She was wonderful on my wedding day, and on all of the days leading up to the wedding - thank you Mom!

I didn't have a lot in the way of flowers for our wedding. Our ceremony and reception was held at a winery, so I felt like the natural landscape was pretty much enough in the way of decor. For my bouquet, I did orange-red calla lilies. Matt's boutineer matched. The girls had bouquets of white callas and the groomsmen, my brother, and Matt's Dad also had white.

My centerpieces were Gerbera Daisy's in a square container with silver-black marbles. They were on all of the tables, as well as the table that held the guestbook.

For ceremony music, we had our DJ pick a classical piece for the parents to be escorted down to. Then, our wedding party walked in to Pachebal's Canon in D. Finally, I walked down to "Unchained Melody" by The Rightcheous Brothers. Untraditional, but I loved walking toward Matt while that song played. Here are some pictures of my husband and I that day. A year later, I couldn't love hime more!

I'm so excited about these show us your life posts!! It's really fun to go back to the best day of my life and share!!