It was wedding day when I left you yesterday, and I had 40 minutes to get ALL six of us spiffed up, dressed and ready to go!
Super Auntie Lauren to the rescue! 🙂
She popped over from her room next door, and took one girl at a time to braid their hair, while I got the rest of us dressed. Praise the Lord for her amazing braiding skills, I was hoping for a good hour to experiment with the girls’ hair and I am just not a good braider yet. {But I did learn a basic French Braid, FINALLY!}
Here are the end results, she did this gorgeous angled braid that led into a braided bun. BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thanks, Auntie Lauren!
The wedding was at the Military base, so we had to go through security with a photo id check to even get in. See that picture, above collage, top middle? It is a photo of a HUGE cemetery of all the fallen soldiers from that particular fort. May we always remember, our freedom is never free. God bless them.
We got to the church at 2 for pics, the wedding started at 4. Thankfully Dale was amazing and had all the kids eat and nap while I was gone, so they were happy and ready to take photos.
There is nothing more special to me, then seeing two lives joined as one, God’s way. Aaron and Ashley are an amazing example of True Love Waits, and it was such a blessing to be a part of their beautiful day as they made a lifelong covenant before Christ and a church full of family and friends, to die to self, and become one flesh.
Check out the tearful groom, and his PROUD smile when he sees her! LOVE IT!
Guess who walked down the aisle without a moments pause or hint of hesitation? Yup, Pax!
I didn’t even have to use the fruit snacks to try to bribe him to come towards me. He picked up his side of the sign and trucked down the aisle like he had planned it that way all along.
While everyone else was doing the group photos, I grabbed Chad and Lauren for a quick family picture. Aren’t they PRECIOUS?
After that, we headed to the reception:
Look at my sweet girls, bottom right picture below, watching the happy couple and dreaming of their own special day!
My little dancers…..
We danced, laughed and had so much fun, but alas, it was time to head back to the hotel to pack and prepare for a long drive home. As I mentioned yesterday, the kids did great, and we didn’t get out the final activity until an hour from home. Success!
It was a great trip! We will venture cross-country in our car again, SOMEDAY.
~T
4 little Fergusons 