July 11, 2019

Reception


While people were getting tables ready, Tori wanted pictures of her and her girls in front of the arch thingy. 





This is the tricky part of pictures--Cara is not smiling as terrifically as the next picture, but....


...Livie closed her eyes here, so.... 


Bouquets


Abilene being Auntie-ed




Rings


Setting up centerpieces. 

Colorado mule deer antler sheds, teapots with baby's breath, some pussywillows and hemlock, and a stack of books that Tori loves with a few hunting and fishing books thrown in for Craigen. 


Then a lantern and salt and pepper shakers and a candle.


Throwing the bouquet to this crowd


Tori


The first time she threw it, she went to high and it hit the wood above her head, falling on her. The second time it went! 


Hattie caught it! 


Looking to see who caught it


Hattie


Prepping the watermelon


Running around


The milkhouse "kitchen" and a slightly insane Nina




A few more pictures with Tori




Cowgirl boots, white linen, and sunshine


The Three Musketeers


The Gordon girls and the Vaughan girls


The Gordons


Abilene checking out the scene outside


Admiring the brisket


Being cute in a fuzzy sort of way


A birds eye view



Boundless energy


But a little tired. 

I love this picture! 


Guest book and wedding favor table.


The nieces and nephews sang "Perfect" to Tori and Craigen. Tori was in love with that song when she and Craigen started dating.



The cake


It was just as yummy as it was beautiful! 




Some informal table shots





Evan and Elsie and all their friends. 


Front table


Tori and her red and white bib. 


We didn't want brisket on the wedding dress



It was very relaxed and laidback! 


The Hall/Long table



Girls table apparently!


Worker-ish table







The lovebirds



Orianna talking to Klinton


Cutting the cake



Cutting a cake is easy until 75 people are staring at you. 


First bites



Then Klinton suggested an open mike and lots of great Tori and Craigen stories were shared. 

Monte had to go twice there were so many.




This is not something we had planned, but it was so nice. 


Gilbert stole my camera for a bit. 

He loves Trudy





We went with cozy for the table centerpieces and it makes me happy! 


Lindsey went around and took real pictures of each table--asking people to look at her. 


She used her phone, but these pictures are so much nicer than the candid ones! 





Cris can only behave for one picture apparently! 








Our intrepid food person! 


2 comments:

Cecil and Amy said...

I love the idea of open mic. And by the looks of wet eyes on the people there, there were some mighty good stories being told- whether people were laughing so hard they cried or the teller was giving a touching story.

I rate the table decor 5 stars!!!

Virginia said...

I'm lol-ing at my insane kitchen pic! This is why I'm relegated to the milkhouse for formal occasions. ;-) It's really fun to see these pics b/c I didn't get much of a chance to see it actually happening in-person so I can catch up now!