Marital Talk

I haven’t abandoned the ol’ blog here.  I’ve had my head underneath a pile of work of another kind.  You see, first of all my cousin, the baby of the family got married.  She asked me to do the photographs.  I wasn’t to excited about it but figured I could do a decent job.  And, we did. 

But, then…when we got to rehearsal (we wanted to see what was going on because we don’t do this all the time so we weren’t familiar with a lot of what was going on), she asked me to be the Director.  Yea, I can do that.  As a matter of fact, I like telling people what to do so, hey, sure, I’m game.

Then, the day after the rehearsal (which was a week before the wedding), she shows up at my house with some blank programs that she had purchased and the name of the wedding party participants.  She didn’t however have anything else written down nor did she know what she wanted the programs to say……so….sure I can do that.

That took me a full week.  Then, the wedding came and it took me the last two weeks to get the photos edited.  I have to be a brag butt and share my 3 favorite photos…..I’m fairly certain that I’ve already posted these but I really do like them so…hey, you are gonna have to look again…..

Ok, well, this is more than 3 but when I got started… I didn’t know where to stop….the first 3 are my favorite 3 but there are really more that I like a whole lot….if I have to say so myself…

not your traditional pictures by the way…..my favorites I mean…they aren’t your traditional wedding photos for the most part…they are either poses I dreamed up or saw on someone’s website….

this was staged by the way…they really weren’t that bored, lol

I love this photo…if I can figure out how to get that darn set of drums out of the background…argh

now some others that I really really like…

And, since I’ve shared so much of this, let me tell you, she walked down the aisle to "Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisleinstead of the wedding march.  The groom pulled the red carpet out for her on the first verse, we opened the doors on the first chorus and then we edited out the "sweet 16" verse and she walked down the aisle to the following words….

She’ll change her name today.
She’ll make a promise and I’ll give her away.
Standing in the bride-room just staring at her.
She asked me what I’m thinking and I said "I’m not
sure-I just feel like I’m losing my baby girl."
She leaned over…gave me butterfly kisses with her mama there,
Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair
"Walk my down the aisle, Daddy-it’s just about time."
"Does my wedding gown look pretty, Daddy? Daddy, don’t cry!"

Oh, with all that I’ve done wrong I must have
done something right.
To deserve your love every morning and butterfly
kisses-I couldn’t ask God for more, man this is what love is.

I know I gotta let her go, but I’ll always remember
every hug in the morning and butterfly kisses.

If you’ve never heard the song before, get a listen here:

And, then, when they were introduced as Mr. and Mrs….they left the alter to the Beetles song, I’m a Believer…

I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for me.
Oh, love was out to get me
That’s the way it seems
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.
Then I saw her face
Now I’m a believer.
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind.
I’m in love
(uuuuuu)
I’m a believer, I couldn’t leave her
if I tried
I thought love was more or less a given thing
The more I gave the less I got,
What’s the use of trying
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine I got rain
Then I saw her face,
Now i’m a believer.
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind.
I’m in love
(uuuuuu)
I’m a believer, I couldn’t leave her
if I tried
Oh, love was out to get me
That’s the way it seems
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.
Then I saw her face
Now I’m a believer.
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind.
I’m in love
(uuuuuu)
I’m a believer, I couldn’t leave her
if I tried
I’m a believer