BAM to the BAM

Beautiful. congrats! Love the pics by the waterfall!

My dad and step dad and I

I was going to do like a message in a bottle for centerpieces but instead a simple rose made me happier

Tossing the boquet

My little brother wearing my veil

That was a beautiful dress on you! Gorgeous! You both look so happy! Congratulations to you both!!

Congrats!

It made me feel like a princess.

Oh Joelle you are truly beautiful! Your BAM is gorgeous. How are you not a bright red mess with that hot weather? Thank you for coming back to share

I just pinned that pic of you and DH by the tree with your train draping to my Wedding Photo pinterest board.

Congratulations! That backdrop is gorgeous

Congrats Joelle!!! You guys look SO happy Love your cake design as well - so cool!

Congratulations! I love the waterfall as a backdrop.

@jenni I used a lot of sunblock that day! So many layers... But I needed it and I'm so glad I had it! Because oh my gosh this was me on Saturday after being outside for 45 minutes with no sunblock!

OMG! I love all the pictures! Congratulations and you made such stunning bride! Congrats!

Love the waterfall pics! Congratulations!!

We (well I was) were super stressed about the head count. I invited nearly 100 people, and out of those 100 about 90 rsvp'd yes. But about 75 people showed up. I felt bad because I'm all about being punctual, and I was 45 minutes late to my own wedding, but my DH pulled in around the same Time we did. It's so hard to believe that so much planning was done. And now we are 44 days past the wedding already! Some tips of advice I have for every bride, make sure to eat! I didn't eat anything until the reception and by that point I almost threw up on DH during our first dance. Then when I did eat it was so hot I wasn't able to enjoy it.( so DH and I ordered pizza and chicken wings later). Don't sweat the little stuff because in reality it won't matter that much. My biggest issue was timing. I wanted to be next to my mom and grandma when my dj played my papas song. But we were out taking pictures and I cried. I had such a hard time picking out our music. But when it came down to it. First dance song was faithfully by journey. One of my father daughter songs was daddy dance with me. The other was (probably not to appropriate) but delta dawn with my step dad because growning up we used to sing that song together. My step dad started busting out singing delta dawn while we were dancing. So it definitely surprised me! If you have time do something personal for the people close to you. I had handkerchiefs made for my mom and my grandma that say today of all days I remember you most. I gave them to them with notes while waiting for my hair and makeup lady. The notes were about how lucky I am to have them and what they mean to me. And it was so worth it. The other thing I sent my photographer a list of pictures I wanted and we didn't get but that's okay! Because we ended up getting ones that are just as amazing. So you can plan your every detail out but stuff happens. Remember don't aim to be a Queen on your wedding day, aim to be a princess. Why? Because queens have to much responsibility. But Princesses get to have all the fun.

More of the waterfall

Congratulations!

My grandma and her note