Matthew and Brandi's Wedding in Union Springs, Alabama

Our ceremony was held behind the barn under the most beautiful alter with a chandelier. The alter post were wrapped with greenery. The alter overlooked the pasture area where some of the farm animals grazed. We had instumental music playing while the guest were being seated and then picked a few favorite songs for the processional. My dad and I walked from the top of a hill over a bridge to then go down the isle. It was a long special walk for us and so beautiful. During the ceremony we had Matthew's sisters read the meaning behind the "God's Knot", as we tied together three cords as a symbol of our unity with God and eachother. Our officant made our ceremony so special and uniquely about us. We stayed lost in eachother during the vows and ring exchange as if we were the only ones there. When our offficent said, "you may now kiss your bride", Matthew grabbed and kissed me. As soon as his lips touched mine, the donkey's in the pasture started going crazy, heehawing. It made for a hilarious ending to the ceremony!

Inside the barn was our reception. We had white table cloths with white lanterns in distressed boxes, surrounded by greenery, pinecones and white roses. We had a band (O.T.I) for our reception music and first dances. For food we used Gails down the street. Our menu included; fried catfish, chicken tenders, pork tenderlion, fried ocra, hush puppies, salad bar and loaed mashed potato bar. For dessert we had banana pudding and our wedding cakes. My wedding cake was 4 layers; the top and third layer were naked and traditional wedding cake, the second and bottom layer were starwberry with cream cheese icing. My cake was decorated with greenery and white roses. Matthews cake was butterfinger cake batter with butterfinger and peanuttbutter icing. His cake was decorated with starwberrries, butterfinger candy, and shot gugn shells. We hadd a kids table in the reception area that displayed small paint pallettes filled with candy peices and a cupcake in the center. The centerpieces of the kids tablee included a sign and dumdum sucker bouquets. We also had a memory table in the recpetion area, with photographs of loved ones who are no longer with us. We danced the night away and had a blast. For our send off we did sparklers and ended the night with a dip and a kiss.