The Dance

The Drink

Us With the Happy Couple and Us with Jess

Sand Unity Ceremony

The Kiss

Hands and Feet

The morning of the wedding Jess, her sister Mandy, and I went to have our nails and our feet done. It was such a good time. We sat in those chairs with a small tub on the bottom to soak your feet in and we all giggled like school girls. Its not easy taking a picture one handed with this camera.

Little Jess is Married

   The wedding went very well. Jess was gorgeous. I had to hold back sobs as hubby and Jess appeared. The look on his face was pure love for her. I told the hubby later when the party was in full swing, I know she is not ours, but I feel like our little girl just got married. I hope they are always as happy together as they were on Thursday. 

   I can only hope we are blessed with a daughter of our own for him to have this experience again. I swear there are times when I am perfectly happy not having any kids, but there are other times when my arms ache to hold a child that is apart of both of us.

   I learned that I still have a lot to learn on the photography front. I may have also figured out if I do become a professorial at this that weddings may not be my cup of tea. There were so many variables that came in to play. Some pictures are not to bad others, well they went bye, bye. Luckily I took several shots of each pose so I did not miss any of the important events of the wedding. I also got my feelings hurt. This should not have bothered me at all. Really. Jessica's new hubby does not have a lot of family. I know his parents passed away, but that is about all I know. The people that have raised him said something about knowing some professional that didn't have a 50 dollar camera to do the wedding photos. I admit I got angry, but just let it go. The thing is my camera is not a 50 dollar camera, not that there is anything wrong with a 50 dollar camera but that is not what I have. It is not like I charged them for the taking of the pictures. Heck I am even paying to have them printed out. Jess knew that this would be a learning experience for me and was cool with it. So, needless to say between my not so hot pictures and this person I am feeling  sorry  for myself. But, I will not let that stop my enjoyment of taking pictures, nor will I let this person steal my happy memories of this day because I had a blast. And now some of the better pictures for your enjoyment. 

She made a beautiful bride

Hubby is on the left, Groom in the middle, and the best man on the  right.

Cutie Pie as the flower girl and her sister, who helped her with the task.

Yeah this is the holding back the sobs moment.

Moments after the kiss. 

Garter time

Her feet were killing her in those shoes. A sweet moment no one else noticed.

A toast was being made in both of their honor. They look radiant together.

Little Jess is getting Married

Little Jess is getting married. I have spent the morning making her bridal bouquet and bridesmaid bouquets.  She told us she was getting married at Christmas time of this year. Then it became next summer, because she could not afford it. Then suddenly it was on the 30th of this month. 

We have less than a week to put this shin dig together. I was a little confused at the sudden change of plans. The we have to do this now attitude, but no one wanted to ask her why? Why the change, why so soon? It turns out the Navy will not let him stay with her on base unless they are married. 

Yesterday was a crazy shopping day, 7 straight hours of non stop shopping. I am once again sick of looking at wedding stuff. It got that way after my own wedding. I think we managed to get everything thing. 

Little Jess is not traditional in any way. Instead of a unity candle, we are going to have a unity sand ceremony. This is really a neat idea. Especially since this will be outside. No more worrying about keeping the unity candle lit. 

 I am happy she is happy. I am supportive of her, because I know how it felt not to be supported when I made the choice to get married. Do I worry if she is not ready for this step, Yes. Do I worry that the man she is marrying is not ready, Yes. But you have to let them live their life. So I am crafting the day away. Come Thursday morning I will spend several hours blowing up balloons, it will be fun for all. I told Jess I would take pics, hubby is walking her down the isle. He teared up when she asked him. Of course that made me tear up. I only hope I do not cry too hard. I want  to see where I am shooting at. The camera that is. That did not sound quite right.