I do I do!

Taylor Family Circa 8~22~'06

The Story behind the cakes...

When Libby was a little girl, she would tell people that when she grew up, she was going to marry "Roger Ploka-Dot" and have a big hamburger cake - I guess this has been a family joke with them all these years! (So Brad's name isn't Roger Ploka-Dot - he was the guy with the purple patches in the kindergarten schoool play, and some of them had polka dots - is that close enough?)
*Funny story -
a day or two after the wedding, I tended the girls, and had a hard time getting Arilie to eat her lunch, so I told her if she would eat it, she could have some cake from the wedding (we had tons of it left-over.) She brightened up and said "can I have a taste of the "crabby patty" cake? That made me laugh - one of the most often asked questions at the wedding was "does it taste like cake, or like hamburger?" LOL!

More wedding photos

1) Libby's trouseau.
2) Libby's dad's antique wagon

3) The wdding guests.

4) Brad's slide show and music center.

5) Messy car!

The Party's Over...

...the deed is done - my son #2 is a married man!
After all those weeks of planning and work, and two full days setting up in the hot sun, it all came together and it was a beautiful day! All the things I had worried about the most seemed to be what people liked the most! (the cake - no wedding line etc.) There were only a couple of glitches - Libby's brother (who they weren't expectiing to be able to come,) let them know he was on his way, which delayed the ceremony a few minutes, and we had a little misunderstanding about who was in charge of the buffet - other than that, it all went pretty smoothly.
Bradley looked awesome in his 1962 vintage tux,(a la Debbie) red shirt and wing-tip shoes - and the bride was a doll in her little cotton skirt and blouse, her wreath of flowers, and that bright beautiful bouquet.
I had purchased 3 different outfits (because I just couldn't find exactly what I was looking for) Brad requested that I wear the red dress. (I was leaning away from that one because I was afraid I would look like a big red barn (which I did) and stick out like a sore thumb in all the photos (which I did!) but oh well, I just wanted my boy to be happy.
The slide show came together (thanks to Jenny) and the music Brad picked was actually really nice! Our neighbor (who is a music expert) even commented on it!
We set up cabanas along the back of the yard to give it extra shade, and it worked like a charm - Wayland added Christmas lights to them all for when it got dark, and that was such a pretty effect!
We had a big crowd right up to the very end, and we have had so many wonderful compliments since! I felt very good about it all!
Brad and I had to go shopping for his white tie the day before, and I had finally got the chance to give him my "motherly advice" about some of the challenges I have forseen for him, and as we were packing up the gifts that night, I got the chance to give him a hug and tell him how proud I am of him. I want so much for them to just be happy ( and he said that he is!)