Here comes the flower girl.............and......yes, the ring bearer!

We had the privilege of being a part of one of the most beautiful weddings! Our dear friends, Kyle and Carly, were wed on July 1 st. (Carly has lived with us for 1 1/2 years). The wedding took place in her parents' Oklahoma backyard... hot, humid, but gorgeous! The house butts up to this neat wooded hillside that had been landscaped, and had twinkle lights on trees, with candles in jars hanging from shepherd's hooks. It was so picturesque and dreamy! Han, of course, considered her role as one of the most important, and performed it like a professional flower girl. As she walked down the isle, she started dropping flowers, then saw Russ at the front, and started running towards him (he had a sucker for her). She got almost to him and had this "oh, fiddlesticks, I'm supposed to be thwowing these fwowuhs" look on her face. So she reached in and quickly grabbed a couple of handfuls, emptying her basket. She set the basket down right in the middle of the isle on top of the flowers, grabbed her sucker from Daddy, and marched right over to her spot. She had a single ray of sun spotlighting her during the ceremony and enjoyed her sucker, wiggling just a little. Hud, on the other hand, was a bit questionable about whether or not he'd be able to help his Uncle Kyle marry. He carried his toy fishing pole, which had 2 rings hanging from the end. I nudged him down the isle with Hannah, but he looked back, and noticed that the videographer was squatting at his level. For some reason, he locked gazes with this video camera, and was giving it a "go to H- E- double hockey sticks" look. I quickly reminded him that Daddy had a sucker down the isle for him, and that was all it took to get him to do his job. The groomsmen (Russ was included) and bridesmaids were able to sit on a small rock retaining wall during the ceremony, so Hud just sat on Russ' lap. He managed to find a small rock, and lobbed it into the audience, hitting an old lady on the leg. It didn't hurt her, but he had to apologize after the wedding. The night ended after the reception, with a fireworks show that really freaked the kids out, and the Bride and Groom drove down the long driveway in a silver Mercedes convertible, while the guests waved sparklers at them.