Bridesmaids, flowergirls & groomsmen
The people who stood beside Brett and Jennifer on their big day — from dress shopping to the ceremony.
Photo: Gloria, Jen, Renee, Heather, Rylie, Tyler I am adding many of the great shots of my bridesmaids, flowergirls, and officiant in this post. Thank you amazing gals for all your love and support!
Read moreAs the maid of honor, I have the honor of sharing a few thoughts about the bride and groom. Are you two game for this….? I’ll start with the lovely bride, my sister Jennifer. I have had the honor and joy of knowing Jennifer for all of her life and I can…
Read moreScott Petrie, Best Man May I please have your attention. As the best man I get the honor of toasting the bride and groom. Jennifer and Brett, thank you for including all of us in this special day. It has been a beautiful wedding that is fitting and…
Read moreI came home this evening after my walk to an email from Rylie saying “I love the flower girl dress!!!” This is great! The first flowergirl dress arrived with 46 DAYS TO SPARE! It’s lovely and Rylie looks fantastic in it (as you can see above!) Hopefully…
Read moreAfter many decisions… tuxes are ordered from: THE TUX SHOP 825 Bellevue Way Bellevue, WA 98004 (425) 453-2227 Who knew picking out tuxes could take SO LONG??!?
Read moreWe’ve ventured out to look at tuxes a couple times, kind of overwhelming with a lot of options. Today, we went to Mens Warehouse. It was a little strange because some young teen was helping us, and you looked at a non-descript catalog. I much prefered when we…
Read moreToday I realized that it could take 10-16 weeks to get the dresses in– 16 weeks is June 18th. Doesn’t allow a lot of time for alterations considering it’s peak wedding season! So, after a little plea out to Renee and Debi, the flowergirl dresses will be…
Read moreTonight, Renee and I met at Nordstrom’s and decided on a bridesmaid dress! (FINALLY!) It’s a black cocktail style with see through straps, fitted waist, and a flowy knee length skirt. Now I just have to make sure Heather and Gloria are able to get their sizes…
Read moreThis week, mom and I ran across these adorable orange buckets. They inspired me to find pink ribbon, and rinestones to doll up for the flowergirl buckets. Here’s how they turned out: I ran by Renee’s to show her. Tyler got a hold of the bucket and practiced…
Read moreOk, so after I sent all the info to the bridesmaids about the dresses we picked… they are not actually availble in all the sizes we need. I guess that means–back to the drawing board. Sigh.
Read moreToday Mom, Renee, Debi, Tyler, Rylie, and I (what a crew!) went David’s Bridal so the girls could try on flower girl dresses. Yes, after 1 long year… the girls FINALLY geet to try dresses on. It was the moment they have been waiting for. They said the cutest…
Read moreToday Mom, Renee, Debi, Tyler, Rylie, and I were downtown Seattle looking for bridesmaid and flower girl dresses. Even though I called Macy’s and they said they didn’t carry the dress I was looking for… We got there and they did have it! Renee tried on the…
Read moreOur Officiant is official. Miss. Whitney McConnell, my darling friend of many years has offered to be our wedding officiant. She will be ordained, and will be marrying us on July 7, 2007. Tonight Brett and I met for drinks (to discuss the wedding of course!).…
Read moreRYLIE SHATOS We dropped Rylie off and she proceeded to knock Debi over with excitement. She giggled and shared the news. Keagan seemed a little disappointed, and we offered him a flower girl roll, but he declined. 🙂 Rylie is anxious to look at bridal magazine…
Read moreRenee, Brett, Tyler, Rylie, and I all met at Cold Stone for ice cream. Rylie & Tyler thought it was to celebrate Rylie’s birthday which happened to be March 2nd. After ordering some yummy ice cream, Tyler informs Rylie that there were flower girl tryouts last…
Read moreAs the photographs show–mom did a great job with her embroidery machine. The shirts turned out super cute… Maybe Carson is right–”Grandma Rose is a Genius!”
Read moreToday Renee, Tyler and I went to lunch, tea, and then we had our nails done. I gave a card with an illustrated red dress and a written note inside to Renee… “My Sister” She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your…
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