The Wedding Day of Mr & Mrs Alex Craig

Wedding Day!!!

 All dressed up for the big celebration!

 We walked up to the church right as the groom Alex arrived.  As he walked past us into the church, Jack said to Alex, "Amelia is a girl. Amelia is a princess."  Of course, information Jack thought Uncle Alex needed to know as he walked into the church to get married. :-)

 Alex and Mom. Stunning.

 The chapel

 Just less than a week before, Barrett & I had celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary.  How time flies!

Parents of the groom

 Ring Bearers.  Best outfits ever!!!

Here comes the bride. The first look at the bride.

Alex's Princess. Jennifer was truly a stunning bride!

 The ceremony

 Mr & Mrs Alex Craig

The reception was at the Glasgow Farm - Jennifer's family's farm in the barn

 We were greeted by goats!

 Drink station

 This was the cake display that Alex created.  It was dangling from the ceiling then when it was time to cut the cake, music was played and it was gently lowered to the bride and groom.

 Jack had his name at the mini head table.  He was proud to have a spot at the little table.

Such a perfect reception.  Perfect for the prince & princess.

 All around the barn there were wedding pictures displayed of the parents and grandparents.

 Some of the Craig family by the old gas pumps outside the farm

 Grandparents of the groom - Mimie & Papa 

 Grandy

Off to the chicken coop

 The chicken coop 

 The turkeys

Cousins - Maeve, Amelia & Eliana

There were sooo many little boy cousins but I never thought to round them up together before it was too late.

 A sitting area outside the barn.

 The bride and groom

 Dinner - the Glasgow family is amazing.  The whole family not only had the reception at their farm but also made all the food and sweets for the reception.  It was incredibly delicious!  I could use more of those sweet potatoes right about now!

 Jennifer and Alex - So happy!

 Our family (with a turkey in the background on the fence)

Standing by the barn door.  Not your typical barn with chandeliers hanging inside.

 The music started and the cake was lowered.  Fairytale wedding.

 Just what Jack had been waiting for...cake!

 Oliver took over the dance floor with some break dancing during one song. Hilarious!

 Twirling in her dress

 To finish off the night there was a fireworks display...

 ...and sparklers to send them off!

I am so excited for my little brother Alex and new sister-in-law Jennifer!  They are two extremely talented people and we are all so excited to see where the Lord takes them together.

****Note: Not all of these photos were taken by me.  A few of them I got off of other peoples facebook statuses.  If one of these pictures happens to be yours, thank you!  I loved your picture and wanted to remember the memories.  It was hard to get pictures while running around keeping 2 small children in order :-)

Day Before the Wedding

 The Groom with Mom and Dad at the hotel the day before the wedding.  Getting ready to go to the barn to set up for wedding preparations.

 Our hotel had a big breakfast each morning.  It was perfect getting to have a nice meal and get to sit with all the family that was staying there too.

 Mom & I helped with getting the favors ready.  We cut parchment paper, ribbon & tulle to then later wrap up the yummy homemade dessert favors.

 Our hotel was kind enough to let us use one of their big meeting rooms for our project. It was great having big tables to work with and having a door we could close so the kiddos were contained in one area while we worked.  It's the little things that make me so happy!

 We took a quick trip to the barn to drop off the project we were working on.  While there, Jack got to meet the turkeys!

 Hannah took Jack past the turkey's and into the barn to see the project Daddy was working on.

 Alex was building a platform for the wedding cake to be displayed on and lowered down into the barn (more pictures coming soon), so Barrett spent some of the day helping out with that, along with other projects.

We had some pool time at the hotels indoor pool.  This was our first trip to the pool this season and it was a big hit!

We went to the wedding rehearsal just to watch.  My favorite part was watching Oliver practice for his part as one of the ring bearers.  He took his part very seriously and was trying so hard to take the right steps (left, together, right, together).  It was adorable!

The rehearsal dinner was at the Kenmore Inn (an adorable bed & breakfast) in the beautiful historical downtown section of Fredericksburg, VA.  

 Kids table

 We sat with Tara, Jacob & Hannah in the room with the kids.

 The bride and groom 

There were so many cool places to take pictures there, but of course I didn't end up with many.

 Our family

 Aaron and his fiance Brynn

 Late that night after the rehearsal dinner, some of us went back to the farm and worked on completing wrapping the favors (the best ever homemade raspberry marshmallows on a bed of chocolate and smothered with coconut).  This brides family knows how to cook & bake! 

The Sisters and future sister-in-laws - Tara, Hannah, Brynn (who's wedding will be sometime next year), Myself & Jennifer (the bride!!!)