Ryan and Amanda - My little brother is married!

Okay, so I'm finally ready to post about my brother's wedding! Warning, this is one huge post!

Ryan and Amanda got married on a winter wonderland of a day, February 23rd. The wedding was in Rockport, my hometown, and where Ryan and Amanda will reside. Prior to the wedding an ice storm had left everything glistening. Perfect for a winter wedding. After the rehearsal, my parents hosted the rehearsal dinner at their home. It was really the perfect setting. My mom's friend Kim, who was my New Year's Eve bride, cooked up some fabulous eats!

The next morning I headed to the salon in Owensboro with the ladies. Much to my delight, they had complimentary long john's (my favorite donut, no filling of course). They did a great job with hair and makeup. You can tell that they had their work cut out for them curling ALL of Amanda's long red hair. Driving back to my parent's house, I found my brother and the guys getting ready to head to the church. We were at the church with plenty of time to take some relaxed pictures before the ceremony. Larry, the minister who married us, performed the ceremony. A special twist was that Amanda had all of the grandparents as well as parents light the unity candle. After great words of wisdom from Larry in the message, we rounded up the large families for some group shots after they were pronounced man and wife. (weird sounding to the big sis)

The reception was a dessert buffet that even included Amanda's favorite, M&M's. A live band from Indy played classic love tunes. Ryan and Amanda danced to "Baby, it's Cold Outside", which couldn't have been more appropriate for the day. Toasts, bouquet and garter were all to follow. My cousin, Jordan, who has been dating Tim's good friend, John (a groomsmen of ours), since after our wedding, caught the bouquet. Watch out brides, she has vertical. As Amanda and Ryan left the church, rice roses were thrown at them. On Sunday they headed to a cabin in Georgia to enjoy their honeymoon week. Congrats you two! May God be the foundation of your marriage with love and patience always being present.

Me and Ry in our younger, cuter years!

Dinner at my parent's

Lots of curls

Truth captured, ties are uncomfortable

Cool motion blur

So handsome

Amanda sported a good 5 or 6 extra inches

My dad loves to cheese for the camera!

The guys pose without guidance

Love the wide angle!

All grown up

Stunning bride

The ladies with their winter capes- superhero bridesmaids!

Great shot by Tim

Neat branches on the candle holders

"The Kiss"

Our family, keep in mind Amanda still has those heels on!

Amanda's family

Mr. & Mrs. Reid

A favorite

Amanda is a full time nanny and this is one of "her" boys Cole.

This is big brother Parker

Love the honks we get when taking pictures

Yummy

Yes, those are sugar flowers!

Anyone who knows my brother knows he LOVES coffee. (understatement)

My loyal blog reader, my grandpa "Grumps"

Rice everywhere

Winter snuggle

Love the blue door