Cathy Got Married, Part 2
Hi again! So I have a few more pictures to show you from the day of the wedding. I didn't take any ceremony pictures because I was IN the wedding, and we couldn't use flash in the church, so no Jacob-tastic ceremony pictures either. But I have tons and tons of us getting ready and the reception ... oh yeah.
Somebody's getting married....today!
(P.S. to Cat-that song is from The Muppets Take Manhattan! I knew it was real!)
This is us on the way to the salon to get our hair done. Aren't we fabby? I have before and after shots of each one of us, but I won't bore you with those. Just know that Dree and Co Salon in Athens was totally awesome, and we had two marvelous stylists to do all of our hair. I seriously did not think they could get my short, layered hair into an up do, and they SO did. Go Team!
Cathy and Vicky hanging out at Dree and Co
Wanna see more? Extended entry, bay-bee....
So the salon was so much fun. We did hair, we ate lunch there, and I even cut my toenails and gave myself a mani/pedi. (Look, the salon was booked, and I'm cheap.) (oh, and the name of my nail polish : "Mauving to Manitoba" ... love that!) Here's the only knitting photo you get for the entire wedding....
After the beauty session, we went straight to the church to start getting ready. ACCK!
We sat around for a while, just relaxing, and marveling over how calm Cat was. I definitely think I was jumpier than her right up to the start of the wedding.
Here's me fixing Cat's manicure she's wearing her undergarments but not the actual dress yet.
Here's Cathy in her beautiful dress and veil -- hello, is she a princess or what? SO pretty.
Here we are - the sisters in our fancy get up! Don't we clean up good?
Bridesmaids! Larken, me, Victoria, Michelle, Anne. What fun girls!
Right before we go in!
I love that picture because she looks so real -- like, so beautiful, but her face is like, umm, oh my god I'm getting MARRIED....The ceremony was absolutely breathtaking. Everything went smoothly, I cried a sea of tears, as did my sister Michelle and the bride herself. My dad walked her down the aisle, and I totally lost my shit when they came down...it was so sweet and beautiful. I stood up on the altar to give her the ring, and I had such a great view of Wes' face...his expressions were so sweet and loving, I wanted to give him a big old hug! I sang Jesu, and it went well, and I didn't bawl in the middle of it. YAY.
Reception Time!
Dude, if you live in the South and need a freakin' wedding band, you seriously need to call The Laigh Langley Band...they ROCK. They played so much fun stuff! All danceable, and great. Wes' family LOVES beach music, and Cathy has grown to love it through them, so there were lots of beach songs played. They danced to Earth Angel ... awwww.
And the food! oh. the food. And the flowers! But let me just show you some pics:
Cathy and Dad.
Mr. R dances with Mrs. R
Four giggly girls -- me, Anna, Erica and Anne Marie.
Carrieoke gives a toast while the totally adorable best man watches (Wes' brother, Will.)
Cathy and Wes toast back! (and Cathy, your arms look FIERCE. Yes, I said fierce. Look at those biceps!)
Cutting the cake(Wes got some icing on his tux. Aren't they cute?)
Again, I have a million I could post. But can you see from these how gorgeous it was? They were just adorable. It was definitely the busiest wedding I've ever attended, too -- I felt like I had a lot of responsibility to talk to family, and say hi to everyone, and so for a lot of the reception I was RUNNING around. But after I made my toast (phew!), I felt like I could kick back. and we DANCED so much....Cathy and I did the shag, and I did the twist with some of my little cousins, and just goofed around.
I am glad it's over, but all the hard work and time and effort that my whole family put into this wedding was SO worth it, because it was just amazing. And Jacob - oh, the rock star that he is. He totally was on call all the time, so helpful, and just generally awesome to have around. Yay for cute talented photographers who are also your boyfriend. (Although, I look like a weird plastic bridesmaid doll or a spaz in just about every picture....sometimes it doesn't matter how good the camera man is.)
Okay, I promise I will be back to the knitting blog next time. I just had to get all these posted up ... for you, of course, but for me, too, so I can have an easy place to come look at wedding pics and giggle about how fun the wedding was. *giggle*
Comments (23)
What an awesome entry!!! All the pictures are wonderful. You all look so great! And your sis' dress was PERFECT. What a beautiful day it must have been!
Posted by Becky | November 30, 2004 11:06 AM
Oooh! It looks like you all had such a great day! Thanks for sharing your sister's special day with us. Your family is the cutest!
Posted by Giao | November 29, 2004 4:22 PM
hey carrie - what a fabulous day! you all look gorgeous and your sis definitely looks the part of a princess. :) thanks for posting all the pics - i too was totally fascinated, though i don't "know" either of you! :)
Posted by melissa j | November 29, 2004 10:35 AM
What wonderful memories! Congrats to the Rumfelts! Looks like you had a great time, and congrats on getting through your song with no tears! What a pro!
Posted by heather | November 29, 2004 10:34 AM
it looks like it was a magical day but i need more info...what about the cake and the favors?! there's no such thing as too many details...
Posted by yvonne | November 29, 2004 3:24 AM
dude, thats so rad! did you ever stop and look at cathy and think about how that is what you're gonna look like when/if you get married? twins! that's madness!!
i give you double props for knitting while getting your hair did. :P
Posted by nicole | November 28, 2004 2:11 PM
Cathy's dress is absolutely gorgeous! She is the most beautiful bride! And you look so beautiful in your bridesmaid's gear too! Weddings are so awesome....brings a smile to my face.
Posted by Evelyn | November 28, 2004 1:02 PM
Oh Carrie, what beautiful and fun pictures! The happiness, silliness, and love are just so evident in every single one!
Posted by Jen | November 27, 2004 7:10 PM
of course there's no apology necessary for non-knitting content at a time like this, especially for your own twin sister's wedding. i'm glad everything went so smoothly and everybody seemed so happy.
Posted by karen | November 27, 2004 3:41 PM
You all look sooo fabulous. It must be so cool to be a twin. I have 1 sister and we are not at all close. :-(
Have a great weekend!!!
Posted by Eilene | November 27, 2004 7:37 AM
Congratulations to your sister! You all looked gorgeous!
Posted by Anne | November 26, 2004 6:16 PM
Your family is uber-photogenic! Cathy is a spectacular bride. I'm so happy the big day went so well -- looks like a blast. Best wishes to all of you, and especially the newlyweds!
Posted by alison | November 26, 2004 11:20 AM
The wedding looks beautiful! It makes me even more excited about planning my upcoming wedding. I hope that my friends, my sister and I can all have as happy a time as you and your sister! You all look beautiful!
Posted by Jen S. | November 25, 2004 11:36 PM
is will available? :)
Posted by carolyn | November 25, 2004 7:04 PM
Aw!! What an amazing wedding!
Your sister looks like an angel- her dress is GORGEOUS! I love the ribbon detailing on it and the matching veil. So pretty!
You guys look like you had an awesome time...
Posted by frecklegirl | November 25, 2004 12:30 PM
I'm really glad you posted all this--is it weird that I was super curious about your sister's wedding even though I've never met her? It seems like it went really great. Everyone always says that all weddings are beautiful and fun and so forth, but honestly, sometimes they aren't very fun and/or they seem like this weird stilted going-through-the motions type of thing...anyways, my point is that from what I can see here Cathy and Wes had the kind of wedding everyone wants to attend and to have for themselves--beautiful but not antiseptic/overdone, full of genuine feeling and fun and just a very real celebration of two human beings that love each other. In other words, yay!
Posted by susan | November 25, 2004 12:18 PM
OOOOH OOOOH!! YAY!!! Thanks for posting these! Cat looks BEAUTIFUL!!! And the two of them look soo swweet together!! It sounds like an amazing wedding. Is it totally un-PC to say that you were *so* the hottest bridesmaid in the party? 'Cause you *totally* were!
Posted by Lara | November 25, 2004 12:25 AM
Cathy looks more like you in these wedding shots than in any other pics - kinda eerie, huh? Is it your turn next? dum, dum, de, dum... (that's a wedding march).
Posted by Julia | November 24, 2004 10:43 PM
I am glad that I'm not the only one who totally lost their shit at their sister's wedding. I was a total basketcase, the whole thing was so sweet and wonderful. I loooove those bridesmaids dresses! You guys look beautiful, great pictures. :)
Posted by Jenn | November 24, 2004 10:36 PM
Looks like it was a beautiful wedding :) The bride looks completely radiant (and I kept having to remind myself it was not YOU!) Thanks for posting them..
Posted by amy | November 24, 2004 9:48 PM
Thanks for sharing the pictures. All of you looked gorgeous and it looks like it was a wonderful wedding. All the best to your twin and her new hubby.
Posted by Suzanne | November 24, 2004 6:53 PM
I was going to comment the other day, because I actually thought to myself on Saturday while I was walking to work "Carrie's twin sister is getting married today." Strange, as I don't think I've ever commented on your blog, so you don't know me . . . but obviously I read it all of the time! I was struck today by the Muppets song . . . my husband and I sang that song to each other for about a month leading up to our wedding! Your sister looked amazing, and so did you! Thanks for keeping such a fantastic blog. I love all of your pictures, especially of the puppers (I know you call them shmoo's but around my house, they are puppers.)
Posted by Becca | November 24, 2004 6:03 PM
I am smiling the biggest smile at work. How wonderful! Cathy and Wes are adorable, for sure. Wedding schmoos.
Posted by Valerie | November 24, 2004 5:28 PM