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Rita-Jean
Devoted May 2019

Pro-bam! 5/24/19 (extremely pic heavy!)

Rita-Jean, on June 15, 2019 at 10:33 PM

Posted in Married Life 48

Hi guys! I haven't posted much on here, but I absolutely love these forums, and getting to see everyone's bams. And now it's my turn! I've been dying to post pictures of my dress on here, but because hubby and I share this account (he loves the checklist and guest list tools), I wasn't able to...

Hi guys! I haven't posted much on here, but I absolutely love these forums, and getting to see everyone's bams. And now it's my turn! Smiley laugh I've been dying to post pictures of my dress on here, but because hubby and I share this account (he loves the checklist and guest list tools), I wasn't able to until now.

I guess I'll start with how the day went. It was amazing! Of course, something is always bound to go wrong, and a few little things did, but nothing even close to being able to ruin the day. The main thing was hubby's poor mama was 20 minutes late to the wedding because she put the wrong address into her GPS and headed to my sister's house, where we had our rehearsal dinner the night before, and that is the opposite direction from the hotel as the chapel. Oops!

The weather was absolutely gorgeous (if a little windy), which made it nice going to and from each place, lol.

We had a dry wedding (please no judgments!) with coffee, tea, water, and pink lemonade, and while I did have one person tell me the only reason they didn't dance was because they were sober, we still had a vast majority of guests on the dance floor all evening, which made me so so happy.

So we got married in McKinney, Texas. We invited 184 people, got 82 yeses, and had about 75 show up. So, not too terrible, considering it was Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend.

Ceremony venue: Bella Donna Chapel

Reception venue/Caterer: Stonebridge Ranch Country Club

Dress: Allure Bridals #9619 (purchased from Pence & Panache in Burleson, TX)

Hair: Sara from Hello Gorgeous in Allen, TX. She's my sister's usual hairstylist, and she did an awesome job on me and my girls!

Makeup: my friend Heather, who refused payment and did mine and almost all my girls' makeup for fun.

Tuxes: Men's Wearhouse

Bridesmaid's dresses (minus groomswoman's outfit that she got on Amazon): Dillard's

Photography: Randal Stewart Photography (seriously probably the best decision we made besides deciding to get married!)

Cake: Cakes by Design (owner Tabitha Ballard)

Limo: Prime Limo

I'm sure there's other vendors I'm missing, but I'm doing this while sitting on my bed away from my paperwork and these are the main ones I can think of off the top of my head, lol. Also if I missed saying some info that you want to know, don't hesitate to ask! I'm home and both hubby and I are back at work so I'm already back to lurking the forums, so I'll be able to answer you pretty quick. Plus I haven't gotten tired of talking about the wedding yet, but my family sure is! Smiley xd I need new people to talk to about it!

All righty! Time for the best part: pictures! It was so hard to narrow it down, but I tried my best.

Probably my favorite picture out of all 700cfb_1219671.jpg

The chapelcfb_1219673.jpg

My shoes and flowers!cfb_1219675.jpg

I seriously love our photographercfb_1219677.jpg

Randy is the best!cfb_1219679.jpg

My ring and flowerscfb_1219681.jpg

My handsome hubby being all distractedcfb_1219683.jpg

Hubby and his guys (minus his groomswoman who came up with me and the girls)cfb_1219685.jpg

One of my favorite pictures of hubby; he almost cried, and almost made me crycfb_1219687.jpg

The first kiss! cfb_1219691.jpg

Ringing the chapel bellcfb_1219693.jpg

Us and our WP! (I had two bridesmen, and he had one groomswoman.)cfb_1219695.jpg

Me and my "girls"!cfb_1219697.jpg

Him and his "boys"!cfb_1219699.jpg

The chapel had the coolest throne-looking chairscfb_1219701.jpg

Our reception venue! (we had the run of the whole upper floor!)cfb_1219705.jpg

Not a lot of decoration, but still very prettycfb_1219707.jpg

Our "groom's cake" was a candy bar!cfb_1219709.jpg

Our cake! With our Aristocats cake topper and my bouquet to add more color to the table.cfb_1219711.jpg

The guys waiting for the girls to figure out my bustle and kindly holding my flowers for me.cfb_1219713.jpg

The shoe game! Idk what the question was but we obviously didn't agree on the answer, lol.cfb_1219715.jpg

Everyone in this pic graduated from Baylor University, so our DJ played our fight song.cfb_1219717.jpg

Dance time!cfb_1219721.jpg

My sister even managed to drag our mom onto the dance floor!cfb_1219723.jpg

Us and our mamas.cfb_1219725.jpg

The Cupid Shufflecfb_1219727.jpg

Have I mentioned that I adore our photographer? cfb_1219731.jpg


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  • Rita-Jean
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    Thank you!! It took my forever to pick a dress, but I just love the one I got. Smiley heart

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  • Rita-Jean
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    Thank you!!! I know, I saw your dress post a while back and was so excited to see someone else in that dress! Smiley laugh I can't wait to see your BAM!

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  • Paula
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    Congratulations! You look beautiful and I'm obsessed with your church and your flowers - wow, so beautiful!

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  • Rita-Jean
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    Thank you so much!!

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    I love all of your pictures. So vibrant and pretty. Congratulations
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  • Patience
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    Congrats ! Everything looks great. Beautiful photos
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  • Rita-Jean
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    Thank you!!

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    Thank you!!!

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  • Kelly
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    Wow!! so pretty....I love the chapel and all of your photos. Congratulations!

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  • NextChapterReady
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    Oh my goodness everything looks flat out gorgeous! Also you played the shoe game! We're going to do that! Smiley smile

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  • Clíodhna
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    Congratulations Rita-Jean Smiley ring

    You looked beautiful!

    The first photo is stunning Smiley love

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  • Halle
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    Omg your photos are so sweet and it REALLY looks like everyone had a great time!!! You looked stunning your dress is so classy and beautiful!!!!!! Congratulations!!!! You’re a wife!!!!💕
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  • Sinéad
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    Congratulations Rita-Jean!! You look absolutely beautiful in your dress! I hope you had the most wonderful day!!Smiley ring

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  • Kelsey
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    Your wedding looks like so much fun!! Your photographer really nailed all of the shots, I love the poses of you guys kissing! ❤️
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  • MrsD
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    Your chapel is stunning, and so is your dress. Congratulations!

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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
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    Those shirts sound adorable!

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  • MIWM
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    Absolutely beautiful! Congrats!!! I got married June 8th and we had alcohol at our wedding people did not drink as much as we thought so we have a lot of left overs. I think a dry reception is perfectly fine.

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  • Rita-Jean
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    Thank you!! Smiley laugh

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  • Rita-Jean
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    Thank you!!! Yeah, the shoe game was so fun, but I will warn you it (much like most of the day) will go by so so fast! Like I swear I didn't even remember any of the questions or anything like 10 minutes later, lol.

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  • Rita-Jean
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    Thank you so much!!

    Yeah I seriously love that pic! Smiley heart

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