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So before we get into the awesomeness that was our reception…let’s take a look at the set-up!  And by ‘set-up’ I mean all the beautiful flowers and details of course!!

All I really told our florist is that I wanted the randomly-thrown-together-country-wildflowers-in-a-jar look…and boy oh boy did she deliver!  I mean seriously the pictures …

After we exchanged our vows…it was time to ‘put a ring on it’.

Our pastor started by saying:

Let these rings be a sign that love has a past, a present, and a future
Through you and within you.

Then Lance recited these simple yet beautiful words while slipping the ring onto my finger.

Stephanie I give you this ring as a sign of my …

Our reception was held at my family’s organic farm, Avery’s Branch Farms, in Amelia, Virginia. As soon as we arrived, we were immediately greeted by my sweet sister. Of all of the hundreds of wedding pictures, the photo of Stephen picking up my sister is my absolute favorite.

Our good family friend, Ty, announced us for the first time as a married couple …

Last week I posted a few pre-ceremony images. Up this week, the ceremony! All photos courtesy of Three Daughters and a Wedding Photography.

Sheridan was very careful in her flower girl responsibility, sweetly dropping just one flower at a time!

I had twenty seven sweet little girls walk down the aisle ringing bells before I made my entrance.

Here comes the bride!

Arriving at the …

A few images from our chilly December wedding day!

My handsome husband:

My brother, Sullivan, was confused about how his bow tie worked:

A family heirloom hairpiece I was given by my mother-in-law:

My lovely matron of honor, Alli:

My dad and I as we waited to enter the church:

Up Next: The Ceremony

*All photos courtesy of Three Daughters and a Wedding Photography

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I loved every single part of our ceremony.

Our pastor was very laid back and easy to work with.  We were given the freedom to piece together our ceremony which made it so much more meaningful to us.

After our pastor welcomed everyone, my cute cousin read our first reading.

‘Love’ by Roy Croft

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A line that was not uttered at our ceremony, thank goodness. Not like anyone would have spoken up, unless they were trying to be a smarty-pants, but still it was nice that the split second of nervousness that might have caused did not happen. Here’s what DID happen though.

We got to the church late …

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Now that our parents were seated, and Lance was patiently waiting at the front of the aisle, it was our wedding party’s turn to make their trek down!

To the tune of Married Life from the movie Up… played ever so wonderfully by our string quartet… our friends/siblings made their way to the front of …

This bride almost didn’t make it to the church! Our car was in an accident the day before the wedding and there was no way for me to get to my wedding ceremony. The general manager at The Cliff House Hotel saved the day and offered to chauffeur us in his car. Talk about service!  As we pulled up to …

Several years ago, when visiting a friend’s home, I was invited to sign their family’s guest book. For years they had been collecting their guests’ notes, signatures, addresses, and occasional photos in a guest book in their family room.

When I was searching for the wedding guest book for our friends and family to sign as they …

The tent at night? Absolutely gorgeous. Perfect backdrop for our toasts to start off the party.

[My sister and cousin introduce us and the family members, in English and Cantonese!]

It was really important to me that people close to us did the introductions. I thought it would be much more personal, more familial, and I’m thankful that my sister and cousin …

As we were finishing up our portraits some of our guests were already starting to arrive!  Before they found their seats they were greeted by our thumbprint-tree guest book.

Going with the thumbprint tree was sort of a last-minute decision.  After seeing them all over the blogosphere I sorta fell in love with it!  Not to mention it went perfectly with …