The Brown Family: The BIG Day!

Months and months of planning and now the big day finally arrived! Jeff, the girls and I were all in the wedding, so it made for a great weekend celebration! We were all smiles and ready to go...but, it took a long time to get all beautified! We started early in the morning. Monica did hair for Emma, Allison, Danielle, Amy, Julie and Katie (Amy's sisters), and herself too! She was super woman!

Emma was so proud to wear a tiara just like Auntie Amy's! Amy gave her the tiara at the rehearsal dinner and she beamed for the next 2 days. She just couldn't wait to put it on!

Hair done, now just had to wait to put the pretty dresses on.

Amy's turn! That is some hair-do!

The beautiful bride all ready to go!

Still had more time to kill before getting dressed, so the girls ate an Otter Pop.

Finally! It was time to get dressed! Allison looked thrilled that I was taking more pictures!

Allison's finishing touch was a super cute butterfly clip for her hair. Amy gave it to her as her wedding gift when Emma opened the tiara at rehearsal dinner.

All dressed and ready to go! Danielle and Monica looked gorgeous!

The girls were so excited for the limo ride! Danielle fell asleep on the way to The River Mill though. Emma soaked up all the excitement as she sipped on a small bottle of water on the way there. Allison sat on my lap for the entire ride. She wasn't too sure about her new surroundings.

We arrived at The River Mill!

The photographer took a few photos before the wedding began. My girls look adorable!

What precious flower girls!

Cutest little, pink ballet shoes ever!

Judy looked beautiful in her custom made gown. Emma loved the sparkles!

Those silly little flower girls had lots of hugs for Grandma Judy.

One of my favorite pictures of the day! Carl looked so handsome with his 3 pretty princesses. We ended up turning this photo into a framed gift for his birthday. He loved it!

Amy and Tim wanted to have a candy bar at the wedding. There were all kinds of pink and brown candies: Jordan Almonds, M and Ms, Ghirardelli chocolates, salt water taffy and more! Unfortunately, we didn't get any! The guests helped themselves to it all before the wedding party even made it to the reception. Darn!

Here comes the bride with her dad, Dale. This was one of the only ceremony pictures I was able to get. I gave my camera to a friend, but she was sitting too far back to get any real good pictures during the ceremony.

After the ceremony, it was time for photos! Drew and Emma waited patiently for their turn.

Welcome to the Brown Family, Amy!

The Brown Family

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Brown

Our family, all decked out in our wedding best.

The Marieiros + 2 Brown girls!

I sat with the girls at their table. Amy set it up so all the kids in the wedding party would sit at their own table and the adults would sit behind them at the head table. My girls were in no mood to cooperate and I had to sit with them through dinner.

Darren was so excited to finally officially be Emma's cousin!

The first dance: "Lost In The Moment With You" by Big and Rich.

Darren and Emma were so excited to dance together.

Matthew was all smiles dancing with Emma too!

Almost time for cake! Yum!

Allison loved it!

Emma enjoyed hers too.

The wedding started at 7:00, so the girls were exhausted by the end of the night. (We were at Julie's house at 10:00 am that morning!) Danielley was so tired that she fell asleep sitting up!