Saturday, August 8, 2009

Paul and Lisa Get Hitched--April 2009

Paul Blackwell, Rusty's first cousin, and Lisa (formerly Jackson) got married in March in the Salt Lake Temple and had a ring ceremony and reception on April 11, 2009. The ring ceremony and reception were held in the Blackwells' barn. This is their cake. Paul has built canoes for the past few years, hence the decor for the top of the cake.

Here Lisa is waiting for the ceremony to begin in the barn loft overlooking where the family was sitting. My favorite part about her "attire" was that she wore her boots with her wedding dress.

Some of the family patiently waiting.

Lisa and her dad.

Sam was the ring bearer. Before the ceremony, Paul gave Sam Lisa's ring to hold. After seeing Sam play "Who's got Lisa's ring" (his version of "Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?") with some of his cousins, I opted to hold it until the moment he needed to walk up and hand it to Paul.

After the ceremony Paul's second cousins all sang "Families Can Be Together Forever." Molly is staring at Lisa, who sat down to watch the program.

All the girl cousins on Rusty's side.

The photographer was great, and I followed him around for a while as he showed me different photography tricks and how to better use my camera.

Paul, Lisa, Uncle Mark and Aunt Valerie

The reception was catered by The Cheddar Box, or more specifically Lisa. She has worked there for years and spent most of the the week before making the food. It was awesome.

The beverages were sodas in these big tubs.

Molly rarely left Lisa's side. This is the romantic first dance shared between the married couple. . .with Molly. Molly was also rarely seen without a bottle of soda in her hand.

Ben, Adam and Sam. . .cousins.

Another cousin pose with Charleton (second cousin) and Molly.
What a surprise, Paul wasn't careful to place the piece of cake in Lisa's mouth.

2 comments:

traci said...

I am glad you are just posting about this because I still have their wedding gift that I never got to give them. So, this makes me feel like their wedding just happened and that I am not that late in giving it to them. Plus, it's from Betty too and she was so worried that I wouldn't get it to them. Silly Betty, it's only been 4 months!! Those are beautfiul photos and I will have to find out the photography tricks you learned!

Vern said...

DUDE. How come I went to visit someone in my ward today and found out that you guys were friends when she lived in KY? She gave me your blog address so I came to say hello. P.S. Lindsey Oldroyd says hi.
~Kristy