The Wedding Reception

Isn't this a beautiful photo :)

The photographer took it on a cell phone.
If she can get such a beautiful photo with a cell phone, I can't wait to see all of her photos.

Here they are the Bride and Groom.

I love that Tyler is carrying Ashley's bouquet :)

The MC's for the evening.
Tyler's siblings Jessie and Kaleigh.
They did an excellent job and had us all laughing :)

Then came the speech from the maid of honour Lia.
She did amazingly and didn't even cry :)
Lia had her speech prepared the day after Ashley asked her to be her maid of honour, teehee.
I had a smile when she mentioned coming over for Friday Night Scrapbooking and our 9:00 coffee/treat run, lol.

Dan, the best man, did a great job on his speech as well.
I learned a few things about Tyler with his speech, lol.

A few gorgeous photos of Ashley enjoying the speeches.

Another great shot!!!

Ashley and Tyler giving their Thank You speech.

Ashley unexpectedly gave me a special thank you for helping out so much and for making the decorations.
But when she called me "Mama Bear" I kind of lost it….see the tears, lol.

But look…..I'm not the only one tearing up.
My friend Debbie is on the far left of this photo and her daughter Kaitlyn is on the far right of this photo and they also are teary eyed.
As was my dad. He told me later that when he saw his baby girl (that would be me) crying, he teared up as well.

Their first dance as a married couple.
They didn't have the traditional bridal party dance…which the bridal party was very thankful for.

Then it was time to let my hair down.
I danced the rest of the night away.
Everyone had such a great time.

Ashley and Tyler are not big on dancing, but Ashley got dragged on the dance floor a few times…I love this photo of her and her sisters dancing together.

Thank you to my friend Lynne who actually got a photo of Wayne and I together :)

Me and my baby sister Julia.
So many say we look so much alike.

Then  it was time to cut the cake :)
I have to admit, I had some of this cake today, lol.
Yes it tasted just as good as it did 2 weeks ago.

Tyler's friend, Felice, made a photo booth.
It was a hit at the wedding!!!
Ashley picked up all kinds of props for it.
Another fun part of this, was that the guests got to take their photos home with them…plus Ashley and Tyler have access to all of the photos of their wedding guests.
How fun is that!!!

Wishing Ashley and Tyler all of the happiness and love for their future together.

Love you two :)

That is the last of the wedding posts from me….I think, teehee.
I keep re-living this day and the days up to this one.
It was such a special day and so much love.

Tracy :)

Wedding Photos…and lots of them.

The Happy Couple….and such a cute couple they are :)














And the wedding begins.
Now before we start, I have to tell you I was a bit nervous….well, actually everyone was nervous except Wayne.

First one out was Lisa, Ashley's friend since college and fellow photographer.

Then Janus, Ashley and Janus met through work, and were fast and long friends :)

Then my Heather…my middle daughter :)

After Heather comes my baby girl Kristy :)

Last by not least Lia, Ashley's friend since grade school

Here comes the Bride!!!
I have to tell you I was so nervous, I thought I was going to pee my pants….dress, lol.
But once I stepped out of the building, I had to focus on not crying.
Ashley was scared she would step on her dress or fall from wearing those high heels.
Wayne almost stepped on her dress, so that is why he is a bit away from Ashley.

Here I am..concentrating on not crying, lol.
I didn't want to cry, because I didn't want to ruin her photos.
Can you tell, I can, lol.

The beautiful bridal party.
You want to know how hard it was not to cry…..I had all of my babies up there.
Mind you I did sneak some tissues behind Wayne's pretty plum hankie..just in case.

Can't forget about the groomsmen.
I have only met one of them before.
They are all a really nice bunch of guys.

The stars of the show…Ashley and Tyler.
I did shed a bit of tears.
But when Ashley cried during her vows…I almost lost it.
I kept telling myself….don't go into the Ugly cry, don't go into the Ugly cry…it wouldn't look good in the photos, lol.
I think I did good….considering I cry when I'm happy, sad, and when I laugh.

Pronounced Husband and Wife.

I just have a little irritant…I gave one of the groomsmen a pin to attach the middles of the curtains together…I see it didn't get done.
Again…its all about the details.

 The happy couple :)

Wayne and I :)
Still holding back a few tears, lol.

Our family

My Beautiful Girls

My daughters and son in law :)

Trying to get a good photo of Ashley and I.
I so love this girl :)
The locket that I have on in this photo is one of my favourites.
It has a photo of my 3 daughters in it from when they were little.

We stopped talking long enough to get a nice photo of us :)

You want to know how long it took me to narrow down these photos for this post, lol.
But I wanted to share this special day with you all.
Tomorrow….the reception :)

I hope you all had a very creative day.

Tracy :)

Wedding Video

I thought I would share Ashley & Tyler's Wedding Video with you.

Ashley & Tyler
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Posted by Sunny Creek Studio Videography on Monday, August 24, 2015

Because I wanted to live in the moment, and live this special moment through my eyes and not the lens of a camera, I don't have many photos of certain parts of the wedding.
I have been collecting photos of those who took them.
And of course because I was walking Ashley down the isle, I couldn't get any photos, or photos of the family together.
The photos from the Photographer will be a while yet.

I will share some photos on another post.
But in the mean time…enjoy the video created by Sunny Creek Studio Videography :)

I was in my friend's driveway, when I received a text from Ashley saying that the video was up.
Of course I couldn't wait, so watched it in my jeep in her driveway.
All the time, crying my eyes out.

I hope you enjoy :)

Tracy :)

My Dress for the Wedding

Here is my "Mother of the Bride" dress.
Not as exciting as Ashley's dress though, teehee

When looking for a dress, I was worried about getting a dark colour, as the bridesmaids were all in soft pink, and I didn't want to pop out in the photos.
But then Ashley (and Tyler's mom) reassured me that a dark colour would be just fine.

I think it actually compliemented the colours in the wedding.
Now to get the photos from the photographer to see if that was the case.

Now I have a story on this dress.
As you know I was shopping and tried on a zillion dresses.
Check out these posts if you want to see the rejected dresses "Dress Shopping"and "More Dress Shopping"

 I wanted something simple, pretty and age appropriate that didn't make me look like too old or too young ;)
Try to describe that in one word, lol.
Karen (Tyler's mom) and went shopping at a few stores, over 2 days.
In the last store we went to, they only ordered in dresses, but did have 2 "buy off the rack" with a few  dresses.
I had seen this dress on the rack, I loved the colour and liked the style…but it was a few sizes too big.
But tried it on anyway.
Once Karen clamped the back of the dress, I thought it looked great.
Karen loved it on me!!!

As I changed back into my regular clothes I took a look at the price tag and almost screamed.
When I came out of the changing room, I told Karen that I was getting this dress…even if it wasn't THE dress.
She looked confused then asked the price of the dress.
Hope you are sitting down…..it was 95.5% off….it came to $10.00.
No I didn't put the decimal in the wrong space.
I called my SIL Darlene, to see if she would help me alter it as it was too big.
When she came over and saw that it was a designer dress, she was a bit leery of cutting into it…so I did the cutting, lol.

This photo is after we completed all of the alterations :)
Don't mind the witch hair and no make up…..this wasn't suppose to go on my blog, but this is the only photo I have of me in the full dress.

What is a pretty dress without some killer heels :)
So off to do some more shopping…..I forgot how fun clothes shopping can be…I usually just go craft shopping, lol.

But seriously how gorgeous are these shoes!!!!
I had to get those clear plugs to put on the spiked heels so they wouldn't sink in the ground for the wedding ceremony.
But after that I took the plugs off and danced all night.
Yes, I danced all night in these shoes….and believe me, my feet felt like I had for 3 days after, lol.

Now that you have seen all of my daughters and myself in our pretty dresses, I have to share with you my handsome husband.
Notice that his tie and hankie match my dress :)
I kept singing the Justin Timberlake song "Suit and Tie" to Wayne and telling him that he was bringing sexy back, lol.
He just shook his head and looked at me oddly…..but that isn't anything new ;)

I will give you a break from all of the wedding posts for a few days as we are off to the cottage.
Time for some quad riding and blueberry picking :)

I hope you all had a very creative day.

Tracy :)

Its all about the Dress…or dresses!!!

Here is the photos you have all been patiently waiting on….the Wedding Dress.

Isn't this dress gorgeous….almost as gorgeous as the bride herself.
I love the lace overlay!!

Look how beautifully it fans out around Ashley.

Sooooo pretty!!!!!

It has a corset back.
Oops, I took this photo before tucking in the ties.
She didn't like it tied in a bow at the back…so we tucked it into the bottom of the corset.

I didn't want to live this special event through the lens of my camera…I wanted to live in the moment and take in every second.
So these next few photos are from when the dress was purchased.

Look at the back of Ashley's dress….stunning.

The train on here is gorgeous….and that lace detail, I have no words.

Ashley didn't like the jewel detail on the waist, so when she got it altered, she had asked to get it removed.
At first I was like…but it is so pretty….but I think she made an excellent choice.
Stunning.

And because Ashley likes to be exciting…and we all know how much she loves her shoes…she had to pick some fun ones for her big day.

About a week before the wedding Ashley informed me that she purchased another dress to wear after dinner.
It was also a very pretty dress.

Another beautiful train and the lace detail on the arms so very pretty.

Here is a close up of the lace detail.
And the pretty floral headpiece I had made to go along with the look of this dress.

As you can see, there wasn't a veil.
I did make one, but then we realized that the tulle on the veil was a pure crisp white, where Ashley's dress was a soft white.
And the difference was noticeable.
Lets take one last look at my beautiful daughter on her wedding day in her dress.

I keep reliving this day over and over.
It was such a special day, and it went perfectly.

I hope you all had a creative day today.

Tracy :)