Layne & Danielle's Wedding

David was in Layne & Danielle's wedding last night. It was in Dallas at a business park called The Atriums. It was very elegant. There was indoor waterfalls! The colors were black, red, and white. There was only about 50 people there. It's nice to have a quaint wedding. Danielle did most of the stuff for the wedding by herself. She is a regular Martha Stewart! David looked so dapper in his tuxedo. The ceremony was short and sweet underneath a white archway with Christmas lights. We had some drinks and milled around. Then, there was a plated meal of chicken and potatoes. It came with some random salad that was really good, but I have no idea what it was. The cake was white with coconut frosting and carrot cake. I got to try both, of course. They were yummy. We sat at a table with some really nice people. I never did catch their names, but we were talking about concerts all night. Then it was boogie woogie time. Time to make our exit. It was a very fun time.

David and Kevin.

The flower girl twirling around.

Kevin and Cathrine.

Me and my Groomsmen.

A toast to the Bride and Groom!

The Bride's sister wishes them well.

The Best Man had a funny speech prepared.

Beautiful set up.

We spread the love all over our toast. Yummy!

Cute favors.

Pedals to throw on the couple as they leave.

Awesome guest book.

Very creative aisle runner.

I love pomander balls.

Escort cards.

Our cards.

Cake topper.

David doing what he does best.

The archway in front of the indoor waterfall.

Us before the ceremony.

The hottest groomsman there!

Table setting.

Wedding cake.

Us with the happy couple.

Wedding Weekend: Saturday

I was too excited to sleep on our wedding day. I woke up at 4 AM. Our hair appointment at the Cutting Edge Hair Salon in Carrollton wasn't until 6:15 AM. My mom, bridesmaids, and I got our hair done and were out the door by 8:30 AM. It had started raining again.

I got to the Bingham House first. Everyone else was close behind me. The flowers from Rain Florist Designs were out on the tables. They looked great. After we changed, we took a few pictures. We were out on the balcony in the front of the house. People driving by were whistling at us. The groomsmen got their pictures taken too, but I heard it took a while to get their act together. One of them went out to get something to eat. Grumble, grumble...

The ceremony was very sweet. We had to walk through the rain to get there. But it was worth it to see David's smiling face. My mom cried. When we were done we kind of huddled in the corner. Then took off to the front of the house to take more pictures. I just wanted to get to the food and water part. I think I was getting a little snippy at the photographer. David and I took some pictures alone while people watched our slide show and had appetizers.

We made our grand entrance to the reception to "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns 'N Roses. I forgot we were supposed to go right into the first dance. So we went around and hugged like 3 tables of people until they got us out on the dance floor. Our song was "All I Want is You" by U2. Then it was food time! The meatballs were so good. All the other food was great too, but the meatballs were amazing! After the father/daughter dance and mother/son dance, we did the cake and toasts. Ebi's was a very sweet spin on one of my favorite camp songs, "Dreams". David's best man, John Carpenter, did one too.

Then it was time to get your boogie on! The Limbo Contest is always a big Anderson tradition. My cousin, Stacey Malaret, always wins. She has a 5 wedding record. But in a shocking twist, David's cousin's husband, Tim Wong, won. The DJ played the "Cupid Shuffle." My mom jumped in after watching Dorian for a few minutes.

Then is was time for our getaway. It was still raining! So the horse and carriage was out. We got to take a ride in the antique car, Pearl. It was a 1944 Plymouth. Our remaining guest lined up on either side of us and threw dried lavender. That stuff smells great, but is a pain to get off. Then it was off to the after party.

More pictures are on Facebook.