We went to the rehearsal on Friday night, and got to see the church for the first time. It was a really beautiful church. It was actually part of the Texas Christian University campus. It was almost completely white inside, except for the red carpet, and had beautiful light fixtures, great lighting, and awesome acoustics. I kind of decided to occupy myself by taking pictures, particularly of the moments the photographer wasn't there. Of course, there were a multitude of aunts, mothers, uncles, etc, thinking the same thing, so I tried to take the pictures no one else was taking. That means that my pictures are random, but I really took them for Bob and Robyn, not necessarily to remember the day for myself. Anyway... my favorite picture from the rehearsal was this one...
I tried several times before I got the two of them centered with the cross, if not with the frame of the picture! I just thought it was such a neat picture, to see the two of them ready to start this new adventure, and fitting to have them start it at the cross. I'm sure it looked much cooler when they were dressed up during the actual wedding, but I kind of liked this picture with the normal attitude and attire. Much more fitting for an actual marriage then the pomp that happens on the wedding day!
But that wedding day did arrive, and they had BEAUTIFUL weather for it! It was an evening wedding, so Josh and I got to start the day with lunch with his relatives that live in Ft. Worth. We had lunch with them, and just generally caught up, which was cool because we see them very rarely, typically only once a year. After that we headed to a mall, because Josh had to pick up his tux. Funny story about that...the guys actually went to try on tuxes the day before, and Josh had apparently measured himself wrong. When it asked for pant length, he measured his inseam when they wanted his outseam, so his pants were actually capris! Not quite the look Bob was going for at his wedding! Thankfully, the shop ordered a new pair of pants, we just couldn't pick them up until Saturday afternoon! But once the new pants were procured, we were off to the chapel! I mostly just hung out, helping where I could. My remedial sewing skills got put to good use, though, when five buttons popped off of groomsmens' vests! So I actually spent much of my downtime sewing buttons! Then I watched while they took pictures, and got a very important assignment from the bride. Robyn wanted a picture of Bob's face when she was walking down the aisle. The cool part was that I got a 2nd row seat, which was pretty sweet (though I felt like I had to explain why some random girl got to sit in front of half of Bob's family... but oh well!). It was actually a really neat experience. Everyone in a wedding turns around and looks at the bride. No one is watching the groom. But I had a job (and couldn't see the bride anyway) so I set my camera on its continuous setting, and snapped away. It was truly awesome to watch the parade of emotions on Bob's face. He went from teary to smiling to sticking his tongue out (apparently to keep her from crying) and back again. It was very cool. Not all of the pictures came out very well, but these are my favorite 3.
Nearly crying...
Almost smiling...
and truly Bob... always joking!
The wedding was very pretty, and fun to watch. The boys (Bob and his best man, his brother Brett) kept sticking their tongues out at the bride (Robyn) and her maid of honor, her sister, to keep them from crying. Meanwhile, they competely flustered the pastor, who tried to go through the vows twice, and asked Bob if he would take Robyn to be his husband... But everyone laughed, and the vows were said (always the mots important)!
After the wedding, we headed to the Ft. Worth Club in downtown Ft. Worth. We were on the 12th floor, with a beautiful view of the sunset and Ft. Worth. We ate, hung out with the other groomsmen and the one other wife-of-a-groomsman who was there. The boys even let Abigail and I tag along to decorate the car! Afterwards, we sent Bob and Robyn off to Florida with bells, which was really a pretty neat way to do it. The wedding and reception were both really neat, and I really enjoyed getting to see a friend get married. It was a very cool weekend, and I'm excited for Bob and Robyn!
Some of my favorite pictures... although they're random! :)
The first dance
Decorating the car
Josh, Elmo, and Abigail, sending them off with bells
Discarded flowers on a messy table after the party
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