Thursday, October 20, 2011

Preparing For The Ceremony At Benham's Grove


We all headed over to Benham's Grove to help the Bride get dressed and to get ourselves dressed before heading over to the church.  Ann and Grammy started with their make-up

Grammy applied some blush to miss Meredith
Ann's good friends from Chicago came to help everyone get ready.  Cathee is an expert on eyes
My brother is so handsome, almost as handsome as Josh :)
The bridesmaid's bouquets
Ann's amazing bouquet
Benham's Grove, where the reception was held, had nice personal touches set up around the house, such as here on the piano.  The slide show was playing throughout the evening, a bowl of "Mama M's caramels" were there for people to enjoy, and photos of Tim's parents and grandparents getting married and cutting their wedding cake along with pics of our parents and grandparents getting married and also ones of them cutting their cake were displayed.  It was a nice touch that added extra sentiment to the whole affair
Even Ann's first love, her dog Buster, was on display for the evening
Flower girl Jordan
There was no bridezilla that day...Ann remained calm and beautiful :)
Meredith played with Tim's nephew, Louis, while we were busy getting ready
And the dress gets slid on...


I LOVED Ann's wedding dress!  It was breathtaking, just like her.  I can't imagine her in a better dress than the one she chose

Grammy, the expert bow tier, helped Meredith put on her pretty little dress




I can't wait to the professional shot of Ann..I know they will be priceless 


Two beautiful ladies :) 




Mom and Tim's mom both looked elegant in their wedding outfits 

The guys had their own cottage on the grounds to use to get dressed in 

Off to take some pics 

Papa M and Tim's dad admiring the grounds 

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