I
am SO excited to finally be sharing the pictures from our
wedding reception! I may be a little bias, but I think it was an absolute
blast! Our wedding party was so fun and kept the dance floor full all night
long. We also had an incredible DJ that loved interacting with the crowd. It
was absolutely perfect.
The
reception started with our parents and the wedding party dancing out to
"Uptown Funk" for their introductions!! These pictures make me die
laughing and perfectly show each person's personality.
Dakota
wanted to pick out the song for our first dance and surprise me with it the
day-of! Though I was hesitant at first, I was so happy with the song he chose
and it was so special to have that moment together. The song he chose was
"Mean to Me" by Brett Eldredge.
After
the first dance, we let our guests go through the buffet while we mingled and
said "hello" to everyone!
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| Dakota asked my Popsie if he could steal Nana from him. Popsie replied with "I wish you would!"
Next, we did the
father/daughter and mother/son dances before kicking off the party! My dad and I danced
to "My Little Girl" by Tim McGraw.
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One
of my absolute favorite part of the reception was the Best Man and Matron of
Honor speech. Dakota's brother, Derek, gave such a heart-felt speech that had
everyone in tears.
Heather followed by giving us
some marital advice that she's learned in the past two years. The last piece of
advice was sometimes there's times when you just have to "Shake It
Off!" At that moment, TSwift started playing and the whole wedding party
joined in to a re-edition of Shake It Off just for us! I was SHOCKED that they
pulled that off without me ever knowing about it! Emily was so sneaky as
there's pictures of her handing out the lyrics behind me to everyone
else.
The song was so cute and it had
Dakota and I dying of laughter!
Up next was cake cutting!! We
decided to have a cake bar and a popcorn bar for the reception! I'm still so
sad because neither one of us actually ate any cake but the popcorn was
DELICIOUS!
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The
bouquet toss was next on the list of formalities!! My big, McKeller, was dying
to catch it and she definitely put up a fight to come away with it! My favorite
part was singing and dancing around to "22" by Taylor Swift.
The
garter toss was definitely something else! Dakota decided to
"surprise" me with a strip tease and I'm pretty sure my face was
blood red in embarrassment but at least everyone got a good laugh!
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| Yall got to admit... I have one HOT husband |
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| All the boys ran in terror at the thought of getting married next! |
The rest of the night
was filled with dancing, Dakota singing on the mic, and having a blast with our
favorite people.
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| You know it's a good wedding when your braid looks like this by the end of it.... |
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| "Who knew "Boots with the Fur" is the song to get the Armstrong's on the dance floor" |
Like I've said before, Dakota and I seriously had the most perfect wedding for us. To end the night, we had all of our guests shaking Campbell colored streamers and cowbells as we made our way out of the venue!
My brother was waiting
in his truck with "Today Was a Fairy Tale" by Taylor Swift playing to
take us to the hotel for the night!
What
really made the night so perfect was being able to stay up and just talk with
all of our friends at the hotel. We had so much fun reminiscing and reliving
the glory days we wish we could do all over again.
The
very last Wedding Wednesday post will be our wedding highlight video!! If you
think these pictures capture the spirit of our wedding, just wait till you see
the video :)
