Bonnette Hunt Club Lodge Wedding

The ceremony: The ceremony was outside perfectly positioned facing a beautiful backdrop of greenery. The days leading up to the wedding were stormy and rainy; so, we were prepared to move the ceremony under cover in part of the reception area. On the day of the wedding we woke up to beautiful blue skies and sunshine, Hallelujah! My bridesmaids & I rode to the wedding in my brother’s Magic School Bus- literally a school bus that runs on vegetable oil that looks like it’s straight out of Woodstock, complete with a dog named Max, a full size queen bed in the back, 2 couches, a book case, a TV, and 2 full time vagabond residents (my brother Andrew and my adopted brother Matt.) My bridesmaids and Yoel’s groomsmen walked down the aisle straight off the bus, it couldn’t have been more awesome. My mom and my brother both walked me down the aisle, even though my sweet daddy couldn’t be there it was incredible to have those two by my side. We had one of the pastors from our church preform the ceremony, he teaches a bible study we attend weekly and he is just so great. He personalized the entire thing and put so much hard work, effort, and scripture searching into it. It was so heartfelt and powerful and conveyed an amazing God given message.

Memorable moments: There were so many incredible moments that we are still replaying in our heads. Probably the most emotional part of the entire day for me was when my brother, Andrew, got on stage after our first dance and made the sweetest speech and asked me to dance with him since my dad could’t be there for the father-daughter dance. It was so unexpected and it pierced me right to the heart, I love that little (big) boy. All of the speeches from the Best Man, the Maid of Honor, and from the Mother of the Bride were so special. The whole time i kept saying to Yoel “I keep forgetting this whole thing is just for us, can you believe it??” We danced almost the entire night, we had the time of our lives.

DIY: Pretty much all of the details of our wedding were done by my mom and I. I knew that I wanted turquoise and lots of it, so it appeared on just about everything: the invitations, my shoes, my jewelry, my bridesmaids, the centerpieces, the favors, you name it. The centerpieces were a variety of potted cacti, I collected different species from all over the country and then planted them myself in terra cotta pots that were decorated with lace and turquoise. The favors were smaller succulents planted in little terra cotta pots. The desserts that comprised our beautiful dessert table were made by my mom’s coworkers, they did a fantastic job and they were delicious, homemade is so much better! My mom bought big rolls of burlap that she cut for the table runners, and she collected all kinds of unique finds from various discount stores that we turned into treasures. I arranged the beautiful bouquets with fresh flowers from our local Whole Foods. Yoel and I are full on DIYers, we love to craft and make things ourselves and I think that creativity really manifested itself in our wedding planning.