Solid Rock Ranch Updates: Nash-Bishop Wedding!!!

For years all of Uncle's Sean nieces have waited for the day he would get married. He had promised that we would be in his wedding when he did get married and we couldn't wait! Years came and went and we wondered if he was going to get married. Then along came Amanda and she was perfect for Uncle Sean! The day came last year when we learned that Uncle Sean had proposed to Aunt Amanda and the wedding was being planned! We were so excited and it seemed like November would never come!

Yet, it did, and throughout those long months waiting for "the big day", we heard all about the details being planned. The date was set for November 13th, the bridesmaids would wear wine-colored dresses, the wedding would be held at Bon Air Methodist Church, etc. Uncle Sean called us one day and talked to each one of us, asking us to be a part of his wedding. Hannah and I (Kimber) would be 2 of the 7 candle lighters, Alexis would be at the guest book (along with my cousin, Claire), Caleb, Seth and Josiah would be door openers and Eden would be a flower girl! Judah and Lydia were obviously too young, so they were the observers! :)

I was also asked to take pictures! :) :) Altogether there were 3 photographers that day: The professional photographer, and then Mr. Andy and I! (By the way, whenever I have a link it is to pictures the professional photographer took that I wasn't able to take pictures of also! :)

Saturday morning we arrived at Bon Air United Methodist Church around 11 A.M. It was a beautiful, sunny day - perfect for a wedding!

Seth ready to open the doors! :)

Before I continue, I must add that I was slightly obsessed with all the flowers. :) They were all so pretty and I absolutely love fresh flowers. Add to that my micro lens and the result is lots of flower pictures, so bear with me! :) [On another quick note, I tried to take pictures that I thought other people might not catch, that way Uncle Sean would have a good variety of photos. I don't think anyone else had a micro lens so I used this lens all day. :)] And one more thing...you will get a small view into our family because I have lots of pictures of them! :)

I love roses! :)

Up in the ladies' room everyone was as busy as a bee!

The soon-to-be-aunt Amanda pinning on her mother's corsage.

Gracie (my cousin) getting her hair done.

Alexis did Gracie and Eden's hair. She did a great job! :)

Aunt T.C. getting her necklace on with Aunt Steph's help!

Eden...ready for action!

Eden, Gracie, and Claire. (Claire and Gracie are sisters.)

Judah stayed in the background before the ceremony, but he was so cute that I had to get a picture before the service started! :)

The Lawhorn Family!

Left to right: Kaitlyn, Rachel, Aunt Stacey, Uncle Mike, and Sarah.

(I love how they all matched their outfits! Isn't that so neat!?)

After all the ladies were done preparing we went down to the sanctuary to get some pictures done.

The three flower girls waiting for their turn!

Aunt Amanda and her bridesmaids.

Aunt Amanda, the bridesmaids and the flower girls!

For some reason, I really love this series of pictures. The sun was coming through some of the windows so beautifully and it was so picturesque...I was loving it!

Cadence, one of my cousins! :)

Gracie.

What a cute group of girls!

Na-naw, Aunt Amanda and Paw-paw! :)

Justus, another cousin! :)

The beautiful bride!!!

More flowers!

Aunt Amanda with her soon-to-be sisters-in-law. Left to right: Aunt T.C., Aunt Steph, *Aunt* Amanda, Aunt Stacey, Mama, and Aunt Megan.

Aren't the flower girls dresses so pretty?

Collin (Aunt T.C.'s son and another cousin of mine!).

Josiah, Justus, and Mason (Collin's brother). My cousins (and brother) are so handsome!

Pretty Cadence.

After the girls were finished with their pictures, it was the guys' turn.

Uncle Sean couldn't get by without a few silly pictures! :)

My handsome uncle! :)

Uncle Sean and all his siblings (5 sisters! :).

After Uncle Sean's pictures were done, it was time to disappear because guests started to arrive. (The wedding was at 2 P.M.) We grabbed a quick lunch and then lined up! Hannah was standing right beside me and 5 more of my cousins behind me! We were the "candle lighting group!"

Before we knew it, it was time to light the candles! Hannah and I were in the very front so we walked down the aisle first. The candle lighting went rather smoothly. There were two candelabras and Hannah and I were to light our wick-thing at the front table and then light one candle and then let our cousins light the rest. Soon we were done and I think I walked out of the sanctuary a little too fast! :)

The ceremony was beautiful! I didn't take my camera with me into the service because I was taking care of Lydia but I wish I had. Uncle Sean's face as Aunt Amanda came down the aisle was priceless. The ceremony went really well...I could tell Uncle Sean was joking the whole way through! I was watching Aunt Amanda's face and she was constantly smiling and quietly laughing throughout the service. It was fun to watch!

After the ceremony we took more pictures, but this time with the new married couple:

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Nash!!!!

It looks like Cadence is getting tired of all these pictures! :)

Uncle Sean telling a story...

Aunt Amanda with Uncle Sean, his parents and siblings.

I can't let our big family picture go without notice either. Altogether there are over 30 of us and it made for a nice, big family photo!

I won't try and explain who every person in the photo is, because it would take too long, but just understand that all those people are related to us! :)

[Personally, our family doesn't look that big to me - in my head it's normal and I wouldn't trade it for anything! :)]

After pictures were over and we were about to leave my Great-Grandma (a.k.a. G.G.) took me by the hand and had me read the plaques on the side of some of the pews. When I reached this pew plaque:

She stopped me. She had given this pew to the church, a few years ago, in memory of her late husband! G.G. had attended Bon Air Methodist Church for over 50 years!

The beautiful sanctuary and stained glass.

The bride and groom's escort to the reception.

My great-uncle Reggie restores old cars as his hobby. He has been the "limo" so to speak for just about every Nash wedding. In fact, the car Uncle Sean and Aunt Amanda rode away in was the same that Mama and Daddy rode away in at their marriage 18 years ago!

Car details!

Waiting for Uncle Sean and Aunt Amanda!

My great-uncle Reggie is between Uncle Sean and Aunt Amanda. He even gets dressed up and looks like a taxi driver!

Inside the car!

Off to the reception.

Lexi and her fall fluffs.

The reception was held at the Westwood Club and it was beautiful! You walked into the reception area and the cake met your eyes:

Like I said, I'm a bit obsessed with the flowers! :)

One of the tables.

Before you walked into the reception area there was a little candy bar! Uncle Sean has always been the candy uncle...bringing tons of yummy candy to the beach every year. Of course, his nieces and nephews love him for that (and many other reasons as well!), so it was neat to see that he thought of making a candy bar!

There were even bags to take some candy home with you!

When everyone had arrived, the wedding party was announced and then Uncle Sean and Aunt Amanda danced together for the first time.

Love is so sweet.

Uncle Sean and Aunt Amanda were so happy together and it was so easy to see how much they love each other!

A kiss ended the dance and then it was time for the h'ordourves.

The cake topper.

(Credit for this picture goes to my cousin, K.K...I let her take some photos and she did a great job!)

Two hearts entwined on Uncle Sean and Aunt Amanda's glasses.

Alexis and Sarah (a cousin) eating dinner.

Eden must like her roll!

After dinner the dance floor opened up and the dancing began!! Our family has danced very little so most of the time we were just hopping around with our cousins but it was fun anyways! We even danced with Paw-paw! :)

Yee May dancing with her son, Alex. Yee May was one of the bridesmaids and is married to Uncle Sean's best man, Sean! (Funny I know...actually, 2 of Uncle Sean's 3 groomsmen were named Sean!) Uncle Sean has known the other Sean (his best man) for most of his life. (Did that confuse anyone?!)

After a little fun dancing it was time for the toasts.

Sean, the best man, reading his note.

Samantha, the maid of honor and Aunt Amanda's sister, giving her toast.

Sister love! :)

After the toasts it was cake time!

They were both very nice to each other with the cake stuffing! :)

After the cake it was the Father/Daughter dance (and then the Mother/Son).

Aunt Amanda and her daddy.

Uncle Sean and his Mama.

After those dances, the dance floor really opened up!

Aunt T.C. dancing away.

Go, Aunt Steph, go! :)

Allie (a cousin).

Aunt Mae-Mae.

Erika dancing with Kaitlyn.

Cadence and Lydia dancing with Paw-paw.

The flower girls dancing with each other.

Lydia and Paw-paw.

Aunt T.C. and Rachel.

Hannah and Cadence.

Gracie having fun...

Sarah and Rachel.

Lots of smiles...

Uncle Sean and Aunt Amanda dancing again:

Sometime through all this dancing, I set the camera down so I could dance for a little while and Caleb took over photography for me!

Eden.

Lexi going at it.

Sarah and I dancing.

Lexi found this red couch that matched her dress perfectly! She said people were amazed that she matched the couch that well and were taking lots of pictures of her! :)

We danced to lots of different things: YMCA, the cha-cha, etc. I wasn't quite sure how to "cha cha" so I just walked in circles and pretended that I knew what I was doing. I'm sure I looked silly, but I was having fun! Hannah and I also got to do one of our favorite things: hold babies! :) I got Asher and Hannah had Judah! :)