donna & lucas's ceremony took place at their church in holstein, iowa {st paul's lutheran church}. it was a 530 ceremony, the candle-lit ambiance & the twinkling lights were a beautiful detail. so let's just rewind for a second back to that candle-lit ambiance. i'm just saying...that i must have a bad omen when it comes to participating in my cousin's weddings. remember...the cake debacle at mel's? so donna let me know that she wanted me {& cousin mel} to be candle lighters at the ceremony, among some other jobs. shortly after she asked me to help out...i had a dream. i had a dream that during the ceremony, i was just sitting in the pew. not doing my job. not lighting candles. and watching melanie do all the work. {i also want to make it known, that the other part of this dream involved donna & lucas putting on one of those dancing processions you've seen on youtube.com} i woke up laughing my butt off because i could only imagine how embarrassed donna would be about lucas's dancing. haha! and then immediately called donna to tell her that i slacked my job during their ceremony.
okay...now let's fast forward a bit to the rehearsal night. mel & i really thought we should practice our lighting responsibilities quickly before we left the church...just to make sure everything would go smoothly. and good thing we did! we found out that i was physically too short to reach the candle lighter up onto the wick of the aisle candlabras. i could only imagine the amount of embarrassment i would have had in front of 250+ people trying to reach up & light those candles! i would have gotten really hot, and then started sweating, my face would've turned red & i probably would have fainted...dropping the flame & lighting the church on fire. ugh! so, cue the short jokes. i'm 28 years old...i've heard them all...still not going to change my 5'2'' on a good day height! so, the point of this story, is that i totally predicted my irresponsibility in this wedding. we were given a minor alter lighting job & then we passed off the flame to the plan b recipients, who were tall enough to carry out the task. but, we did however, pull off handing out the handmade bells {a thank you very much & the others who strung them} to the guests. they were rung as the new married couple left the church {in remembrance of those who could not join us that night}. it was a beautiful ceremony.
miss ava flower girl.
this photo is of the late michael hanson.
donna's father. my uncle.
it was incorporated into her bouquet.
{my most favorite detail in their wedding} and so very special.
her brothers, gavin & eric walked her down the aisle...& cue the tears. it was a beautiful way to be 'given away' i thought. so very meaningful. we all had uncle mikey in our thoughts that evening...especially when the dancing started...i'm sure he would've been out there cutting a rug with the best of them!
i had a great 2nd row seat. but i had the piano in my line of focus. i kept staring at the reflection of her dress under the piano top.
the bell choir during the ceremony. beautiful sound.
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