Monday, April 23, 2007

04.22.2007: April and Brenden

Ceremony: Town Green Park

Reception: Waterway Marriott
The morning of April and Brenden's wedding, I flew into Houston from Dallas - freshened up and proceeded to the Waterway Marriott - where the bride was not at. Okay, rewind. I called the bride and she tells me she's in the ballroom with the white curtains. I see white curtains - but there's no bridal party in there. Wooops! Wrong Marriott! Turns out they were just a few blocks away from where all the girls were getting their sexy on. (Check out the pictures, these girls are gorgeous and soooooooooo much fun!). At 4:55pm, the girls and I pile into the shuttle (to the Waterway) to take the Water Taxi to the ceremony site. At 4:58, I get a phone call from my other photographer asking if the bride was on the way yet (meaning, in the water taxi). The guys were all lined up at the altar. All the guests have been seated and everyone was waiting. Double oops. We were still driving to the hotel! We got to the hotel exactly at 5pm (the time that the ceremony is to start) and didn't leave on the water taxi until 5:12pm (because the coordinator was getting the bouquets!). When we got there, the boys were still at the altar with the couple's dog - and the groom's back was turned away so he wouldn't accidentally see the bride until she came down the steps. (So Sweet!!). The bride's uncle officiated the ceremony and when they were announced as husband and wife, Brenden dipped April for their first kiss! (I HEART DIPS)!! Afterwards, everyone headed to the Waterway Marriott to "GET DOWN" (seriously, it said that on the itinerary from 7pm to 11pm) - and let's say that it was such a blast that I'm going to dedicate an entire blog to it. Watch out for it later this week. April and Brenden, thanks for an amazzzzzzzzzzzzinnnnnnnnnnng time! (~Mariae and Billy with Cherish Moments Photography)