Our Wedding: The Reception

We looked at a couple of reception venues, but pretty much knew we'd have our wedding reception at the Country Club not far from my parents' house. A family friend's daughter had her wedding reception there a few years earlier and it was perfect - beautiful views, a good space layout, and not far from the church. It just worked.


Here was the only hiccup - the Country Club was under construction and scheduled for reopening on July 17, 2008. You know, 2 days before the wedding. This caused my mom many sleepless nights, but I for some reason was not the least bit worried. I knew it would all work out - whether it was tented on the golf course (with lots of air conditioners brought in) or in the space we had reserved. The construction finished ahead of schedule (how often does that happen?!), and we were the first wedding in the beautifully renovated space. Not too shabby.


The club handled everything - dinner (I'm told everything was delicious - I have no recollection), setup, breakdown, bar tending... The catering coordinator did a fabulous job and between her and a family friend who was helping with the day-of wedding planning, everything went smoothly.

My sister telling our 200 closest friends that I wanted 6 kids with fabulously Irish names when I was a kid. That number briefly hit 7 my Freshman year of college when I was dating a cowboy boot wearing, black pickup truck driving, country music loving Texan and has since bottomed out at 5. Which means I should probably get over my fear of slouchy panted skateboarding punks and get started.

B's dad giving an hysterical toast

The only bite of cake we ate all night. Can't wait to defrost that top layer and find out what it tastes like.


We danced our first dance (the Foxtrot - and we had so much fun taking dance lessons together) to "our song" - Tim McGraw's "My Best Friend".

Then Daddy and I brought on the waterworks to Heartland's "I Loved Her First". We did our best to stick to non-country after that, but we still got a few line dances in for these Colorado kids:

And a Lambda Chi shout out in Kenny Chesney's "Keg in the Closet" for the Lamp Chops (and future Chop?) at the reception.

Our friend Sarah caught the bouquet - she was engaged within a month and married six months later.

And then there was a whole lotta fun.

Get excited, friends. You survived 4 days of Wedding Photos.

(All photos taken by Dave and Lynn Townsend of David Lynn Photography.)