Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Brad Ringler. One more wedding down...and what a beautiful wedding it was: this is bound to be a mostly picture post...but let's face it, that's what you want anyways.
Brad and Nikki tied the knot at beautiful Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville. After weeks of praying for no rain, the day (though it started with some drizzlies) was perfect. The rain made everything so green and fresh. You couldn't have asked for a prettier day.
Here's the bride and her maids at the rehearsal.
And here's the whole gang...minus Shawn, he was busy kicking butt for the Great Lakes Loons.
The morning of the wedding was full of buying (gorgeous) flowers, filling vases, setting up tables, and lots and lots of praying for no rain. This is a picture of all of the girls at the bridal lunch. Tea sandwiches, salad, champagne lemonade (and tea) and some very addicting brownies.
After the lunch it was time to head to the ceremony spot and start getting ready. After all the pictures were taken, all that was left to do was walk down the aisle. Then, Nikki's dad came into the room we were waiting in and said the worst thing a bride wants to hear ten minutes before walking down the aisle: "Nikki, we've got a serious problem." Trying to keep Nikki as calm as possible, her dad lifted his leg and showed us his shoes...one of them with a barely hanging on sole. Thankfully, Mr. Thomas and Tyler wear the same size shoes, so after a quick call, Mr. Thomas was in brown shoes and Tyler was in Mr. Thomas's black shoes.
With everyone ready to go...we headed down the aisle for one of the most beautiful ceremonies I've been to. Then, it was off to the reception to PAR-TAY.
Everything was perfect...the food, the decorations, the music, and especially the cake.
Lots of dancing, and some extremely sore feet later...we said goodbye to the newlyweds and congratulated each other for another wedding well done. Here's Tyler and Kathy dancing the "Mother/Son" dance and for the first time, Zac and I dancing the "Father/Daughter" dance.
These other pictures are from the James Taylor concert earlier that week. Tyler, Jeremy, Kathy, Zac and I met up at Fair Park on Wednesday night for some JT. Can't wait for him to be close again...he's the best.
Such a wonderful week/weekend. Can't wait to meet at Mount Sequoyah again in October for Lindsey and Lee's wedding. So happy for you, Nikki and Brad, you two deserve each other. Tyler and I will be waiting for our invitation to come see you this summer. YAY.
