Jonathan + Sarah Wedding

Okay, typically, my favorite images from a wedding are the getting ready shots. I LOVE the anticipation, the shear nervousness, the fun times with the wedding party...the dress, the shoes, the makeup, the jewelry, the flowers....ahhhhh. The ceremony is pretty boring to photograph--not that I don't cry when each of my brides walks down the aisle, or sob during vows they wrote themselves....but I usually have to just stand in the back and not make a PEEP, so that get's kinda boring to me. Sorry. The formals, are, well, formals...posed, cheesy, traditional....unless the bride let's me get creative! And the reception is usually fun if there is dancing or alcohol (and if I'm lucky, BOTH...that's when the images get REALLY fun!)

But for this wedding, my favorite shots were the formals and the reception! Odd, I know, but you have to know these two! Sarah is a calm, cool, fabulous girl, and Rhodes is a freaking ham. He's pretty quiet, not boistrous, but funny as hell!! Naturally funny...the kind where you don't even have to try hard and you make people pee themselves.

So, after the getting ready was over, and then the ceremony was over, we headed to the Hotel Galvez in Galveston, and that's when the party started! It started during the formals. It was HOT HOT HOT...and they were so great in letting me try some new things...and we even got a few couple shots before Rhodes melted.

The reception, I KNEW, was going to be good b/c they hired the Mambo Jazz Kings....hands down, the BEST band for weddings. PERIOD. So the first dance started, "Islands in the Stream"...my kinda people! And then, the fun happened. And I mean FUN! These people know how to party and dance and weren't afraid to shake their grove thang--EVERYONE. Not a shy guest at this reception! And they weren't all drunk---they were high on wedding life! I have NEVER had this much fun--okay, maybe, but I had fun just WATCHING the people! And you can see from the pictures!

**NOTE: There are a few many pictures of my best friend Lindsey who was a bridesmaid! All for MySpace, baby!!**

**Second NOTE: All the gorgeous men in the photos are brothers--yup. 5 offspring that all look that good....amazing. Way to go Dad!!***

Gorgeous family of boys...my my!

Future Congressman--seriously, he's going to run! Vote for Rhodes!

Oh, the sweetness of this shot...the foreshadowing....I cried when I saw it in processing....

Sarah cried just before they started the procession and the girls jumped right in to calm her nerves! Love it! It's good to have friends like that!

Check out the stained glass...I'm a sucker!

Runaway bride! Sarah's idea!

Look at these adorable nieces and nephews Sarah inherited! Lucky girl!

This guy was singing along to my FAV song in the whole world: Jessie's Girl. But his rendition:
"I wish that I had Johnny's girl!"

And the crowd cheered him on!

I NEVER put pictures of myself on this blog, but I had to throw one out to Lindsey!

Mother/Son dance! HA!

They all sang along to Bon Jovi--about 3 times!
"Living on a Prayer!"