These are a bit overdue, as I’d meant to show these photos from Kat and Thomas’s wedding reception back when I made the original blog posts. I told Kat that I’d have to make a separate post just for these photos, because they cracked me up so much.
Let me set the scene for you:
I was at Kat and Thomas’s reception, documenting as much of its awesomeness as possible. Their little niece, E, approached me, wanting to me to take photos of her throwing flower petals in the air. She’d gone around and collected flower petals that’d fallen off people’s boutonnières and floral arrangements.
So she stood in front of me, and I’d count down “1, 2, 3!” so she’d know when to jump and throw the petals in the air (with much gusto!) I’d show her the photo on the back of the camera, and if E wasn’t pleased with how well she could see the petals as they were mid-air, she’d pick them back up off the floor and repeat the process. It was amazing, because she initiated, orchestrated, and creatively directed her own little photo shoot, right there in the middle of her aunt and uncle’s wedding reception! It wasn’t long before her brother started trying to photo bomb the whole thing. Their cousin kept trying to pull him out of the way so E’s photos wouldn’t be ruined. Hijinks galore!
In the end, we did get a couple of photos that E felt satisfied with, plus ones where her brother was being a real pill!
rhubarb lemon bundt cake
tower of mini lemon and vanilla cupcakes
mini Pucker Up (lemon) cake as the “wedding cake” – glitter heart!
yummy cherry heart cookies
♥baby strawberry balsamic pies♥
Chocolate chess pie
lemon thyme butter cookies
Charming hand-written signs by the bride herself
thumbprint cookies
peach pie
Even the little ones had pretty little drinks to sip on!
Wedding cake!
You can take the girl out of the bakery, but you can’t take the bakery out of the girl – Kat, slicing up desserts for wedding guests
Some of the beautiful floral arrangements at the reception
*dance break for a little peppermint ice cream*
Lil Oscar had to take a disco nap
I thought the yellow rain boots were such an iconic part of Kat’s wedding weekend attire, that ending on a shot of her boots filled with giant pink flowers was quite appropriate
Oh, my bride that day arrived in yellow rain boots, with her “eat cake for breakfast” tote. I like where this is going.
And a pink wedding dress? Yep. Kat was 100% “herself” as a bride!
Kat and her sweet mom, Jan. Love this mother of the bride!
Kat, helping attach her soon-to-be husband’s boutonniere
Thomas’s brother Andrew and his wife Allie, trying to get his boutonniere pinned on
The wedding took place as part of the normal Sunday morning service at St. John’s 
Thomas’s mom, Nancy, having her corsage tied on
Chatting with the nieces and nephews before the service
Thomas, Nancy, and his brother Andrew
Groom and mother of the groom
Tommy and Thomas, father and son
Kat with her bridesmaids, Lessie and Whitney
😀
Bride and father of the bride
Happy, happy couple
L♥VE
Thomas’s sister Ginny helps wrangle the kids to have their photos taken with their aunt and uncle
So. Cute.
And this is probably why one of their nephews had asked his mom the night before if Kat and Thomas are adults! “Oh. I didn’t know that” was his response when his mother said that Kat and Thomas are, in fact, adults. They have as much fun as the kids do!
Nieces and nephews, all gussied up
Mother of the bride and bride
Much love
Jan, Kat, and Aunt Bev
Kat and her grandfather. How precious is this??
These three Gordons…
Kip, Kat, and Preston (her “big, little bros”)
Gordon siblings and spouses: Tina, Kip, Thomas, Kat, Preston, Elizabeth – all the Gordon siblings have gotten married in under two years’ time!
Tommy, Thomas, and Page
Jim, Nancy, Thomas, and Petra
Wake, Kat, and Lia
Thomas’s side of the family – siblings, spouses, and kids
People begin gathering for the church service/wedding ceremony
A few moments from the ceremony
The soon-to-be married folks arrived and were immediately bombarded by nieces and nephews.
This is how loved the nieces and nephews are: Kat and Thomas brought them goodie bags
Playing with items they found in their goodie bags
So much going on in this photo. But Kat has the most expressive face
Kat’s friends, posing for a group photo with a camera phone
I, of course, then took a photo of them with my camera
Kat chatting with the owner of Cafe Keough, 
Thomas and his mother Nancy
My FAVORITE, because Kat is just so smitten with the man she’s about to marry
Getting the champs ready for the toasts
Everyone there will understand what I mean when I say, “And then this happened…”
Thomas with his siblings Andrew, Betsy, and Ginny
Kat with her brother Kip, his wife Tina, and their dad Wake