The rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding at the Pensacola Yacht Club…
Bean having dinner with me and my Aunt Joan
Part of the wedding party
Michelle, Ginny’s best friend since 6th grade, getting ready for her toast
These three girls have been best friends since 6th grade and somehow all managed to get engaged at the same time! Their weddings are within 3 months of each other.
My dad, me, my sister, and my mom. (Please ignore my frizzy hair. Humidity sucks.)
I LOVE this picture of my dad. He has such a great laugh!
The morning of the wedding, the bridesmaids met at the salon to get our hair done…
At the salon
My sweet Momma getting her hair done
At the salon
Before and After they straightened my hair
The beautiful bride
My pretty Grandma
Ginny checking out her gorgeous hair do
Such a bridal ‘do!
Testing out the hair with her veils
Putting on the cathedral length veil
Voila!
My mom, sister, and me we to a different place after the hair salon to get our make up done…
Gosh, Gin! Could you be a LITTLE happier, please?
SKIN Salon in Pensacola. They were amazing!
Checking out my make up
My hair…All 50 pounds of it…
Mother of the Bride getting her make up done
Chris got stuck driving us around all morning. He was not as excited about the make up as we were.
With her make up done, my mom starts to get excited about the wedding!!
Up next? We arrive at the church and the first look at Ginny’s wedding dress!!!! Stay tuned…
1) Beth: :) You all look so nice. Chris looks like he needed a caffeine IV (04.27.2010 09:39am)
2) Heather in ND: Great pics!! Thanks for bringin' us along for the ride! :D (04.27.2010 09:45am)
3) Lee Ann: This is so much fun! Thanks for sharing! (Although I do wonder HOW I'll manage to get anything done here at work today, as of course I'll HAVE to check in everytime I have the chance!) Can't believe you look so relaxed with those pulled muscles (... or were those the pain meds kicking in? ha, ha!) (04.27.2010 09:45am)
4) Angela: You all look so pretty! Hahaha, poor Chris. (04.27.2010 09:46am)
5) Dayla: LOVE LOVE LOVE Smashbox cosmetics! You, Ginny, & your mama looked beautiful!! (04.27.2010 09:49am)
6) Diana: Gorgeous photos! You guys look AMAZING! (04.27.2010 10:08am)
7) Kendra: Your whole family looks beautiful! And the smile on your sisters face is beaming! (04.27.2010 10:10am)
8) Jenn: Love the bib in the first picture - where ever did you get it ;) (04.27.2010 10:18am)
9) Katie: This AWESOME blog reader sent it to me from her Etsy store!! (Thanks again! It looked so great and got so many compliments!!) (04.27.2010 10:22am)
10) Sarah H.: Looking at these pics I'm getting so excited!! (04.27.2010 10:25am)
11) Christina: So fun and happy!! There is something so cool about watching the transformation of a wedding party...women who were already beautiful become totally radiant! Your hair looked gorgeous! I love wedding 'dos!! Her hair was so pretty, too. (04.27.2010 10:36am)
12) Maggie: I love weddings!! I'm so excited to see more. I'm going to check back every 15 minutes lest I miss a single shot... http://www.maggiemphoto.wordpress.com (04.27.2010 10:39am)
13) Joke: Gorgeous hairdo's! But Katie, I also like your frizzy hair! Don't fret about it :):):) (04.27.2010 10:44am)
14) Megan (Best of Fates): I love the photo of Michelle getting ready for her toast - I think it encapsulates everything great about wedding toasts. (04.27.2010 11:07am)
15) Tracey!: I love weddings...love them but what I get especially excited about besides the obvious (The CAKE) it's the frills, the mimosas, the nails, the perfect shade of pink, the smell of the otherwise highly toxic hairspray.. why the primping of course. (04.27.2010 12:45pm)
16) Trish: Gorgeous pictures! Thank you for showing the back of your head! Grins...pretty hairdo...how hard was it to take down the next morning?? Humidity..don't you just love it? We had a rainy weekend so my head looked like it wouldn't fit into a bushel basket! (04.27.2010 12:48pm)
17) Tracey!: oh and speaking of all things girls http://youhavetoeatdirt.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/the-panty-party/ the lingerie shower, for you and you and you! (04.27.2010 12:53pm)
18) Cindy: Thanks for sharing the festivities with us! I love watching the transformation of you, your sister, and mom:) If you want to see what I was up to last week read this: http://lifeatthestephenshome.blogspot.com/ (04.27.2010 01:08pm)
19) Shoe Gal @ High Heel Hijinks: That is the coolest bib that Bean is wearing! So perfect for the occasion. There are some clever people in this world I tell ya! (04.27.2010 01:33pm)
20) Diana: Loving the play by play of the wedding day...so much fun! (04.27.2010 02:09pm)
21) Sarah @ Picture Window Blog: So much fun! Can't wait to see how Ginny looked in her dress :) (04.27.2010 02:49pm)
22) flutter: I'm getting married near Pensacola in April...do you have the contact info for your hair salon and SKIN? I'd love to check them out! (04.27.2010 02:59pm)
23) Tracy: I am loving your play by play of the day! I love weddings! Thanks for sharing all the details! :) (04.27.2010 03:01pm)
24) Katie: I don't have their contact info, but you can probably Google it. Our make up girl was Erin and she was AMAZING. Super nice, really easy to work with, and she did a fantastic job! She made us look just like the pictures we picked out! (04.27.2010 03:06pm)
25) Caitlin Brown: Katie, you look so great! I hope I look as good as you do after I have a baby. I'm not just saying that :) (04.27.2010 03:16pm)
26) Jeska: Haha poor Chris. You guys all look great though! (04.27.2010 05:34pm)
27) Kristin: I was wondering the same thing..the bib is soo cute. Can you share which etsy store? (04.27.2010 07:32pm)
28) flutter: Is this them? http://skinbeautyboutique.com/ Had a bit of trouble finding it the first go; Erin's name helped! (04.27.2010 09:13pm)
29) Katie: That's it! Tell Erin that Ginny Tillman's sister recommended her! :) (04.27.2010 09:56pm)
30) flutter: Definitely! I love the blog (naturally!), but I must admit I'm enjoying seeing your sister's wedding so that I can get a few vendor names! I'm up in Atlanta, so finding local FL vendors has been a little challenging with no one to recommend anyone. THANK YOU. <3 (04.27.2010 10:51pm)
31) The Sister Speaks (About Being Married) | Marriage Confessions The Sister Speaks (About Being Married) | Laugh. Fight. Stay Married.: [...] Ginny and her husband, John Michael, were married last April (see posts about her wedding here, here, here, here, and here) and since then have been living in southern Virginia where he was [...] (01.31.2011 07:50am)