Flower Girls

 This past weekend we had a wonderful time celebrating the wedding of Alyssa and Kevin! Alyssa was one of our youth at Swift Creek and we were blessed to have her in youth group throughout her middle school and high school years. So when she asked if the big girls would be her flower girls in her wedding, of course, they were thrilled! They had been counting down the days till this wedding!
The fun started on Friday afternoon with the bridal luncheon. We had a great time visiting with the bride, bridesmaids, and friends there.

 At the bridal luncheon, Alyssa gave the girls pearl bracelets for them to wear with their dresses and these precious little tanks monogrammed with their initials.

 After the luncheon, we headed on to the church for the rehearsal. Here is the littlest one with the lovely bride.

 Here are the big girls waiting for their part at the rehearsal

and practicing their parts.

After the rehearsal, we headed to the rehearsal dinner. Bethany loved the tomatoes and cucumbers in the salad and Mommy's chicken too.

It was a delicious supper and a fun time visiting with Alyssa and Kevin's families. Rachel, Bekah and Analeigh all had lots of fun playing together too.

Here were the girls' sweet basket and sign. Rachel tossed the petals from the basket and Bekah carried the sign.

Here are the lovely flower girls with their sponge rollers before we did their hair. Lb helped me get all their curlers out to get them ready.

                      

While the bridesmaids and flower girls were getting ready, the groom and groomsmen had a little time for Frisbee and baseball.

The girls looked so beautiful that I had to get a few pictures of them together to remember the day.

They got a little extra practice time in to make sure they were ready to walk down the aisle.

                                      
Here are the big girls with their "Issa." Rachel couldn't say Alyssa when she was a baby so Alyssa became Issa to Rachel. Both girls still call her Issa at times now.

                      

                             

Bethany even got her picture with the beautiful bride!

And finally, it was Wedding time!!!

You can't see it in the pictures above, but each girl had a tiny piece of tape to stand on. I told Bekah to "glue" her feet to the tape. Three or four times during the wedding, she would push her dress back so she could see her feet and move her feet to make sure she was standing right on the middle of the tape! Both girls did so well standing there throughout the ceremony!

We all had a great time at the reception too. It was held at the Ward Center in Petersburg and it was such a neat spot. These girls thoroughly enjoy catching up with and playing with their friends from Colonial Heights. We also enjoyed visiting with old and new friends especially lots of youth and church family from Swift Creek.

The big girls also got to be announced with the wedding party and come in with them. Here they are watching the bride and groom's first dance.
Brent also prayed for the bride and groom at the reception as well.

Here I am with my handsome groom! Can't believe we have been married almost 11 years already!!

McGuirt Family, July 11, 2015

Alyssa and Kevin, thank you so much for letting us all be a part of your special day. We pray for your marriage and future family. We pray that God will use your family in great ways to honor and bring glory to Him always! We love you all!