Sunday, May 5, 2013

Michelle's Wedding Day

So finally, the REAL reason for our trip to Fort Worth last weekend...



My sister Michelle got married!!! Doesn't she look so beautiful?!

As I blogged about last spring, I was fortunate enough to be a part of Michelle and Chris's engagement story under the Century Tree at A&M. Since then, they have been enjoying their engagement and trying to find the right time for the wedding based on both families, school, work, etc. So imagine our surprise last month when Michelle sends the family a text message to Save the Date -- April 27. We were all so excited and scrambled to make plans for the special weekend. 

Michelle and Chris were married at the beautiful Fort Worth Water Gardens on a gorgeous-weather day. It was sunny, cool, and breezy...a perfect wedding day! They were joined by close family and friends and they took us all on a journey through the Gardens as they exchanged sentimental thoughts, prayers, and vows. Such a beautiful ceremony and so fitting for the happy couple. I was so honored to be a part of their day and take some pictures that they can hopefully cherish forever. Here's their wedding day in photos.

Michelle with Renee and Ryah, getting ready before the ceremony in her honeymoon suite.

Michelle with Dad and Mom

Full length of Michelle's dress.

She looked so beautiful!


The groom before the wedding.

Love this one. Chris made the rosebud bouquet from his own garden.

Chris with his 3 kids before the wedding: Caleb, Grace, and Ashley.

Michelle walked across the plaza towards her groom. A nearby band was playing the national anthem. It was quite the wedding entrance, ha!

Standing before the minister.

A wedding prayer before the ceremony.

The couple during their wedding journey.

Love this.

Dad read a scripture passage.

The 7 cousins hung out nearby during the scripture readings.

At the next location, Michelle and Chris exchanged vows.


The final location required quite the interesting hike down into the water gardens.

It was tricky getting down to the bottom with the entire group, but it was so beautiful.

Exchanging rings.

Finally, they were pronounced Man and Wife!!

And immediately afterwards, they had to update their Facebook status. It's not official until it's on Facebook!!

The new Warhurst family!

Morgan cousins.


Sneaking in a picture of the Courtright family :-)

The happy couple with Mom and Dad.

Congratulations to Michelle and Chris!! 

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures of the wedding day! Thanks for taking them for us! I know that Michelle and Chris will be so happy to have the reminders of the ceremony and pictures of all the family!

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  2. Congratulations to Michelle! Sounds like a really cool wedding ceremony! And you did a great job capturing all of the stops in the journey throughout the gardens.

    I can't wait to see those built-in cabinets in your new house. And more pictures of the new house for that matter. I love your new paint colors - we have a very similar palette in our house now. =)

    Hope you are hanging in there - just a few more weeks until school is out!! Woohoo! =)

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  3. What a beautiful day! And you took awesome pictures. I am seriously SO impressed. I love all of the different family pictures. You captured their happiness perfectly.

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