At 4 pm we met to head out to the Prairie Star in Santa Ana Pueblo for Lia & Chance's wedding. We were hearing weather advisories for the area with rain, tornadoes, floods!! We had some rain on the way there. This is the same place where Steve and Jennifer were married. It is a very gorgeous setting with a backdrop of the Sandia Mountains.
Almost time for the wedding
No one wanted to go sit yet until the very last second because of the sprinkling that was going on. They handed out paper towels to wipe off our seats before sitting down.
I finally got to use my travel raincoat.
The wedding started about 10 minutes late.
Avery, on the left, was especially adorable. (Ashley & David's daughter)
Lia with her dad
The pastor cut out a lot of what he was going to say, because of the weather. We did have a brief time of no rain.
Lia & Chance Cohn
We then went inside and had appetizers while the formal pictures were being taken.
Jennifer
The photographer was having a problem getting everyone arranged for photos. Note Lia's veil. Yes, it was very windy.
Ashley & Lia. Because of the weather many of the professional photos were done indoors.
Then the storm hit. What a storm! Wind, hail, rain ... the works.
That is hail!!
The driveway was turned into a river.
post wedding
Lia, Aidan and Chance
And then the sun came out.
a rainbow
The photographer wanted to get a picture with the rainbow.
Then the sprinklers came on
Once all the pictures were taken we had dinner.
It was very good. 2 salads, green beans, mashed potatoes, chicken, ravioli and bread. I did not have the ravioli or bread.
Ashley and David
Time to cut the cake
Jennifer and her siblings: Tabb's wife, Jennifer, Rebecca, Danielle and Tabb
After the cake was the bouquet toss and garter slinging (it got caught in the rafters) and then the dancing. We left soon after the traditional dances were done. Because it was dark and everyone was moving, my pictures did not turn out.
Jamie, Pam, Sue and I relaxed at the bar once we got into more comfortable clothes. We sure had every kind of weather today.
Looks like quite an eventful wedding - you included some wonderful photos of it all Barbara - told the story so well!
ReplyDeleteI think the photo of Lia, Chance and Aiden is sooo nice .... looks like a professional photo.
ReplyDeleteNice photos! I'm glad you finished the wedding before the hail started!
ReplyDeleteI agree about the Lia-Aiden-Chance picture - gorgeous! Great picture story about the whole wedding event, Barb. And thanks for sharing that video you took of the storm. SOOO glad the ceremony finished first. Awesome about the rainbow. What a nice omen for their wedding.
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