And the Bride wore Red!!

Hi All!
And a Happy Mothers Day to all of my wonderful bloggy friends! 
Finally we had a beautiful spring week-end here in Wisconsin!  And what a perfect day Saturday turned out to be for an outdoor wedding. With temperatures in the 70's and lot's of sunshine it truly was a lovely day!  The bride, pictured above with her Dad is from Russia.  She met her groom while attending college here in Wisconsin.   She is fluent in 4 languages and is currently finishing her Master's Program in Toronto, Canada.  The grooms Dad is my Mom's Beau and he owns and operates a Dairy farm so that is how we all came to be connected.

The farm turned out to be a gorgeous setting!  The couple were married under the big willow tree near their pond.   My brother Mike, also in the band brother Mike,  is shown here officiating over the wedding.  Little did I know that you could become licensed to officiate at Weddings by taking a course on the Internet!  LOL!  But kidding aside, my brother Mike did a wonderful job!

We also learned a lot about Russian Wedding traditions on Saturday.  Red is the old world traditional color for Wedding gowns and the bride looked stunning!  Before the ceremony started, the groom had to be grilled by the brides family ( in a fun loving way).  He had to answer numerous questions regarding his beloved and some were quite humorous!  This is also a  Russian wedding tradition and it made for a fun ceremony!

In keeping with the country theme I did the tables in white and blue!  I was only able to get a few pics since I was busy taking care of Addison who attended with us.
I was on a really tight budget but I grabbed loads of fabric and measured and fashioned tablecloths and runners!

We used some faux flowers and some real ( like the Gerbera Daisies pictured above)

I used an old picnic basket to hold these little container's of bubbles that you can get instead of rice!

I wish I had  a chance to get some better pics the day of the ceremony because when it all came together it looked quite pretty and fit the country/farm theme as well.

My brother Michael's band entertained us out on the front porch!  We had a lot dancing and learned a lot of fun Russian wedding dances too .

A close-up of my handsome brother Michael!  Did you all know that I have six brothers and only one sister?Mike is number 6 kid out of 8 and I am the oldest of this brood!

And I can't help myself but being that it's Mother's Day and all I just had to post a few pics of Addison!
These were taken before we got ready for the wedding but I think they are awfully cute!

Now doesn't that fake pizza look quite real?  Ha!  She loves these little fake food toys that  I found for her at a garage sale!

And I just have to show you her cute little teeth !  They just came in but those little babies sure are sharp as she sometimes likes to gnaw on her Grandma's cheek a bit. 

I hope all of you Mom's had a beautiful day and I can't think of a more important job that seldom gets the praise that it deserves!  Being a good Mom is the hardest but most important job in this world and nothing will ever beat that!

Happy Week Everyone!!!

Cindy

I am joining Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for Met. Monday

 And Sally @ Smiling Sally for Blue Monday.

And Marty @ A Stroll thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday.