Deerly Beloved: The Elks Reunite

After an extended morning about 10 minutes of building anticipation, it was finally time for Mr Elk and I to see each other all gussied up!  I made sure he was all set up and ready before heading out to meet.  I guess I'll let the photos speak for themselves here:

all photos via Ruby Star Photography

Pretty much the only moment that our photographers did not capture that I wish they had was this point during our first look, because instead of tapping Mr Elk politely on the shoulder to let him know to turn around, I smacked him on his bootay, and I'm pretty sure that would be a hilarious photo! I guess it's my fault for not warning them that I was planning on doing this.... anyhoo, after I smacked that ass, Mr Elk knew he was allowed to turn.
Of course, I had to show off the back!
I have no idea what we are doing here, but you can see a sneak peak of our chuppah!

I purposely did our first look without my bouquet, as I didn't want to awkwardly half hug Mr Elk trying to hold onto my bouquet at the same time.  Yes, I really did think about this prior to the wedding!  I even told my photographers this was something important to me- I never realized how insane that sounded until just about now!

Anyhoo, because I wasn't holding it and was so enthralled in the moment, I actually almost completely forgot to grab my bouquet after our first look was complete!  Here is our florist rushing over to make sure I didn't forget:

And now that I was fully prepared, it was time to take some portraits!

Miss a moment? Catch up here:
1. The Elks part ways with their pooch, and eat WAY too much rainbow cookie cake
2. Mrs Elk beautifies with her ladies after a less than stellar wake up call
3. Mrs Elk REALLY wants to put her dress on already!