Deerly Beloved: Family Photos

After my foray into modeling didn't end so great at the beach, I decided to stick with simple smiles during our family portrait time.  We asked our family to arrive an hour before the ceremony was set to start so we could get all of these photos done before the wedding- and it worked out great for a number of reasons we will get to next post. 

Before we actually got to family photos, Mr Elk and I took a few more photos of just the two of us- I was sort of obsessed with having photos of my being dipped, and I love these!

All photos by Ruby Star Photography

 There are way too many photos from our family portraits, so I'll give you guys a quick highlights version:

my family:

 

Mama Elk and I (love this pic

Grandma and Grandpa Elk ( they look so short next to Mr Elk!)    Mr Elk's family 

Mama Elk's side of the fam

And just because I'm obsessed with my bouquet, and you guys seemed interested in it last post, I figured I'd spice up family photos with another bouquet closeup:



While things were all smiles on the grassy knoll where we were taking pictures, things were a little more hectic over by the ceremony location.... but we'll get to that in a minute.

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!
4. The Elks- Reunited and it feels so good!
5. The Elk bridal party poses, while Mrs Elk makes Tyra Banks proud