Gary and Madison's Reception {part 2}

After the picture taking time, the Blakely's held a beautiful Wedding reception at the church.  There was the traditional "First Dance".  Lovely.  Way to go, Gary and Madison!  Y'all were just beautiful.

Then their was the Father - Daughter dance!

Spectacular!

They danced to "I loved her First".

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

 Then there was the "Toasting" time to the new 

Bride and Groom!

Each of the tables had individual center pieces that were decorated in antique tea cups with cloth flowers adorned with broaches and antique jewelery.

I had Shelly and Jan, make me a special center piece using lace that G'mommy had made 65 years ago.

Besides the pretty tea cups, there were photo stands with pictures of both Gary and Madison and on the back, was a fun description of their memories which they have made together while dating these past 3 years.

There were cute, cute stores like this one about Happiness Flowers.  Madison also made a bouquet of Happiness Flowers to throw to the single gals, while Gary threw the garter.
~J