for this week's episode of wedding wednesday, i thought i'd share some photos from the "getting ready" process. and as i was going through my photos, i might have gotten slightly carried away :) there are just so many that i like and wanted to share, so excuse the vast number of photos!

the morning of our wedding, all of my girls (maid of honor, bridesmaids and personal attendants) and i went and got manis/pedis, then headed back to my parent's house for some last minute preparations (i did mention that we planned our wedding in just about 3 weeks, right?!) and got ourselves beautified. we all did our own hair and make-up, although i got a little help with my hair and got lots of good advice on my make-up selection for the day! once we were mostly ready, but not dressed, we headed to the church (with all of our decor in tow!) and put final touches on/got dressed. right before the ceremony, my girls and mama prayed over me, which was something that touched my heart and is something i will hold dear to me- just to have them all around, and to pray all together for my marriage and relationship with max. what a beautiful moment!

i can honestly say i have no idea what maxwell did all morning of that day - i think, if i remember correctly, he was helping to decorate the room where we were going to have our dinner after the wedding, so was running around, making sure last-minute details were in place. all i know is that they didn't get ready until very shortly before the wedding (oh guys and their short routines!) and i didn't see him at all. call him old-fashioned or traditional, but he didn't want to lay his eyeballs on me until i was being walked down the aisle on my dad's arm. he also wouldn't talk to me on the phone! what a funny man! they did tape a short video when we got the church, which i got to watch - that was super cute - just him saying hi and telling me he was super excited and couldn't wait to see me in a little while!

if you missed last week's wedding wednesday: decorations, have no worries, you can check out the sweet fish bowl (among other things!) here. enjoy this week's photos of us getting ready for the wedding ceremony!

{all photos shot by keely nelson @ keelyjoyphotography.com - she is AWESOME!}