Jody and Jimmy had the kind of wedding that I would have, if I had to do it over again. I mean, if I absolutely HAD to do it all over again, I’d pretty much have their wedding, only no white dress. And Ellie would be my maid of honor. And I’d totally wear white patent leather platform shoes. And somehow I think I’d need to do it in the wintertime so that I could wear black or dark purple. And I’d incorporate some of my Hawaiian heritage into the vows, and wear a maile lei and haku instead of carrying a bouquet. And it would be on Maui.

Yeah, my wedding would be *nothing* like this. But I still felt completely at home at theirs!

They were married at Jimmy’s brother’s home in Sunset Beach NC, and the reception was at the Isles Restaurant in Ocean Isle Beach. Before their wedding, I’d never been to the Isles. What a great restaurant! One of these days I’ll drive down and have dinner that I can sit down and eat with utensils, because it seemed to me that the food was really really yum.

Jody and Jimmy were so completely laid back about EVERYTHING. I know I say that a lot (most of my clients are pretty casual and easygoing), but seriously, they didn’t worry about a thing. Jody’s veil flies off and almost falls into the inlet? Cool! Toddlers are grabbing at her white gown with chocolate hands? They’re so CUTE! It was like that all day. If she wasn’t wearing a dress, you’d never know she was THE BRIDE. Ultracool.

And Jimmy. Jimmy’s an actor. Check out his IMDB page! He is about a million feet tall, has the biggest smile ever, and every man in his family looks just like him. If he wasn’t so tall and distinctive, you really could forget that he was THE GROOM because he was so unassuming. Oh, and also because he kept messing with the laptop and downloading new itunes to play at the reception. Where’s Jimmy? At the laptop.

The kids at this wedding really kind of stole the show. They were everywhere, which was awesome. They laughed and played, no one got into trouble, and the reception was completely kid-friendly. A couple of the kids ended up latching on to me for parts of the evening, which I liked a lot because it was like having Ellie with me, only these kids weren’t yelling “I’m not TALKING TO YOU ANYMORE MOMMY!” at me every four minutes. So it was like having my kid around, only somewhat sweeter.

Here are some more images from Jody and Jimmy’s wedding ….

This one is probably my favorite. This is right after the kids were told that the cake needed to be taken away to be cut.