Sunday, June 28, 2009

A little story

I didn't get bouquets for the flower girls. I did decide they needed something small, but figured we could pick a bouquet for them. And I was eyeing up flowers in the neighbourhood I could pick from the park. There used to be several white lilac bushes in a park near us, but they were trimmed too much last year and didn't fully come back this year. Then I noticed an apartment building near us had a rather large, beautiful white lilac bush in full bloom a couple weeks before the wedding, that was it. On the drive from my house to my parent's house (for family photos), I made my mom stop so I could pick them.

I knew she would find it ridiculous, so I didn't tell her what I was doing. She had no idea why I yelled at her to stop. Then I ran out of the car to get the flowers. My mom was not impressed, I think my photographer (who was with us) thought I was doing it just to frustrate my mom (which was not why I did it, though it did frustrate her), but I got two lovely white lilac bouquets for the flower girls to carry.

The photographer snapped pictures of me running back to the car with my stolen loot: (Source: Unveiled Photography)

(Even though the lilac bush was on private property, I figured who would yell at a bride for stealing such a small amount of flowers. It was a gamble that paid off!)

9 comments:

Kelley at My Island Wedding said...

love the story and you look fabulous!!

Anonymous said...

This story is adorable!! The picture is fabulous! The dress is amazing :)

Nicole said...

you look great Krista! cute story.

Jane said...

That's funny!!
But very cute!

Mo said...

Haha, that's awesome. You look beautiful!

The Professional Bridesmaid said...

haha. Love it! you look amazing.

Marie said...

Love the picture! And the dress... At long last we can see it. You look so happy. Now I'm so excited for the rest of the photos!

Marie-Ève said...

Love the picture, the dress and the story! I would have totally done the same. I actually added white lilacs to my bouquet (but the tree was mine :-) ) at the last minute as well.

melissa said...

This is an awesome story and an awesome photo to remember it by. Welcome back MRS.