the wedding. in review. the routine.

right as we began planning our wedding we immediately decided that we didn't want it to end up like the stereotypical mormon wedding.  they usually are more of a funeral procession than they are a celebration.  we wanted it be fun. 
memorable. 
and we wanted people to stay all night long.

even before i met lincoln, i conceived up this idea that i wanted to do some freaking sweet dance with my husband as a surprise for our guests.  this worked out great, because lincoln's family has a tradition of performing a "cousin dance" at every wedding reception.  

here are the photos from the cousin dance.  i love these photos!

and then lincoln's brothers performed the three amigos dance, which was hilarious!

i thought, perfect!  after they do their dance we can stand up and say, "we know it's a tradition to do a cousin dance, but we wanted to show you guys up with our own bride and groom dance!"

being a friends guru, i was watching an episode one day and decided that lincoln and i could perform "the routine" that monica and ross do at the new year's celebration taping. 

we barely pulled it off.  i think we learned it a week before the wedding even though we were planning to do it all along.

nathan pickett, our most awesome videographer, sent me a link on my facebook page today of "the routine" captured.  so i thought i would share it with you.  i'll tell you more about nate later, but we pretty much think he's the coolest guy ever.  so cool that we wish we could hang out with him all the time.  we are facebook friends, so that tells you something!

First Dance from Nathan Pickett on Vimeo.

and here are the photos from our photographer, jessica kettle, of "the routine."

lincoln's facial expressions are priceless.

nate even told lincoln on our wedding day that he has very expressive eyebrows.  hah!

i was so glad we did this even though we look like dorks.  

we had so much fun! 

and we hope the tradition will carry on.