My brother's wedding

Happy Monday, and welcome to another photo heavy post! It's 11:30am on Sunday as I write this, so about 12 hours since the wedding ended. Needless to say I am struggling, but committed to getting you this blog post!! Ha! I'll start with the outfit and share some photos from the wedding for those that are interested!

I found this dress on Dillard's website for their New Year's Day sale. I figured it was a good time to look for dresses to wear for the wedding, and I loved that this dress wasn't too winter nor too spring. It was perfect for the season and occasion.

The shape of this dress is also my favorite to wear on my square shaped body, giving me the illusion of more of an hourglass figure. I did have to get it altered a bit - I had the tailor take up the shoulders/straps and also take up the hem a couple of inches.

Earrings: Stella and Dot | Necklace: J Crew (option) | Bag: Tory Burch | Dress: Eliza J (option, option) | Bracelet: J Crew (option) | Heels: Badgley Mischka

I ended up buying all of my accessories last week when I was in San Antonio. I had brought my nude Rockstud heels to wear with this, and while they are awesome and my favorite, I was picturing more of a metallic heel instead. So, when I found these at Nordstrom, and they fit like a glove, I snatched them up immediately. I have never tried Badgley Mischka before. I pictured the brand to be super uncomfortable like the Nina brand is, but these were great and lasted me the entire night. Ok, well, from 3pm-11pm, and then I wanted to cut my feet off. But for that duration and adding in a night of dancing, you're hard pressed to find any heel to stand that test of time!

They got married in Boerne, TX, which is just outside San Antonio. The venue was called Bella Springs, and it was just gorgeous as you can see. They were supposed to have an outdoor wedding, but it rained all week - ever since I landed last Monday! It was raining up until 2 hours before the wedding, so they changed plans and moved the ceremony indoors instead. It was still really beautiful regardless!

The bride and groom with my dad, brother in law (my sister's hubby), and nephew

The nephew wearing Anne Geddes Baby Boy 3-pc Tuxedo look set

Speaking of the nephew! Let's pause this wedding recap for a photo of this cuteness! My sister got him this baby tux outfit and it was too adorable! OK, let's face it, this kid could make any outfit look adorable! It was so nice to get to squish him for a few days!

My brother is a bit of a shoe addict much like me, so I was surprised but not surprised that his groom's cake was modeled after a pair of Jordan's. You can see another view of it on Instagram also here!

The bride and groom table

I've mentioned a few times that the majority of my extended family is in Southern California, which is why we end up doing all our holidays out there. This time, they all flew in from Cali and we all got to hang in Texas for a change! This is me and my sister (far right) with some of our cousins.

And you may recognize some of these faces from my pics last summer. These are some of my close San Antonio girlfriends that I grew up with, so it was great to be reunited with them and be able to take photos. With me living in St. Louis, but all of them still back home, I always have to be a little jealous seeing their group pictures whenever they are out together. It was nice to be able to make it in this one!

Sorry for the phone selfie, but I was a bad planner and my camera battery died by the end of the night! I had to leave you with at least one pic of me with the bride and groom. I just love them to pieces! My brother started crying the second she started walking down the aisle, and so naturally I did, too! And then the mother/son dance - dang, I'm tearing up typing about it! Haha!! OK, that's it for now! Have a happy Monday!

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