Dawn and Derek are married!!

Dawn and Derek are Mr. and Mrs. Abbott!! We went to her wedding last night. I wish I had real pics to post but, well, a digi didn't go with my outfit. Dawn looked beautiful in her Maggie dress, Derek was so adorable (and started crying before he even saw Dawn, which almost made her lose it when she came around the corner and saw him, which earned a punch for her dad...cutest dad ever). The girls wore really pretty blue Jim Hjelm dresses that Dawn found cheap on Netbride.com. The Atlantic Beach Club was so amazing with a view of the Newport "Cottages" and the cliff walk. They got to take a million amazing pics on the beach, too.
The room was so gorgeous, and we especially loved the large dance floor! (Dawn and Derek really get down, too!).
Mom was a great date, as usual. We especially loved the personalized squished pennies. Derek collects squished pennies, and was able to order some with adirondak chairs that said "Dawn and Derek July 20th, 2009." How cool is that?? The cake was also gorgeous with adirondak chairs as toppers. Another fun thing was that Dawn was sweet enough to arrange a van to take anyone home after the wedding, so we got to ride home with 10 drunk friends who were pretty entertaining.

We also got a chance to chat with Jen and Jody, Dawn's photographers who also traveled all the way from Seattle. Dawn loved her engagement session photos so much that J&J offered to fly to Rhode Island to shoot the wedding, too! They are super sweet, and said they have been to the CITS about 20 times and love it. They said it has become more and more popular over the last 2 years, maybe since it was in Seattle Bride?? They love the roof pics and the water feature. :) I can't wait to see J&J's shots from last night...Jody did show us one dancing picture of D&D that he was pretty proud of!