2017 Intimate Flower Girl Dress of the Year

2017 Wedding/Flower Girl Dress of the Year Runner Up

2017 Intimate Wedding/Flower Girl Dress of the Year

Our 2017 Intimate Family Wedding and Flower Girl Dress of the Year Winner

2017 Wedding/Flower Girl Dress of the Year 2017 Intimate Family Wedding of the Year held in Denver, CO | Photography Heaven Strothers

Bride choose Pegeen Style 903 from The Fairy Tale Collection in Opal

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2017 Intimate Family Wedding & Flower Girl Dress of the Year

When my son Billy was pretty small, 5th grade in fact, he and I were sitting at rehearsals for his dance show, and he announced to me in a deep sigh, "I so want to be married". My son, you see, was a romantic and liked having his ducks in a row. So, while at Disney working just after graduation from business school, he met his fiancé Juanita although while they worked there they didn't date. Then Billy moved to California (sigh) to set out to conquer the world but they stayed in touch. A few months after living there, and many calls later, they started dating. At first it was long distance as she had now finished her college internship program with "The Mouse" and moved back to Reno and living in Modesto, they were just a quick drive from one another over the Rockies. A few short months later, Billy announced he was engaged, and while we were happy for him, I knew that the picket fence was what Billy had long searched for. Plans were for a wedding 12 months later, but after months of planning a Nevada wedding, we got a call from Billy and Juanita because, quite honestly, my son couldn't wait to get married. Like I said, this is something he dreamt about since, oh, I don't know, 5th grade. So, with less than 6 weeks’ notice, we found ourselves flying to Denver for their wedding in their new home town. We all will be celebrating as planned this summer on the original date, but even though it wasn't as I would have planned, it was the most intimate, loving and special day for me, yep a mom in the wedding business for all of these years.

I know how Martha Stewart felt, when her daughter Alexa decided to basically run off and get married. My son Bill did not quite do that but we were surprised when my son and fiancé decided to move their wedding from August to March. But you know what? Even though there were just a dozen or so guests, they pulled it off and it was the most intimate, wonderful occasion where we, his brother, dad and I - along with Juanita's mom and her close friends - pulled off quite a number of surprises. Lucky for us, this beautiful woman, my new daughter-in-law has the same heart of gold as my son.

And, as Walt Disney himself would say, it all started with a mouse.

2017 Intimate Family Wedding & Flower Girl Dress of the Year