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Meet the Flower Grannies! Bride Asks 4 Sassy Grans to be Her Flower Girls

Shimmering in matching lace dresses and blue jackets and carrying baskets full of flower petals, these four golden girls are living their best lives. As flower grannies.

Kathleen, Joyce, Wanda and Betty are the proud co-flower girls at their granddaughter’s (or great-granddaughters for Kathleen) wedding.

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From left to right in the photo above, 90-year-old great-grandmother, Kathleen Brown; the groom’s 70-year-old grandmother, Joyce Raby; the bride’s 76-year-old grandmother, Wanda Grant; and the bride’s 72-year-old grandmother, Betty Brown. Source: Instagram

Golden Flower Girls now Flower Grannies

Sure, in traditional weddings, the flower girl role tends to go to a little girl, but bride-to-be Lyndsey Raby went a different route. While she still chose a group of friends as her bridesmaids, she wanted to include her grandmothers as well.

I knew as soon as I was engaged I wanted to involve my grandmothers. I felt so blessed to have them all here so I wanted them to be involved too.” 

With a combined age of 308, the quartet of flower grannies glowed as they made their way down the aisle, tossing flower petals as they went. Kathleen even decorated her walker to match the outdoor wedding theme.

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Source: Natalie Caho/Insider

The photographer for the day was Natalie Caho and she admits that the ladies rocked the flower girl role.

I’ve seen a lot of cute flower girls in my day, but these four gals take the cake.

“When Lyndsey told me she was having her grandmothers as her flower girls, I was not expecting the level of sass that these girls brought!

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Flower grannies travelling in style! Source: Natalie Caho/Insider

Their energy all day was that of a little girl who is in the same position and they had so much fun all day being such a big part of Lyndsey’s day and sharing the spotlight with her. It truly just goes to show that age is just a number.” 

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What a special moment for this flower grannie. Source: Natalie Caho/Insider

If you love a good wedding story, here are a few more wedding tales you’ll love:

Chicken-Themed Wedding

Who needs a church or a beach when you’ve got KFC? A couple of years ago KFC ran a promotion where they picked six couples to indulge in a KFC-themed wedding.

mum central KFC weddings with all the trimmings

Each couple received a bucket full of KFC goodies including a KFC-themed celebrant, food truck, photo booth and customised chicken buckets. There were even KFC bucket flower bouquets and mini Bomboniere buckets. LOL!

Read it –> Chicken-Themed Weddings Are Now a Thing, Thanks to KFC

Costco Wedding

If you’re not keen on KFC, that’s okay. Why not head to your local Costco, as this couple did? Their 2017 Costco nuptials included a hot dog and pizza dinner served at the food court after the blushing bride walked down the tyre aisle. Yes, really!

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Read it –> Dream Wedding, Discount Price: Aussie Couple Marries at Costco

Speaking of Costco, have a look at this Costco cake below – it’s pretty epic! And it only set them back about $50 USD!

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Costco coming to all your wedding cake needs. Source: Facebook

Baby Shower Wedding

Two birds, one stone. Or, in this case, two big life events, one very special day!

Victorian parents-to-be Belinda and Tom both stunned and delighted their baby shower guests with the sweetest of surprises – a surprise wedding!

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Engaged and now pregnant, this couple naturally wanted to celebrate their blissful happiness with family and friends and pulled off an amazing party too!

Check out the photos –> Baby Shower Surprise! Couple Delights Guests With a Surprise Wedding

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Born and raised in Canada, Jenna now lives in Far North Queensland with her tribe. When the mum-of-three is not writing, you can find her floating in the pool, watching princess movies, frolicking on the beach, bouncing her baby to sleep or nagging her older kids to put on their pants.

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