“They fully encouraged me to do all of this. I would have never done anything to take attention away from them if they didn’t want me to.”

Flower men, or flower fellas, have been heard of before but are still a somewhat rare breed in the world of weddings, hence the excitement over Casey’s appearance – something made all the more wonderful thanks to his obvious pride in his role. He’s even now offering up his tremendous petal-scattering skills to any other couples looking for a flower man.

However he did concede: “I suppose it's also possible (if extremely unlikely) that there are usually many children up for the job who are a lot cuter than me.”

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