We hope you enjoy…Meg and Steven!

How did you decide on your dress?
I went to go dress shopping with my mom and two sisters and they had me try on different styles of dresses. The moment I put on my dress I knew this was the dress for me because I couldn’t stop smiling. It was classy, elegant, and just absolute beautiful to me and I loved the way I felt and looked in it. I tried on other dresses after it but I kept going back to my original first choice and said yes to the dress. From the time we walked in to Ever After I had picked out my dress in a hour.

What was the most memorable moment about your wedding day?
Our most memorable moment about our wedding was during our first look before the ceremony. Seeing each other for the first time was such an amazing feeling.

What did you enjoy most about planning your wedding?
I loved every aspect of planning our wedding. I was so lucky for my amazing family and husband who was involved  in every part of planning our wedding. If you asked him his favorite would probably be the cake and food testing. But I loved picking out my wedding dress and kept wanting to go back just to try it on again.

What are three words you would use to describe your day?
Beautiful, fun and AMAZING!!!

What was your favorite detail of the wedding?
All the little details of our wedding like my mothers wedding band on my flowers, our family cake topper, the corn hole boards and the dancing!

What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?
We just bought a house so we are looking forward to building our life together!

Make sure you check out the pictures at the end…we’ve never had a groom strip off his pants and leave in a WaveRunner before!

Thanks to Emily and Dan for asking us to be a part of your day…we hope you love your images.

Emily and Dan…

How did you decide on your dress?
My mom and I went shopping at a couple of places and I kept expecting that big moment, where everyone cries and says this is it and she was very “meh” about everything I was trying on. So we went to the last place of the day and the first dress I tried on was perfect! I was obsessed with the cool pleats on the bottom and it fit perfect and my mom teared up. We were so excited and finally had the “this is it!” feeling that we’d both been waiting for.

What was the most memorable moment about your wedding day?
Walking down the aisle with my Dad was so exciting! I loved seeing all of our loved ones there to support us and Dan waiting for me at the end. It was incredibly special.

What did you enjoy most about planning your wedding?
The cake tasting and trying on dresses were my favorite parts. I also liked that Dan contributed his awesome groom’s cake and an unforgettable getaway on the WaveRunner. It was amazing to see everything come together!

What was your favorite detail of the wedding?
The lights down to the river were so stunning! And my mother-in-law made my beautiful sash, it really made the dress look all the more amazing.

What are three words you would use to describe your day?
Beautiful. Delicious and Dance-tastic. I made that last one up, but it’s true.

What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?
We are looking forward to lots of travel and adventures together!

We loved being a part of this wedding and this couple who are so deeply in love.

We hope you enjoy…Hope and Stephen.

What did you enjoy most about planning your wedding?
The aspect about planning that I enjoyed most would probably be planning the ceremony. Stephen and I wanted to make sure that God was glorified through our union as husband and wife. I also loved making a schedule and checking off items as I went through them. After doing events for my college, I had already had experience working with venues and caterers, but this was a whole new ball game! I think it was weird for me to make all the shots. Before I would just execute, now I had to plan the whole event, from the flowers to the lighting…to everything! It was so fun, and I wouldn’t have traded that responsibility for anything.

What was the most memorable moment about your wedding day?
I think the most memorable moment of my wedding day, was seeing Stephen for the first time in my gown. The look on his face said it all. He was so happy, and seeing him made me feel at ease. It was a great start to the best day of my life! Oh and I definitely remember when he smashed the cake in my face. What a stinker. !!

How did you decide on your dress?
Well it’s not your typical story! I had been shopping all day with my mom and sisters, and we finally made it to Monica’s. It was about an hour before closing and I grabbed a few dresses to try on not knowing that my dress was in the store. I tried on about 6 dresses, and then I tried on mine and knew that it was the one. The store was closing and I had to make a decision, so I screamed, “Yes! It’s the one!” It was the very last dress that I tried on that day, and some might say that I made an ‘impulse’ buy, but I knew that the dress was for me! I even was able to customize it, which made it even more my own. I loved the way it made me feel, and I loved wearing it on my wedding day! It actually turned out to be extremely comfortable!

What was your favorite detail of the wedding?
My favorite detail of the wedding was probably the flowers. I loved what our florist did. She was amazing to work with, and she is extremely gifted. She did exactly what I envisioned. I also enjoyed seeing all the bridesmaids in their dresses. That was an exciting moment for me!

What are three words you would use to describe your day?
Elegant, Beautiful, and absolutely PERFECT.

What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?
As we have recently moved into our house, and started to make arrangements for our new jobs, I can’t help but think how blessed I am by Stephen. I couldn’t imagine a better person to spent forever with…so as far as future goes, we plan on getting settled into our jobs and our new home, and who knows, in a few years we might start having kids. All I know is that I am so glad that I get to do all of this with my best friend, Stephen.

It was a special day, one that we were honored to document. After makeup, hair, and the guys playing water sports and the bride’s family home, we headed to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and then to the Dalton Country Club for quite a fabulous party.

Congratulations to Megan and Michael – thank you for asking us to be a part of your wedding!

Megan and Michael…

What did you enjoy most about planning your wedding?

I (Megan) loved spending time with my Mom. She had a huge part in planning the wedding, and I am so grateful that we shared this experience. Also, Mike and I did a lot of planning/running errands during the final weeks before our wedding. Since we had lived in different cities all of last year, we had so much fun just being together and knowing we would get to be together forever. We had a great time putting the final touches our on big day.

What was the most memorable moment about your wedding day?

The most memorable moment for the both of us was our kiss. We were so incredibly happy to be married. If anyone was there, they know we actually kissed 4 times- We were just so happy and didn’t want the moment to end.

How did you decide on your dress?

I absolutely loved my dress. I took several trips to go wedding dress shopping. My first trip was in Nashville, TN with my Mom and Grandmother. I tried on a lot of dresses at the very first store, but nothing stood out until we were about to leave. I noticed a dress that another girl was trying on. We didn’t know how much longer we would have to wait to get a good look at it, so I just decided it probably wasn’t the one, and we moved on to the next store. Turns out it was the one! I spent the next few weeks trying on hundreds of dresses, and my mind kept going back to the one at the first shop. I finally found the dress in Chattanooga, and it was everything and more that I hoped it would be. It definitely fit in with the romantic and vintage look I was going for with our wedding, and I felt beautiful on the big day.

What was your favorite detail of the wedding?

We loved all the yellow. We thought yellow would be perfect to represent our happiness and bright outlook on life. I loved seeing yellow in the flowers in the church, bridesmaid dresses, bouquets, boutonnieres and centerpieces.

What are three words you would use to describe your day?

Full of love :)

What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?

Mike and I just moved up to St. Louis, MO. Mike is teaching 7th, 8th and 9th grades at an all boys, Catholic school. Megan recently learned that she passed the Missouri Bar and started a public service fellowship working with the St. Louis Public Schools district. We love living in the city and look forward to growing as a couple and starting a family in the next few years.

We always enjoy photographing this beautiful little girl and her sister, Annabelle. Penelope’s smiles and expressions always make me smile, and it’s so obvious this house if full of love.

Thanks to the Goss family for asking us to capture these precious looks from your girls!

It was an amazing day, with an amazing couple who are so in love and so perfect for each other…it made our jobs easy. This spectacular wedding was held at St. John Neumann Catholic Church with a reception at The Fox Den Country Club.

A HUGE congratulations to Stephanie and Joey. Thank you so much for asking us to be a part of your day…we hope you love you images as much as we loved working with you.

Stephanie and Joey…

What did you enjoy most about planning your wedding?
We enjoyed working together, analyzing every detail, and realizing this one huge event was just about the two of us spending the rest of our lives together.

What was your favorite detail of the wedding?
Joey and I decided to have a “first look” prior to the wedding so that we could take as many pictures as possible before the ceremony.  Grant and Sara chose the perfect setting, and we absolutely loved that moment when we saw each other for the first time.

How did you decide on your dress?
The dress I chose happened to be the fourth dress I tried on, which is my favorite number. I knew I wanted something close to that style, and I absolutely loved the dress as soon as I put it on at Bridals by Lori.  My mom, Joey’s mom, my sister, and my grandmother were there for me on my big day, making it even more special.

What are three words you would use to describe your day?
Beautiful, Anxious, Perfect

What was the most memorable moment about your wedding day?
Erick Baker, our favorite music artist, played at our reception and performed our first song.  We both will never forget that moment.

What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?
Two days after we returned from our honeymoon, we packed up our lives and moved to Dallas, Texas.  Now that we are living in a new state in our new apartment, we are looking forward to experiencing new things and enjoying our life together.  For now, we are most looking forward to relaxing after the past few months of craziness!

Their closeness and love for each other was so evident when ever we were around them, and their story is so sweet! We feel honored to have been able to work with them, they really are a special couple.

We hope you enjoy…Lacie and Chris!

How did you meet?
We grew up in church together, but there is 6 years between us so it wasn’t like we were buddy buddy or flirty (until a mission trip ha). Chris actually waited a while on me to decide to date him, and I thought it would be a “fling”. Little did we know we would be here 6 and a half years later!

Anything special you’d like to share about dating?
We have dated for 6 and a half years, but 4 and a half of those were spent 250 miles apart. We found that it was very difficult, and that absence really does make the heart grow fonder! It has been fun to be 10 minutes away from each other and can’t wait to start our lives together from 10 inches away :)

Describe your proposal.
Chris had set up for us to go to an early dinner followed by a “chit chat” on this dock that has some special meaning followed by a small engagement party with our families and our future wedding party. I on the other hand didn’t want to go to eat early and asked Chris how old he thought we were for wanting to eat at 5:30 or something crazy like that! So by the time I killed time getting ready (since that is what I do) we were “late” for all of his plans. We went to 3 restaurants, all with at least an hour wait, only for Chris to say he was too hungry to wait that long. I didn’t feel great anyways for some reason that day and requested to just go to McDonald’s and home! But he took me to the dock for some “relaxing time”. At this point I go to the end of the dock and sit down (apparently Chris was ready to get on one knee, but had to just sit with me). When we finally stood up to leave Chris hugged me and told me that even through all the chaos, he wanted to spend it all with me…and then he got on one knee. Everything was blurry from tears after that, and then we finally got to eat dinner at the engagement party Chris had planned (at the first place we danced at a wedding probably 12 years ago…he even had a picture of it framed from my parents!). What a sweet boy.

What is your ring like?
Gorgeous and SPARKLY! Pave band with a single Radiant cut diamond…He did SO good!

How would you describe the way you feel about each other?
We are best friends through moods and joke, frustrations and triumphs, always finding new ways to appreciate each other and never forgetting to tell each other “I love you.”

Do you have any special plans for your wedding that you’d like to share?
It is outside, so we are praying for good weather. We just can’t wait to see how all the planning comes together, but mostly, we are excited about being married at the end of the day and sharing it with our family and friends!

I’ve known this family for a number of years now, and have seen it grow, and I just have to say how beautiful and special this family is.

We hope you enjoy their images…we sure enjoyed being able to photograph them!

We loved being a part of this wedding, thanks Kacy and Ryan for asking us to be your photographers.

We hope you all enjoy, Kacy and Ryan.

What did you enjoy most about planning your wedding?
Being the planner in the relationship, I took on most of the responsibility of planning the wedding. However, Ryan was involved in the big decisions and his favorite part was the food tasting for our reception! I would have to say my favorite part was getting to spend time with my mom! Since we don’t live in the same state we don’t see each other as much as we would like but during the wedding planning process we spent many weekends together!

How did you decide on your dress?
After attending several bridal shows with my mom and mother-in-law, we narrowed down which bridal shops we wanted to visit. Blocking off an entire Saturday, the three of us set out with a camera, no expectations, and open minds. Trying on many different styles we left the first shop with a unanimous favorite. Later that afternoon we headed to the second shop where again I tried on very different styles from even the first shop. It came down to the last dress hanging in the dressing room for me to try on and immediately I knew it was the one! My mom and mother-in-law were so cute because they didn’t say much the entire day, not wanting to sway my opinion, and once I expressed that I liked that dress they broke out into excitement. It was a fun day and I was lucky to have both of them with me!

What was the most memorable moment about your wedding day?
Hands down both Ryan and I agree the most memorable part of the wedding was our vows. There are so many emotions wrapped in that moment which all go back to our love and commitment to one another.

What are three words you would use to describe your day?
Unforgettable, heartwarming, and fun!

What was your favorite detail of the wedding?
The invitations! A friend of ours worked very hard to design something unique but still compliment our personalities. They turned out beautiful!

What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?
As a couple we will continue to grow and strengthen our relationship and look forward to house hunting and traveling together!

Congratulations to Giselle and Kevin…thank you so much for asking us to be a part of your day.

Enjoy, Giselle and Kevin.

How did you decide on your dress?
I went shopping with my mom, my sister, and my brother Anthony. When I tried this dress on, I couldn’t stop twirling around in it and swishing about the Wedding Boutique in it. It was so light, airy, comfortable and just gorgeous. I felt like it embodied my personality of classy and fun loving. It was probably the second dress I tried on and I just knew it was made for me. :)

What was the most memorable moment about your wedding day?
Giselle: There is no doubt on this question, my favorite moment was my “First Look/Special Moment” with Kevin. It was just me and him in the sanctuary. He had been standing and looking at the stained glass, facing away from the door. My wedding coordinator led me in, set up my dress and veil, turned on our favorite song, (The book of Love – Peter Gabriel) told kevin to count to ten and turn around. He did what he was told and when he turned around, so many emotions washed over me as I saw him standing there, waiting for me, waiting to become my husband and being so incredibly excited about it. Words cannot describe what that moment meant to me as we just shared all the joy together. It will be something that will be etched in my mind forever. I had been so nervous that morning, but when I saw him standing there, all those feelings just faded away. (And I was super excited for him to see my dress, hair, veil and shoes, since I had kept it all a secret from him.) :)

Kevin: I think Giselle will say that her favorite moment was when we saw each other in the church for the first time before the actual wedding while our song was playing. While I have to say that was my favorite moment as well, to add another one, my other favorite moment was watching walk down the isle with her dad.

What did you enjoy most about planning your wedding?
Giselle: It was difficult for me to plan the wedding, though one of the best parts was getting to hang out with my mom a whole lot :) Sometimes the details were overwhelming, but the most fun part was being able to remind myself that at the end of the day, I would be married to Kevin. That made all the hard work and preparation pale in comparison to the real reason for the day.

Kevin: While I enjoyed planning the wedding from choosing tuxes for me and my boys, researching venues, visiting venue sites, searching for photographers, to selecting items for our registry (all while getting to spend time with Giselle), planning the honeymoon was special for me. I wanted a place we could truly relax, where stress did not exist and we could just enjoy starting life together. I was getting to plan a trip at one of the most meaningful times in our lives. In the end we went to Maui and enjoyed a room right on the beach, the warm calm beaches, snorkeling, mount drives to Haleakala, coastline drives to Hana, para-sailing, zip lining, boating and sunset walks on the beach. It was a dream the whole week and we didn’t want to leave when it was over.

What is your ring like?
My ring is a eternity band that is a circle of diamonds. I wanted something that did not stick out far from my finger and would be fluid with my active lifestyle. It is so sparkly and classy. It is perfect, he did such an amazing job. The story behind this is that I was quite vague as to what I wanted, just not giving much information. So Kevin did some looking on his own and sent my friend a picture of the ring he found. My friend somehow convinced me to look online at various rings and I ended up picking one that I just thought was wonderful, it was my favorite. When I sent it to her, it actually happened to be the exact one that Kevin had picked out for me. So it was meant to be :)

What was your favorite detail of the wedding?
Giselle: Well there are just a few awesome details that I loved….When Kevin surprised me, by singing me a song. I thought I was going to fall over from all the emotion, but it was such a sweet and surprising gesture. I know he was as nervous as I, but managed to do an amazing job….Also, my brothers officiated the wedding and told our story in such a loving way and weaved it into the homily. It was such a fun and personal service….And then my last favorite detail was flying away with Kevin on the plane, it was magical.

Kevin: I thought it was absolutely amazing that Giselle’s dad was able to fly us away in his plane and then to see all our family and friends wave us off as we made a pass by the house.

What are three words you would use to describe your day?
Giselle: Surreal, Ethereal, Unforgettable

Kevin: Best day ever!

What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?
We will be living in southern California for the next couple of years as Kevin finishes his medical residency and I finish anesthesia school. After that…God only knows. :)