This weekend I packed it up at went to OHIO! I picked up Jenn in Kingston, Crystal and Adrienne drove from Atlanta to meet Katie in Chattanooga, and we all met up in Knoxville for our ROAD TRIP!
We really did good for 5 girls packing into a Ford Focus :)
We got there on Friday just in time for the rehearsal dinner. Oh how fun it was to get to see so many of my old sorority sisters! After a wonderful dinner we went back to Melissa's parents house and caught up and told old college stories. It was fun :)
Saturday we were really lazy for the morning and finally decided to get out of bed and head to the Ikea. I love this store and could totally have spent a whole day shopping in there for home goods! Here are Jenn and Adrienne enjoying a brief snuggle on their circular bed.
We got a call from the bride while at Ikea asking if we could come and help set up the reception site. When we drove up I could not believe how beautiful it was!!! It was at Lake Lyndsay
, which was a beautiful spot on a man made lake that the owners had built for their daughter's wedding. It was the PERFECT spot for an outside wedding, just enough space and even a place under cover in case of rain.
This is the gazebo that the wedding ceremony was taking place in front of.
Jenn, Crystal and I got there at 430 since we were the program girls and was able to see Melissa before the wedding... SIMPLY STUNNING!
Around 5:00pm we noticed a HUGE thunder cloud start to come over us. (The wedding was scheduled at 5:30). The wedding planner made a quick decision to hurry everyone to their seats so that we could get the wedding started ASAP!
Still calm and happy as ever... HERE COMES THE BRIDE!
You will notice the cute ring bearer looking up at the rain as it had begun to sprinkle once Melissa got down the aisle.
The officiant quickly moved through the wedding and Melissa and Aaron couldnt help but laugh at how fast it went! Literally probably about 2-3 minutes: enough time for vows, rings and pronouncing man and wife :)
as soon as they had their kiss everyone was hurried to take cover!!!
and we made it JUST in time before it started raining REALLY hard!!!
Remember how I said it was the perfect place? Everyone was able to take cover and this also served later as the dance floor!
and only about an hour later it stopped and the sun set was amazing!!
The bride and groom remained calm through it all and were glowing like never before....
The whole wedding party. Their theme was tropical and I LOVED the orange of course :)
Here is Melissa's brother Danny showing me his tears! One thing for sure about this wedding was that their was LOVE in the air. I have never seen so many people cry at a wedding ha! The father of the bride was a MESS, the brothers of both bride and groom cried, and the bride and groom were the sweetest ever... I really think Aaron cried every time he looked at Melissa!
I was able to get some pretty good shots of the father daughter dance.. always my favorite.
so very happy!
and again the sunset was amazing so it made for a perfect backdrop!
We had a wonderful Phi Mu mini-reunion too!
It was also very fun to have an old college friend's band play at the reception. And they were AWESOME!! Good job Chase :)
It was so great to get to catch up with my bestest friends from college. We made up for a lot of time in our 4 hour drive there and back, piling in one hotel room (Jenn, Katie and I 3 deep in a bed ha!) and dancing the night away just like old times. Love you girls and miss you already!!!
Melissa was such a gorgeous bride and I wouldnt have missed her big day for the world! It was one of the greatest weddings I have ever been a part of for sure. Melissa and her mom did such a great job planning and they sure knew how to throw a great party :)
1 comment:
Wow, that was a beautiful wedding! It looks like they handled things very well considering the weather issues. What a fun time I bet you had!
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