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Stacey and Troy had a beautiful summer day for a wedding in Charlevoix. We started out at each of their rental homes in town with their families and then went for the ceremony at St. Mary’s Church. Everybody had good fun on the trolley cruising around downtown and to the beach. They had the East Garden Room at Castle farms decorated with beautiful details for the reception.
Michelle and Eddie had a lovely church wedding in Charlevoix filled with emotion. From there, we were able to run around downtown and then move on to Castle Farms for the reception. We had a wonderful mild Fall evening to go play in the night. I love Fall days like this.
Some people weep at the idea of rain on their wedding day. Sara? At the sight of not just rain, but sideways rain . . . Well, she listens to my educated-by-NOAH-radar ramblings, grabs an umbrella, and says, “I’ll take the adventure, let’s do this, let’s go to the lighthouse for our first look”. So we did. We arrived at the Northport point lighthouse in slight drizzle, and as they walked toward each other, the rain stopped. And this wouldn’t be the only weather-blessing of the day.
We had a church wedding where the rains returned and I promised the pastor that there would be sun yet. Of course he didn’t believe me. But as we finished up family photos, a glorious ray of sun shone through the stained glass, letting us know that my faith was rewarded and it was time to play outside!
We were able to get in about an hour of outside photos at the marina and surrounding areas. With all intentions of walking the few blocks to reception, Luke and Sara were met with a wall of rain that resembled something out of an epic thriller movie. Of course I couldn’t let them walk in that and we all scrambled into the Jeep. I admit, this is rather embarrassing. I’m in the Jeep for a better part of 30 hours a week. It is not clean. In fact, you could knit a sweater with the amount of dog hair and likely buy a nice dinner out with the number of returnable cans on my floor! I guess that will go on my self-changing list of things to focus on being better at in the future!
We closed out the day under the lovely roof of the Willowbrook Mill event hall, complete with a fire in the fireplace and a family serenade to the bride and groom. A fabulous day for two fabulous people!
Courtney and Josh had the perfect May day for a wedding in Leelanau county! The sky was clear, the temperature was mild, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and a gorgeous sunset rounded out the evening. The perfect day itself, highlighted by Coutney’s classic beauty and Josh’s winning smile, was flawless. I just love it when days come together like this!
For those of you who don’t know me, I have a big soft spot for a man in uniform. And a man in uniform next to a beautiful woman is a combination that makes me love what I do. Now, put that man in uniform and pretty lady as amazingly warm and kind humans, that makes me REALLY love what I do! Sean and Anastasia had a church wedding on one of the only days with snow this November. So of course, we went and played in the snow! These two and their group were fantastic! And I didn’t even get hit by a snowball!
Thank you, Sean and Anastasia, for everything that you do! It was my pleasure serving you!
Julie & Steve were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Tecumseh, MI. It was a long haul down but so worth it. These two were wonderful, gentle, and kind souls.