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Beth + Michael : Waldorf Astoria Orlando Wedding by Lisa Stoner Events

March 21, 2019 by Jensey 1 Comment

It was because of mutual friends and runDisney that Beth and Michael’s worlds collided and the rest was history!

Beth and Michael contacted a few months out from their wedding to see if we were available and we’d already closed our calendar for the year. But we heard their story and just couldn’t say no- We ended up photographing it with the understanding that we couldn’t edit their photos until 2019. I’m so happy it worked out because I look at this first photo and just can’t imagine not being at this wedding! :)

This was our first wedding at Orlando’s Waldorf Astoria Resort, and we’d love to thank this dream of a vendor team, especially our Lisa Poppins, for making it all possible!

Wedding Dreamer, Designer, Planner, Get-er-done-er : Lisa Stoner Events
Location : Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Beauty : About Face Design Team
Filmmaker : Lemus Cinema
Floral Magic : Lee Forrest Design
Entertainment, Lighting, and Photobooth : White Rose Entertainment
Wedding Cake : Couture Cakes by Lia

The light in this hotel room <3 <3 <3

Head over heels in love with the back of Beth’s dress!!!!!

Her dad seeing her for the first time! <3

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVORITE! <3

LOOK. AT. THIS. CHUPPAH. <3

Yes, Michael stood in a sand box for part of the ceremony! I *believe* he wanted to get married at the beach and this was their compromise, lol. :)

Beth and Michael, thank you so much for having us!!!! :)

Amelia + Schuyler : Downtown St. Augustine Engagement Session

March 17, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

It happened.

My baby sister is engaged. <3

I knew this day would come but I never knew the amount of love and joy I’d feel for her! This is my little sister; the kid my brother taped up in a box and convinced he was going to send her to Abu Dhabi, a la Garfield. The little girl whose hands and feet we’d hold and pretend to throw out the 2nd story window. Before you start feeling sorry for her, just know the bullying went both ways- I am, after all, a middle sister! ;)

We looked forward to mom’s Tuesday / Thursday shifts at the Disney Store every summer. Ah, sweet un-supervision! Would today be the day we convince Amelia she’s adopted? Would they lock me out of the house for two hours? The possibilities were endless!

But here she is, my baby sister, about to be a bride! We took their engagement photos around downtown St. Augustine where this fall, they’ll become husband and wife. And I’ll be standing by her side, eyes welling with tears, and deciding at what point during the reception do we tape her up in a box. <3

Fall Tennessee Trip!

March 13, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Personal photo week continues!! <3

Now, on to our fall family vacation : Home sweet home Tennessee. :)

We started off with a visit to our best friends in Nashville for a few days! 3 days in Nashville means two visits to the Nashville Zoo for this little Junior Zookeeper! <3

The petting zoo was a BIG hit!

It’s not Tennessee without some creepy decorations!

My favorite thing about the Nashville Zoo : The Kangaroo Kickabout! It’s the coolest exhibit ever where you walk through a fence-less exhibit and can pet kangaroos! :)

My boys <3 <3

Then it was off to a Gatlinburg cabin weekend with the bests, and this little gent in sweaters!

Revisiting the most special table in the whole entire world at the Dollywood DreamMore Resort. Because three years before this photo was taken…

… This photo was. It was during a mini vacation to this special place that I started filling out our adoption paperwork. <3

Cabin weekends used to be so fun! Now they’re filled with constantly freaking out about different ways for Ollie to hurt himself in an un-babyproofed home!

Y’all- Dollywood in October. I cannot wait to go back!!

Don’t judge his faces in this or the last photo… I promise he had a good time, lol!

HE FOUND HIS SHADOW! And wouldn’t step on it! It was the cutest thing ever!!

Ollie burrito! A sight we never get to see in Orlando! :)

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Disney anymore…

I bought this little outfit before Ollie was even born! It warmed my heart to see it on my walking dream come true! <3

Until next time, Rocky Top! <3