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Kim + Christopher : Disney Yacht Club Wedding

March 23, 2015 by Jensey 14 Comments

Kim contacted us, in her words, when she and Christopher had “been engaged for 100 years and finally settled on a hopeful date.” :)

These guys were married at Walt Disney World on Halloween, and were our first ever Halloween couple! We didn’t know what to expect on the Halloween wedding spectrum, from all their guests dressing up and some sort of themed bridal party or goth look for the bride and groom to a totally “normal” wedding that just happened to fall on Halloween. Theirs happened to fall in the latter category, and aside from their DJ slipping in a few Halloween songs, you’d never even know it was October 31st on their wedding day. In fact, going back through their wedding photos, I had to remind myself that their wedding was around Halloween, and not the middle of April with their amazingly bright and happy color palette!

My favorite story from meeting Kim and Christopher was when Kim told us the moment she knew she and Christopher would be together forever: He had a bar of Mickey soap from the Disney hotels in the 90’s on his computer desk… And she keeps one on hers! Hearing that reminded me of when Nate and I had been dating for a few months when I glanced at him typing in his PIN number- It was the SAME AS MINE! Sometimes you just know right off the bat they’re “the one,” sometimes you just know and then the universe hits you over the head with it a few times to make sure you reeeeeeeeeally know. ;)

I looooooove rehearsal dinner dessert parties! So fun to meet everyone ahead of time, and I love seeing our couples all nervous and excited about the next day.

I know I tweeted this around their wedding, but I cannot look at these photos without the theme song to “World of Color” being stuck in my head and it makes me soooooo happy. Also, paper flowers are my new favorite. I love the thought of having them to keep forever. :)

“I’ve got gadgets and gizmos a plenty…” <3

Kim has connected with other Disney runners on Facebook, so when she posted in a group that she was getting married, these guys came to the Yacht Club Gazebo to cheer her on! So fun. :)

Kim and Christopher had their reception at Ariel’s at the Yacht Club. Every table was themed to a different land. :)

Can you name that song?

They had some extra special guests drop by. :)

Then it was off for some photo time outside of the Magic Kingdom!

My favorite. And darn it, I want those shoes!!

Kim and Christopher, thank you for having us and we hope you’re still loving newlywed life!! :)

Jenna + Liam : Disney’s Animal Kingdom Wedding Part II

March 10, 2015 by Jensey 5 Comments

Continued from Jenna and Liam’s Part I!!!!

I don’t have a photo of him to post, but before I forget- We worked with our new pal, Tyler of Beyond Videography, and cannot say enough wonderful things about him. Go book him here!

Oh, Animal Kingdom weddings, you have my heart! <3

Jenna and Liam’s ceremony location got moved around more times than I remember because of all the construction going on at the Animal Kingdom. I loved where they ended up!

YOU GUYS.

Remember their Magic Band proposal? I loved how they incorporated it with their signs for each food served.

I was surprised the guests weren’t prepared for the cold temperatures- The reception was at the base of Mount Everest, for goodness sake!

Oh, just a glow stick entrance into the reception. No big deal. ;)

Too many favorites, but this is definitely one of them!

TIM HOUSE! I met Tim ~18 years ago and he’s been a close family friend ever since, so it’s an extra special wedding when his smiling face is around! :)

Love this soooo much.

Just a little father/daughter dance in front of Everest’s Fastpass+ entrance. :)

Jenna was born October 23rd and is obsessed with 10:23, so that’s precisely when they scheduled their cake cutting. <3

Her maids of honor gave one of my all-time favorite toasts, complete with direct quotes from emails from Jenna talking about when she first met Liam. I laughed so hard I was crying! :)

Jenna and Liam, thank you for letting us be a part of your wedding dream team! Talk about setting the bar high for our 2015 weddings! Patricia of LeJeune Artistry, Maxine from Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings, Tyler of Beyond Videography, Tim House, and of course Nate- Let’s all do it again soon! ;)

Kacie + Preston : Disney Boardwalk Inn Wedding and Epcot Living Seas Reception

February 6, 2015 by Jensey 7 Comments

I think this may be a new blogging record for me, you guys. We photographed this wedding on Monday, and today (Friiiiiiday!!!!) I am blogging their whole wedding. Not a preview, but the whole. darn. thing. So do I get like a prize, or….?

In all sincerity, one of my many goals for 2015 was to blog events in a (slightly) more timely manner. Right now I blog everything out of order, which will have to continue, but you guys… My blogging queue right now is so embarrassing! There are events from over a year ago that I’m excited to share, but it’s so easy to get behind and then I feel silly blogging an autumn Pennsylvania wedding in the spring, so then I decide to wait ’til next fall, but then sometimes I forget. We also photographed more Disney weddings in the past few months than normal, so I try not to do two Boardwalk weddings back to back, and that gets tricky sometimes. Anyway, you get the picture! We have some wonderful weddings coming your way and while I know I’ll be behind once we move into our house, I’m at least starting the year off on the right foot! :)

Enter Kacie and Preston. Their engagement session was the first in years I missed out on and felt awful, but Nate truly knocked it out of the park and I was so proud of him! (You can read more about that here.) He came home raving about how much he loved these guys and I just knew it’d be a great day, and of course, they didn’t disappoint.

Case in point: One of the best looking ring bearers I’ve ever seen. Look at this guy! I’ll take two, please! ;)