{"id":25676,"date":"2017-01-02T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/?p=25676"},"modified":"2017-01-01T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T03:20:12","slug":"scott-michael-christmas-eve-surprise-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/02\/scott-michael-christmas-eve-surprise-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott + Michael : Christmas Eve Surprise Wedding <3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Y’all… Buddy the elf got it all wrong. The best way to spread Christmas cheer ISN’T singing loud for all to hear; it’s inviting your family and friends to your home on Christmas Eve for a surprise wedding! <3<\/p>\n

While we wouldn’t usually take a wedding on our anniversary, Nate and I were in Disneyland when we first got Scott’s inquiry and we both got goosebumps! It wasn’t a matter of “if” we’d make it happen, but how, seeing as we’d have to shuffle some family plans to make it happen. I’ve always wanted to photograph a surprise wedding, and I honestly can’t think of a better way to spend our 9th anniversary afternoon than seeing this beautiful couple exchange vows. <3<\/p>\n

This was the beautiful view Scott and Michael’s guests were treated to when they arrived for drinks. :)<\/p>\n

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Last minute cheat-sheet prep by their close friend and officiant, who also doubled as bartender. I told him he could make a killing here in Orlando combining those two services! ;)<\/p>\n

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THIS GIRL. <3 I fell in love with Michelle on our first shoot together, and she was 1\/2 of the reason we got the incredible honor of photographing this wedding! Scott was going to hire a client’s daughter to shoot the event, and Michelle insisted he hire us. After a few minutes, they realized they were both talking about ME! Scott has cut my step dad’s hair for years! Such a small world. :)<\/p>\n

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It seemed their guests figured out they were there for a wedding at varying times, but I got to be present for a couple light bulb moments. :)<\/p>\n

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After everyone arrived, Scott and Michael led us to the back porch for the ceremony.<\/p>\n

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It took Scott’s sweet mom a good minute into the ceremony to realize her son was getting married!!<\/p>\n

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I loved Scott’s excitement when Michael put his wedding band on! :)<\/p>\n

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Every time I look at this photo, I get a lump in my throat. <3<\/p>\n

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The usual suspects!\u00a0;)\u00a0See more photos of Michelle and Pocket HERE!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Marriage license time!!<\/p>\n

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The real star of the day- Warren! <3<\/p>\n

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Our favorite. <3<\/p>\n

Scott and Michael, we hope y’all know how much it meant to us to be a part of this exciting chapter in your story!! From one Christmas Eve couple to another, we truly wish you the happiest of ever afters. Cheers, friends!!<\/p>\n

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Y’all… Buddy the elf got it all wrong. The best way to spread Christmas cheer ISN’T singing loud for all to hear; it’s inviting your family and friends to your home on Christmas Eve for a surprise wedding! <3 While we wouldn’t usually take a wedding on our anniversary, Nate and I were in Disneyland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[569,926,799,766,960],"class_list":{"0":"post-25676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-weddings","9":"tag-at-home-wedding","10":"tag-feature","11":"tag-gay-wedding","12":"tag-michelle-and-matthew","13":"tag-orlando-same-sex-wedding-photographer","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25676"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25716,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions\/25716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}