Wedding Photography - Susan Whitley

Susan Whitley is the sweetest photographer you'll ever work with! I hate having my picture taken but with Susan I believe I could have taken pictures all day! She made the picture taking process a breeze!

I made and decorated my wedding cake. The topper we bought from Amazon and since we had a photo booth for our guests enjoyment we decided it would be cute to take a picture just like our cake topper.

 Adam and I chose to have a "First Look" session. I got the idea from Jasmine Star (read this and this) and, I admit, convinced Adam it was the best idea! And it was! It was so special to be able to see Adam before things got super crazy! I even forgot Josh and Susan were in the room. I was excited about him seeing my dress, and to just see him. He started crying. Heavens, he has such a tender heart.

 Adam holding all the bouquets! My dress and all of my bridesmaids dresses were bought from Treasures in Atlanta. The lovely Williams ladies were so sweet and helpful in helping me choose the dress of my dreams!

 

The groomsmen spelling out my name "L.Y.D.I.A" :)

 

My precious Flower Girl. She gave me "thumbs-up" throughout the entire wedding ceremony. Her dress is from Etsy.

The bridesmaids bouquets (I bought the bouquets from Micheal's and then wrapped the stems with black ribbon and tied a shimmering silver blow at the top).

My gorgeous dress from Treasures 

 

 

Per Adam's request we took "football" pictures! It was a lot of fun!

 Moments before the wedding ceremony starts.

 

The reception was a blast! Everyone dancing and taking goofy pictures in the photo booth and eating incredibly good cake! Best day ever. 

Our first dance as a married couple during which I convinced Adam it was time to leave. ;)

My wedding day was incredible. I cannot thank Susan and Josh enough for coming South to give me such beautiful memories.

Climb a Tree

My brothers are.... wow. When I was a kid we didn't have Wii or internet or gameboys or whatever else it is that they play all the time. We didn't have over 200 channels on the tv. In fact, we had one that we were allowed to watch and that was PBS. AND we were only allowed 30 minutes a day. Amazingly we were all okay with that and we were all able to agree on one show to watch. Beyond that we were outside, or playing legos, or a board game, or we played with our Matchbox cars. We interacted, we got along and sometimes I just can't stand how much arguing goes on over these stupid, needless, accessories. They can barely agree on a show to watch and heaven forbid they have to go over four hours without the tv, wii or whatever.

What I would have given growing up for 10 acres, woods, a creek! I wouldn't have ever come inside.

So I tell my brothers to take a day off and to do something productive. What do I get in return? Complaints, arguments, complaints, arguments, complaints... I think you get the picture.

Memories of the Ocean

I miss the ocean. Every morning I would get up, put my bathing suit on and go to the beach. I would take walks down the shoreline... okay, I admit, I was walking about knee-deep in the water. I miss the smell of salt. I want to go back.

We arrived home Sunday afternoon. I promptly began uploading pictures and videos to Facebook. It was so much fun going back through them and remembering all of our crazy good times.

I am babysitting this morning so I only have time to leave you with a few of my favorite pictures from the week! I'm sure I'll post more later!


I got a nice tan while at St George Island!



We were being so goofy! The ocean would rush up and coldly (literally and figuratively) hit the wrong spot.



We are so tough! I love this picture for so many reasons. One, because we are being ourselves. Two, because we really are that tough. We won't let the world stop us.



I had tons of kite problems. I can't really fly a kite that well nor can I hold it still when it needs to be still.



Umm.... I tried to keep my dress out of the water. It didn't work. I keep pulling it up, but I guess I just went deeper into the ocean so holding it didn't help at all!

Have a great day friends! I have much to blog about to come back often!