Our ceremony took place on the grounds of Pineland Farms near one of the fishing ponds. It was a gorgeous, sunny Autumn day. Just perfect! We were married under a beautiful arbor built by our brother-in-law, Jason, & his father in the weeks leading up to our wedding. We were so lucky to have them build this for us, & it now sits in our backyard! Our florist, Minott's Flowers, covered the arbor with the most goreous dinner plate dahlias & hydrangeas that I had ever seen. Guests were picked up from the various parking lots & the houses they were staying in by the trolley. I was not nervous until the very moment the trolley came to pick us up...this was it!
Rich's parents & Rich's sister's fiance, Dominic.
Our brother-in-law, & builder of the arbor, Jason, & my mother.
Our sisters, Deb & Jessica.
My cousins, Samantha & Megan, handed out the programs.
The arbor was placed in front of the gazebo that was already there.
My cousin, Susan, did one of the readings. Rich's friend, Dave, did a second reading.
Here we are exchanging vows. This was my favorite part of the ceremony because we wrote our own vows & memorized them. We wrote our vows separately & did not share them, so they were a complete surprise! Rich went first & two lines into his vows I suddenly realized...we were inspired by the same exact poem! Out of the zillions of poems & wedding vows one may choose from we picked the same one! Of course he had no idea until I started saying my vows. Only a handful of people knew we wrote our vows separately & they just broke out laughing {as did we!}.
{photo by Rich's friend, Ben Gabriel}
Our friends Sky & Dickie {who are married} played the music during our ceremony which included "In my Life" by The Beatles & "One Love" by Bob Marley. They did an amazing job.
Rich with his best man & best friend since high school, Shiloh.
My memere & me.
{All images by Fat Orange Cat Studio}
What a sweet and beautiful wedding ceremony!
Posted by: Jessie Blum of Ecletic Unions | 12/16/2010 at 01:16 PM
What a beautiful wedding ceremony!
Posted by: Destin Beach Weddings | 01/21/2011 at 12:06 AM
Very touching pictures, they really caputred the essence of family and happiness at a wedding. Thanks so much for sharing these with us :)
Posted by: Bridal Headpieces | 03/04/2011 at 11:21 AM
Really very good pics,the wedding is so sweet!
Posted by: designer wedding dresses | 04/19/2011 at 04:26 AM
Nice pictures! It really touched me a lot! The pictures really capture the emotions of the couple thus hoping them to be by each other side forever.
Posted by: calli @ wedding favors | 07/01/2011 at 04:42 AM
These are beautiful and I love what happened with the vows. Definitely a meant to be love story :) Congratulations.
PS. Garden weddings are the best :-)
-Sally Mars
Posted by: Wedding Dresses | 10/18/2011 at 01:52 AM
WOW what a great set of images, thank you for sharing.
Posted by: 241Photography | 01/17/2012 at 04:24 PM