Go away…but not you!

Breana had a vision.  A vision for her wedding.  An inspired vision.  She incorporated all her favorite parts of summer evenings —  sunset, dusk, and fireflies — into one romantical, glowing, beauty of an evening celebrating love, marriage, and summer.  Her photographer captured all the wedding brilliance, but I got to spend some time in an…

All morning I saw it. On the counter as her hair was styled, on the desk while she read a letter from her groom, on the bed while she put on her dress, on the seat when she settled into the Rolls Royce.  I’m not sure what I thought it was. A to do list?…

The other girls drank their mochas and cappuchinos and black coffees.  She sipped hot chocolate. The other girls had matching fuschia tshirts.  She had a a light pink shirt to almost match her sister’s white one. The other girls had high heels.  She did too…kind of. As sister-of-the-bride, Abbie took her responsibilities seriously.  She had…

So, there they were. Declaring their love and commitment to one another on the shores of the glistening Cape Cod.  In front of God and their friends. Abby’s Dad wiped away a few tears as he declared them husband and wife. Both families — including all the siblings — gathered around them to pray for…

While the girls were primping and giggling and beautifying (shoutout to Updos!), the boys played Xbox and tried to keep themselves occupied. Because, yes, it does take girls a lot longer to get ready. But — as Chad found out — it is well worth the wait. She was beautiful. So so beautiful. And he…

Jordan and Jillian’s Morgan Creek Golf Course wedding day dawned exactly the way you’d expect for a February day in British Columbia: cloudy with a touch of rain. Noticeable only to the acutely aware, there was also a breeze that would have made windsurfing perfect.  The family joked (with the slightest twinge of truth :-P) that…