Fairy Tale Wedding

Last night we attended the most beautiful wedding I've ever been to...well, aside from my own wedding of course!  The Parks have known Wells family for twenty something years.  Kenyon and Kathy Wells are wonderful people with such big and caring hearts.  They threw an engagement party for J and I and let me take my bridal portraits at their beautiful house.  

This picture was taken on the night of our engagement party

Their son was married last night in their backyard with a very "Father of the Bride" type of reception.  When we first arrived a valet service was there to park our car while we waited with the other guests to either ride the trolley car or golf carts to the house.  There was a small group of chairs for the family to sit in while everyone else stood to watch the ceremony. The bridal party was escorted by the groomsmen down the curved stairs followed by the bride and her father.

 When the bride and groom reached the top of the stairs the had one more kiss that had a very Prince William and Princess Kate style about it.  Then the groom whistled and out from the crowd came his 10 year old black lab who got to witness the entire ceremony.


Before the wedding started I was glancing around at the guests and you'll never guess who was standing not far behind me...Governor Nikki Haley!  The Wells were a big supporter in her race for governor and she made a brief appearance at the wedding.  I did manage to snap a picture before she headed out, but unfortunately she turned right before I took the picture.  It's a cute picture of Kristin though!

There was plenty of delicious food every where you turned and a live band.  Instead of a wedding cake they had hundreds of cupcakes on layered tiers.  We had such a great time and wished the bride and groom best wishes as they ran through a tunnel of sparklers to their waiting limo.