I first heard about Jess and Elizabeth from mutual friend Nate Massey, as Nate was telling me about this great group of friends he’d found. I was excited to meet them – and one of the first occasions we had to meet was for a U2 concert in Raleigh, which was amazing! So I was very excited to hear they had gotten engaged and even more stoked to have them ask me to shoot their wedding next month. Last month we did an engagement shoot, and a bridal shoot all in the same day at Elizabeth’s parent’s house in Fuquay Varina. Everywhere we turned there were beautiful backdrops for posing, coupled with great light and of course a super cute couple. We had a lot of fun! Be sure to check out their session over on my wedding site.
This weekend the couple hosted a co-ed wedding shower in form of a picnic at Lake Harris. I am a big fan of co-ed showers, be it wedding or baby or whatever. Guys need excuses to get gifts too! So after performing some deep cleaning on our house with our housemate Jenny in the morning, we loaded up SJ and headed south on Highway 751, traveling a beautiful 45 minutes of country road leading to the lake.
It was a great time getting to know their families and friends. Especially nice to meet was Caroline, who planned, decorated and cooked for the entire event (with the help of her husband and some others). As you can see from the photos above, the theme was along the lines of, “With you, every day is a picnic.” Down to every detail, she really did a great job, which is even more impressive since she’s got an almost-two-year-old and another one due any time. Bec had a nice time swapping baby stories and tips with Caroline too. We hope the new one holds off until after the wedding, since she’s a matron of honor!
Here’s to Jess and Elizabeth – may your lives together bring you each immense joy that spills over into the lives of everyone around you, just as it’s spilled into ours.
Thanks to Antje Radtke for taking some of the photos of gifts being unwrapped while I was helping feed SJ!
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