matt & laura | wedding day

what a sweet couple.  i have never seen anyone compliment each other so well as i saw in matt and laura.  matt was at the church early that day, preparing and working to make the day perfect.  laura came later to get ready, and she was excited and nervous and gitty... such an adorable bride.  

     matt  (stable, steady, calm)

+  laura  (gitty, excited, spontaneous)

=  the perfect match.

i loved simply observing them the whole day.  set in the beautiful mountains of north carolina, their church wedding & outdoor reception was beautiful.

i love the look on matt's face as soon as he saw laura...

i found this really old school chair behind the church outside... vintage and a perfect prop for rings!

now this was one of my favorite parts of the reception... the butterfly release.  as soon as they flew out, they all swarmed laura!  it was too funny...

congratulations, matt and laura.  i am so happy for you two, and i know you will make each other happy for the rest of your lives!

my evening

so i have the evening to myself, and i did all sorts of things i love, including:

-cleaning

-watching gilmore girls

-burning my clean cotton yankee candle

-drinking diet caffeine free cheerwine

-eating dinner on the couch

-updating my blog

-talking with my sister for an hour-ish

-stalking my favorite blogs {including but not limited to: sissy, simply bloom, millie, jose, & love affair}

and now i've hit the boredom wall.  i'm usually pretty good about keeping myself entertained, but i'm bored.  hubby is at work 'till 11:30, so i have 2 hours to kill.  there is plenty of photography to do, and i have been working on that some today.  but since it's sunday, i try to rest and stick to household & fun activities.  now i need to think of things that i can/should/want to/need to do...

-paint my fingernails

-take a shower

-read one of the 3 books i'm currently reading {freedom of simplicity, guerilla marketing, the millionaire next door}

-read one of the 3 magazines i'm currently reading {real simple, martha stewart living, rangefinder}

-fill out this rebate form that has been staring at me for a week

-decorate my planner

-write a handwritten note

-finish some upcoming website updates

-try to beat will's high score in flight control (lame, i know) 

list-making always helps... now i am inspired.

and with that i say, goodnight!

{photo credit: Antonis Achilleos}

melissa & eric | wedding: part 2

{continued...}

all day, it had been raining on and off. everyone was so happy when 5:00 came around, and the beautiful sun came out. it was perfect.

i must be honest. i was so glad i had my camera to hide behind during this dance, because i cried my eyes out! it was so precious. one of the sweetest daddy-daughter dances i've ever seen.

so these two - {the "catchers"} - were quite hilarious. both had their respective girlfriend & boyfriend watching from the crowd... so when the dj asked him to "put the garter on her leg"... this is what happened!

lots of love to give on the way out. what a beautiful evening!