Imagine waking up on a summer day, getting ready with your girls, driving to your beautifully decorated venue the sky is dark and cloudy, but who cares…you’re about to get married. Squeaks of excitement, you are eagerly anticipating your wedding. It’s just a few hours away now. You get into your dress and the activities begin…. Mom helps you button the last buttons. You put your grandmothers earrings in and then the veil. A little jump of excitement, ahhh it’s staring to feel more real!
Your favorite ladies are waiting for you outside, they haven’t seen you in your dress yet, GASP, “you look so beautiful!” The sun peeks out just in time…Hugs all around, you pray together before the celebrations being full swing. But wait…your twin brother decides last minute that he wants to do a first look with you 🥹 How sweet…there may have been a few tears. Dad comes around the corner and gives you a big hug…is his baby girl really getting married?!
The ladies are all done with their photos and they go back in to spend the last hour with the bride before she says I do. Meanwhile the boyz are chilling in their cabin. It’s time for photos but were missing a groomsmen, you’d never guess he’d be found chainsawing something down around the corner 😂 Oh well he’ll be here in a minute. The groomsmen are all assembled, they have one job…get the groom hyped up, he’s about to get married! Some thunder and a tiny bit of sprinkling rain and a sun shower accompany the grooms hype squad as we document memories. Success.
The groom is in his place, back turned, eyes closed, eagerly awaiting his bride, but he doesn’t get to see her yet. The bride walks around the corner and does a little happy dance. She’s nervous and so so excited! Back to back they read their vows, lots of tears, the happiest and sweetest kind of tears 🥹 We’re down to minutes now, just a few more short minutes. Some trusty friends are wiping all the rain off of the chairs by the pond. There’s some thunder but we’re stepping out in faith. The sky is a little dark but who cares when the bride and groom are this excited and this happy!
The music begins. Grandparents, parents, the bridal party, and the most adorable little ring bearer and flower walk down, almost stealing the show. The music stops. The crowd takes a deep breath. The doors open and the bride comes through the doors. The groom turns around and his eyes quickly fill up with tears, the biggest smile on his face. The moment his been waiting for for so long is finally here. The bride is crying too. The whole range of emotions accompany a beautiful ceremony “I do”, “you may kiss the bride” “Introducing Mr. and Mrs McCuistion”, the crowd erupts, the best ever, just married smile on the bride and grooms faces. Time to celebrate!
The guest line up and welcome the bride and groom into the reception, bubbles flying everywhere and cheers all around. The bride and groom have the most perfect first dance, the groom kisses her hand murmurs of “Awh” surge through the crowd…how sweet 🥹 The celebrations continue all throughout the evening. The bride and groom slip out for a few moments alone in the quiet to soak in the golden hour light.
They did it, they’re married now, ahh. The light is hitting perfectly. The whole day was perfect despite the rain and the storms, they brought their own kind of sunshine to the unpredictable weather. A few more hours and it will all be over, a long anticipated day full of tears and joy and laughter, but it’s all preserved in their memories and in a gallery full of images. The day will live on for years as a sweet memory. The things that didn’t go as planned will turn into funny memories (what was he chainsawing anyway? Ah who knows 😂)
The light dim and the guest one by one drive away, the day is over but memories live on…The bride and groom have forever to go! What an honor to be a part of new beginnings what an honor to document stories and retell them through images.
As alway thanks for tagging along!
~Emilia Joy
