this wedding gets a thumbs up for so many reasons.

first off….thumbs up for a super nice bride and groom with amazing and supportive families and friends.

thumbs up for gorgeous locations:  first presbyterian church and the proximity hotel

thumbs up for an extremely photogenic bride, groom and wedding party (made our job easy peasy, thanks to dad for taking so many photos of mari growing up!)

thumbs up for amazing food (print works bistro) and wedding coordination at the proximity hotel (jewel hussner took great care of the guests AND the vendors!)

thumbs up to good tunes (wally west’s big band) and great details (plants and answers)

getting ready.  love mari’s shoes!

heading to the church

the first look

perfect billowing veil

party time!

last years birthdays were pretty exciting.  ryder arrived 2 and half weeks early which wound up being three days before his sisters big number 5 party.  we could not have her first interaction with her brother be a bad one, so we decided to have the party with about 50 guests at our house with a 3 day old!  this year was the complete opposite.  unfortunately, eliza got strep throat as one of her birthday presents.  we had to cancel with the kid guests and have a small party with just the grand parents.  actually, it was really nice!  the kids were the center of attention and there were plenty of presents to open….this might lead to a trend.  small birthday parties are so much easier and enjoyable for the parents!

ryder enjoyed his first taste of cake!

liza with grandaddy and the tree that he planted on her first birthday.  liza loves this tree.  one day last winter i was looking for one of my really nice winter dress scarves and i could not find it anywhere.  i looked outside and eliza had wrapped it around her tree “to keep it warm”!

liza was very excited to get a violin for her birthday.  since she was 4 it has been her “dream to play violin”.

happy birthday to my sweet rays of sunshine!!

some things are worth the wait!  everyone was excited that ginger and ray finally tied the knot.  : )

who:  ginger + ray

what:  a lovely day with two wonderful families joining together.  ginger and ray are such a sweet couple.  they met 16 years ago at the beach.  after 16 years of friendship and fun they said “i do” with huge smiles and so much love.

where: first united methodist church in cary and the macgregor downs country club

how:  beautiful flowers by gregg kennedy and music by the groove town band.  dress by marisa.

the gorgeous ginger and her girls

ray was the last man without a ring!

downtown cary is so cute!

one of my favorite shots ever!

these two kids were so good at their shoot! baby kyle just laid around and did not make a peep, even when his adorable sister accidentally sat on his head! 🙂