SARA & JOHN

JULY 31, 2010
wedding - Notre Dame, IN

Back to Old Notre Dame for another memorable day. Sara & John's wedding was chuck-full of fun details (wait 'till you see the APPLES! :) ), laughter (so much laughter :)) and beautiful weather. Onward, photos!

Bridal detail :)

Groom(al?) detail. Cuff links made from Yankee Stadium baseballs. :)

And the lovely Sara. I loved her gold sash. And just Sara in general :)

Basilica, you be so lovely :) (Fluffy clouds, you be so lovely too :))

This was our first time back to the Grotto since the fire.
SO glad to see that it still standing strong. :)

Ceremony time :)

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, in all its splendor. :)

He was a happy, happy dad. Maybe the happiest dad we've ever seen :)

Speaking of happy, look at those smiles. :)

Sara and John had a friend that let us into the ND stadium.
Here they're marching down the tunnel while their friends sang the fight song :)

Favorite. :)

We peeked into the locker room. And the showers ;)

This is PROOF that we have some of the coolest brides in all of history. We took an hour break in the middle of the day for snacks + rehydration (it was a doozy of a day :) ) and we found Sara, covered in napkins, eating an entire pizza. She's my favorite. :)

Break's over. Back to work. :)

We've done several shoe photos on our blog this year. But I have to tell you, if your wedding includes fabulous color combos and cool shoes, I'm not going to be able to resist taking photos of your feets :)

Another favorite :)

(Speaking of feeeets :) )

The reception was in the atrium at the Marriott. Beautiful. (APPLESSS! :) )

SUCH! A cool color combooooo! :)

Notice the resemblance? :) (complete with matching gold sash and green tie!)
(Cake done by Cakewalk, LLC It. was. delicious. :) )

They left a little gap in the ribbon for the cake cutting. First time we've ever seen it. LOVE it. :)

During Sara's dance with her father, they were encircled by all three of his daughters and his granddaughter. It was one of the cutest things, ever :)

Sara and John! Thank you SO! much for having us be able to capture photos of your beautiful day :) We enjoy you. We wish you much love. xoxo, A+A

JADE & SIMON

JULY 24, 2010
wedding - Chicago, IL

This Chicago wedding was fabulous for so many reasons :) #1: Jade and Simon are awesome. #2: a glorious sun-drenched day. #3: the city of Chicago. #4: a perfect backyard wedding. #5: peacock feathers. #6: gorgeous, vintage details. #7: some lovely, lovely people. I could go on, but I think you get it. Bottom line: We loved today. :)

Jade's dress, hanging in their penthouse hotel room :)

Some rockin' shoes. :)

And one beautiful bride. :)

Simon met Jade in her hotel room for their first look :) Have we mentioned how much we love these? :)

Bridal party + bridge = :)

We love, loved these dresses :)

And these amazing suits from Express. (PS - LOVE the boat shoes :) )

A favorite :) We are so lucky to work with such beautiful people :)

Random field(?) downtown!? Whatever it is, we loved. :)

Then! We headed into Barrington for the ceremony in Simon's parents' backyard.

Maybe our favorite photo that we've taken this year :)

Barefoot bride :)

The perfect kiss :)

Married!

The wedding cake :)

The party :)

Jade & Simon - thank you, thank you, thank you! for having us today. The love you have for one another is completely contagious and we can just tell that you two will be married a long, long time. :) We think the world of you both and hope you have a lovely life together. We are blessed to know you :) xoxo, A+A