Salt Lake Temple and Sleepy Ridge, Utah | Stephanie and Nathan Wedding

I loved this wedding. Stephanie and Nathan are super sweet! Their wedding day was beautiful– The perfect cinco de mayo!

I really loved how Stephanie  only wanted 30 minutes coverage at the temple. Since we got their formals done here earlier, we didn't need to spend time on the busy wedding day doing those. I thought it would be impossible to only do a few photos in 30 minutes at the temple, because this temple is always so busy and big groups are hard to order around. I told her mom my concern and man, she made the impossible possible! She gathered everyone to the stairs and BAM, got group and parent pictures done in 15 minutes. I need Jeanette to come help me at all my weddings ;)

Since we spent so little time at the temple, I got to stay for their whole reception! Their reception was at Sleepy Ridge Golf Club in Orem. It was in the sunset room, which is super gorgeous! We took family pics, friend pics and a few more bride and groom pics. The reception started and Stephanie and Nate greeted all their guests for about an hour. Then the events started! They cut the cake and chose to be very sweet when feeding it to each other. Then Stephanie threw her bouquet. It was fun because all her nieces and one nephew stood anxiously awaiting her to throw it. And what do you know– her one nephew caught it. It was hilarious! He was as surprised as all the girls were. Loved it! 

After, Nathan danced with his mama and Stephanie danced with her dad. Love these sweet moments with their parents. Then Nathan and Stephanie danced their first dance and everyone soon joined in. Once that song ended, the dancing broke out. This family loved to dance! Even the parents...yes! They had a real band playing and it made the energy even that much better. They even made me want to dance! Soon enough, the chicken dance came on. This made for super hilarious pictures. IT WAS THE BEST! Elizabeth, my second shooter and I had such a blast. 

After the dancing, everyone sent Stephanie and Nate off with a sparkler exit! Now they are headed to St. Croix!

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Pugh!

Dress: Off White Bridal Expressions (Don't you love her sleeves?!)

Bouquet: Sunshine Creations

Cake: Stacey Carnley

Entertainment: Ken Foster Trio

Second Shooter: Elizabeth Ethier Photography

Draper, Utah Temple | Ellen and Nate Wedding

I'm so happy that warm wedding days are back! And the flowers are back, yay!

Ellen and Nate were both pretty stoked to be married. Who wouldn't be?! They came out of the doors and everyone cheered. Almost instantly, Nate's cute nephew came and gave them hugs. Way to start off the hugging little dude! Everyone was super happy for them. 

We took some quick pics in front of the temple. I love all the tulips that are there right now. Makes the pics that much more pretty! We did family pics, friend pics and then took of few more of Ellen and Nathan around the temple. Everything was so gorgeous! Ellen looked so beautiful in her dress from Fantasy Bridal. And I loved her flowers and her flower crown that her Aunt created. 

The next day, they had their reception at Wheeler Farm. It was in the middle of the day and I loved it! The lighting in the barn was great and it was such a pretty day outside too.

Ellen and Nate's wedding was so beautiful. Ellen, her mom and her aunt and I'm sure a lot more people put in so much work to make every little detail gorgeous. One thing that I really loved was they printed and put their pictures everywhere. I love that! 

After everyone greeted Ellen and Nate, it was time to cut the cake! I don't think they really talked about what they were going to do before– whether it was to stay nice or shove it in their faces. So Ellen went first and nicely put it in Nate's mouth and then put a little more and then tried shoving it in his face. Then it was Nate's turn. He went for it and shoved it in her face. It was hilarious. Some of it went down her dress too. Oops! Oh and by the way, Ellen made her own cake!! She did an amazing job!

Next, Ellen and her dad danced. Ellen's dad is the cutest. He really loves his little girl. I couldn't get over how sweet and kind and funny he is. He and Ellen had fun dancing. Then he passed her to Nate for their first dance together as husband and wife! I love this part. Nate is so sweet to her. They danced by themselves for awhile, but soon everyone wanted to join the party! 

After a while of dancing, Ellen threw her bouquet. Her sweet little cousin who looks up to Ellen so much caught it. It was perfect. After that was all over, everyone gathered outside to make a tunnel to send them off. 

What I really loved after was Ellen and Nate really wanted to go down the slide at the park. So we walked over there and all the kids were staring at them. One little girl when she saw them exclaimed, "Holy Peanut Butter!". It was so funny. Ellen and Nate sat on the slide and then slid down. It was pretty awesome! I had so much fun being their photographer!

International Peace Gardens, Utah | Ellen & Nate Formals

Ellen and Nate make each other so happy. Ellen could not stop smiling and laughing. It was darling! It was freezing and the two of them would get cozy under the blanket between spots. You wouldn't even know it was so cold in the pictures– they played it well!

K let's talk about her dress now. Isn't it so gorgeous? I love the long lace sleeves and the mermaid cut on her. I also loved her beautiful floral crown and her bouquet. Ellen is a pretty girl! Nate is a lucky man!

Besides it being cold, it was such a fun shoot. Ellen's mom and sister came along and they were so helpful. Her mom came up with a few spots and poses that were fun and her sister was cracking me up! Then Nate started being a goofball which all had us cracking up. It was a blast.

Their wedding is in a couple of weeks and I'm very excited for them!