Last year this time, I was a 40-year-old wedding photographer who had shot over 250 weddings in 15 years and I was still single. Never been married. And I had very little hope that there was someone out there for me. Little did I know that my life would radically change in just 12 months time.
I keep saying it's surreal, but it is. I'm MARRIED!! And my wedding day was such a dream. Bruce and I worked hard, along with the help of our fabulous vendor team, to make our wedding US down to the last detail. And it was. We were married in the mountains of Colorado -- a destination wedding for us -- and our 120 family and friends who travelled out to celebrate with us had no easy task. We didn't plan the easiest or most convenient wedding to get to. So it was all the more special that they were there. THANK YOU to those of you who made the trek. We are forever grateful and feel so incredibly blessed.
I could go on and on...and I will in this blog post. Fair warning. I plan to share our personalized vows in full along with a few stories to help me remember all the magic. Feel free to skim over all the text if you'd like and just allow Daniel Kim's fabulous photos to tell the story. But for any of you who are interested, I wanted to include the details.
I keep saying it's surreal, but it is. I'm MARRIED!! And my wedding day was such a dream. Bruce and I worked hard, along with the help of our fabulous vendor team, to make our wedding US down to the last detail. And it was. We were married in the mountains of Colorado -- a destination wedding for us -- and our 120 family and friends who travelled out to celebrate with us had no easy task. We didn't plan the easiest or most convenient wedding to get to. So it was all the more special that they were there. THANK YOU to those of you who made the trek. We are forever grateful and feel so incredibly blessed.
I could go on and on...and I will in this blog post. Fair warning. I plan to share our personalized vows in full along with a few stories to help me remember all the magic. Feel free to skim over all the text if you'd like and just allow Daniel Kim's fabulous photos to tell the story. But for any of you who are interested, I wanted to include the details.
Bruce wore his dad's wedding band. His dad passed away in January of this year and we were with him the day he died in the hospital. He and Bruce's grandfather were greatly missed on this day, but I love that Bruce is wearing his dad's ring. And it fits perfectly.
My engagement ring also holds sentimental value. The diamond in it is from Bruce's mom's engagement ring. Bruce got his parents' permission to use it and had it re-set in this gorgeous rose-gold setting. The dainty, simple band goes perfectly with the art deco eternity band I had my eye on.
My engagement ring also holds sentimental value. The diamond in it is from Bruce's mom's engagement ring. Bruce got his parents' permission to use it and had it re-set in this gorgeous rose-gold setting. The dainty, simple band goes perfectly with the art deco eternity band I had my eye on.
I've gotten asked a lot why we chose to get married in Colorado. I'm from Phoenix and Bruce is from Montana. Being that I'm a wedding photographer, I'm super-busy in the months when it's nice in Arizona. And more than anything, I didn't want to be hot on my wedding day. So June somewhere cooler was the perfect fit for us. I have strong ties to a ministry called Forge that is based out of Denver. Every summer I spend a week in the mountains of Granby, Colorado attending a camp put on by Forge called Deep Camp. It's one of the highlights of my year each year and many of the people who are a part of the ministry have become like family to me. Bruce also formed an instant connection with the staff of Forge, including Dwight, who ended up officiating our wedding. So we chose to have our wedding the day before Deep Camp started this year just 10 minutes down the road. That made it easier for many of our friends who put on the camp to attend our wedding, and it also allowed us to invite all of our guests to stay on for the week after our wedding to attend camp with us. Yep, we spent our first week of married life at a camp with our family and friends! It was an incredible way to get extra quality time with loved ones. And after that week, we were blessed to be able to take a more traditional honeymoon to the beaches of Mexico.
Dixie-girl made the trip out from Arizona. She had no idea what was going on, but she was a good sport for the most part -- haha!
Our wedding invitation was a true collaboration and I'm so happy with how it turned out. I chose to include a fine art film print that I shot of the landscape in Colorado within every invitation to set the tone for the beautiful views our guests could expect at our mountain wedding. I love the hand-lettering that was incorporated throughout the pieces of the invitation. And I had fun picking out some vintage postage stamps that also set the tone -- they're like little pieces of art all on their own. The envelope liner includes lyrics from one of the worship songs we sang during our ceremony -- Awake My Soul (A Thousand Tongues) by Matt Maher. And the adorable map complete with a hand-drawn chairlift was another one of my favorite elements. Special thanks to my friend Sarah with Electric Dreams Design for heading up the effort, Emma with Roots and Rain Creative for her hand-letting and illustrations, and my planner Kayla with Some Like it Classic for help coordinating and assembling.
Of course we did a first look:
Has there ever been a more manly, handsome man carrying a bouquet? I think not. Good job, babe.
Sarah Watts with Sarah's Garden did the flowers. I have a number of favorite florists in Arizona, and she is one of them. She's also just the sweetest soul and I was so honored that she not only did my flowers, but she attended as a guest. These bouquets were perfectly finished with wild grass that she and her assistant foraged for near our venue:
I wish I had time to tell you about each person in our bridal party and why they are important to us. We are SO BLESSED in friendship. All of these dear friends and their families travelled out to Colorado and spent three days leading up to the wedding cohabitating with us in a few Airbnbs near the venue. We cooked and ate together, had our Bachelor and Bachelorette parties, and made so many memories that we will cherish forever.
Guests took a chair lift up to our ceremony. We chose this venue in large part for it's amazing views. It was fun getting the photos back and seeing that our guests had fun with it! haha!
During the ceremony, our bridal party and immediate families prayed over us. I just loved this moment:
And then we shared quite lengthy personal vows. Bruce went first:
"Melissa -- you were once just a dream. A shadow of a vision in my head of what I desired for a wife. You were just a fairytale of a woman made up in the recesses of my imagination. I would often be overwhelmed by a desire for you and I would write about you in my journals and play my guitar wishing I could sing my love to you from a distance. I was possessed by a great love for you which has fueled my pursuit of you.
When we first connected on Christian Mingle, I remember feeling a sense of urgency. You were beautiful of course but I really wanted to see if that beauty ran deep. As I revealed more of myself to you and as you opened up to me, I realized that you were a perpetual fountain of kindness and grace that I have been so thirsty to drink from. The more i discovered about you, the more my dream of my wife began to come alive! The absence of the details that existed in my dreams were beginning to be filled in by the reality of you. My blurry fairytale was taking shape and coming into focus. And now as sure as I stand here, I see with absolute clarity... the woman that has been in my heart since I was little. Everything in my life has prepared and lead me to you. You are my Lilly of the Valley!
I am fascinated by you! You are so much more than I could have ever imagined and I continue to be swept away by the woman you are. I have been overjoyed at discovering how God has made you and look forward to discovering more! You blanket me with comfort when I encounter the less impressive things of life. You shower me with encouragement which leads me to be bold and spurs me on to do great things. You pour into me when my cup is empty. You are my twin when it comes to love and resolution. I have always desired reciprocation in a relationship and you match me! I am jealous for your love and am blessed to have it!
Christ has mentored me in love and sacrifice. The good things that I possess have been given to me from Him and at the same time He is helping me be more like Him and less of myself. I long to be your husband in the way that Christ has been your husband your whole life and to do that there are some promises I want to make to you:
I promise that I will not seek to replace the position of your true Husband -- Christ -- but replicate Him in loving you.
I promise to bathe you in the Word of God, so that its effectual work will present you as beautiful as ever when Christ appears and our hope has come into fruition.
When we first connected on Christian Mingle, I remember feeling a sense of urgency. You were beautiful of course but I really wanted to see if that beauty ran deep. As I revealed more of myself to you and as you opened up to me, I realized that you were a perpetual fountain of kindness and grace that I have been so thirsty to drink from. The more i discovered about you, the more my dream of my wife began to come alive! The absence of the details that existed in my dreams were beginning to be filled in by the reality of you. My blurry fairytale was taking shape and coming into focus. And now as sure as I stand here, I see with absolute clarity... the woman that has been in my heart since I was little. Everything in my life has prepared and lead me to you. You are my Lilly of the Valley!
I am fascinated by you! You are so much more than I could have ever imagined and I continue to be swept away by the woman you are. I have been overjoyed at discovering how God has made you and look forward to discovering more! You blanket me with comfort when I encounter the less impressive things of life. You shower me with encouragement which leads me to be bold and spurs me on to do great things. You pour into me when my cup is empty. You are my twin when it comes to love and resolution. I have always desired reciprocation in a relationship and you match me! I am jealous for your love and am blessed to have it!
Christ has mentored me in love and sacrifice. The good things that I possess have been given to me from Him and at the same time He is helping me be more like Him and less of myself. I long to be your husband in the way that Christ has been your husband your whole life and to do that there are some promises I want to make to you:
I promise that I will not seek to replace the position of your true Husband -- Christ -- but replicate Him in loving you.
I promise to bathe you in the Word of God, so that its effectual work will present you as beautiful as ever when Christ appears and our hope has come into fruition.
I promise to be killing sin both in my heart and in our home so that sin won’t be killing us or hindering the work that God has begun in us and is seeing to completion. I will do what I can to keep our garden clear of foxes and weeds.
I promise to provide for and protect you and our family. For if I fail at the former I am worse than a non-believer, and if I cannot do the latter then I am less than a man, who given strength, could not wield it for the sake of His family. So these two things, provision and protection, I pledge even if it cost me my life.
I promise that I will take seriously the call, 'To lay down my life for you.' If my life is the greatest gift of love I could give then I am also saying that all that is of lesser value will be done for you out of love. For what good is laying down my life for you if I am not also willing to put the toilet seat down in preparation for your use, to run to the store last minute for you no matter how inconvenient, to rub your shoulders no matter how tired, to carry a burden no matter how reluctant. These things don’t require my life and should be easier to do. I promise that I will strive to do these things and more even if it cost my life. In the words of Third Day: 'Greater love has not a man than the one who gives his life to prove, that I would do anything and that is what I’m going to do for you.' I will always love you and this is how you will be reminded of my love -- by my sacrifice.
I cannot promise an easy life, or that we won’t argue or get frustrated with each other. Our love story will have its share of hills and valleys. But I would rather wade in the sea of despondence with you for a lifetime than blaze the ridge of mountains without you. Our worse day, to me, is still better than the best day I’ve had being without. It is my hope that in moments or seasons of difficulty that our love for Christ will steady us and our love for each other will carry us. You fill what is lacking in me and I have desired this moment for a long time. I want to be your husband and you to be my wife. I want to spend every day with you for the rest of my life! There isn’t any word that expresses the vastness of my feelings for you. For lack of a better word I have said, 'I Love You'. But it’s more than that. And until I discover that word that is able to communicate the fullness of how I feel, I guess I’ll just simply say, 'I more than Love you Babe'!"
I promise to provide for and protect you and our family. For if I fail at the former I am worse than a non-believer, and if I cannot do the latter then I am less than a man, who given strength, could not wield it for the sake of His family. So these two things, provision and protection, I pledge even if it cost me my life.
I promise that I will take seriously the call, 'To lay down my life for you.' If my life is the greatest gift of love I could give then I am also saying that all that is of lesser value will be done for you out of love. For what good is laying down my life for you if I am not also willing to put the toilet seat down in preparation for your use, to run to the store last minute for you no matter how inconvenient, to rub your shoulders no matter how tired, to carry a burden no matter how reluctant. These things don’t require my life and should be easier to do. I promise that I will strive to do these things and more even if it cost my life. In the words of Third Day: 'Greater love has not a man than the one who gives his life to prove, that I would do anything and that is what I’m going to do for you.' I will always love you and this is how you will be reminded of my love -- by my sacrifice.
I cannot promise an easy life, or that we won’t argue or get frustrated with each other. Our love story will have its share of hills and valleys. But I would rather wade in the sea of despondence with you for a lifetime than blaze the ridge of mountains without you. Our worse day, to me, is still better than the best day I’ve had being without. It is my hope that in moments or seasons of difficulty that our love for Christ will steady us and our love for each other will carry us. You fill what is lacking in me and I have desired this moment for a long time. I want to be your husband and you to be my wife. I want to spend every day with you for the rest of my life! There isn’t any word that expresses the vastness of my feelings for you. For lack of a better word I have said, 'I Love You'. But it’s more than that. And until I discover that word that is able to communicate the fullness of how I feel, I guess I’ll just simply say, 'I more than Love you Babe'!"
Next, it was my turn:
"Bruce, I can hardly believe that we are standing here and it’s our wedding day.
My faith and hope have often been weak. I have always believed that God COULD bring me a husband, but for many years I confess that I had given up hope that he WOULD. I have always held tight to the promise in Psalm 84 that God will not withhold anything good from those who are seeking after him. So despite my confusion and disillusionment at finding myself in my 40s and still single, I leaned into God, knowing that He alone knows the bigger picture and that singleness must…for some reason… be what was best for me.
Then last fall I felt a nudge from the Lord to try online dating again. Just days later, your cute manly photos popped onto my screen. Your kind, genuine eyes drew me in but what I was most intrigued by was the heart I discovered in your 'letter to your future wife' posted on your profile. I had gotten so used to relationships not working out for me that my first thought after reading it was, 'That’s really sweet. I'm sure some other girl is going to be really blessed to have this guy as a husband someday.' And that's basically the gist of how I responded to you. I wrote:
'Hi Bruce! Reading your profile brought a smile to my face. Your future wife is one lucky girl! Thank you for the effort and heart you put into that. It gives me so much hope to see guys like you in the world.'
That was a Wednesday. Thursday we texted throughout the day, and Friday you called. We talked for an hour and a half until I had to get off the phone to meet Amy & Jordan for a Greek Festival. After I got off the phone, I jokingly texted you that I might need proof that you exist and later that night you sent me a 4 1/2 minute video of yourself talking to me...in an effort to prove it. That night I shared a little of the video with Amy and Jordan and also told them that I think I might have just talked to my future husband on the phone for the first time! God was already at work preparing my heart for this moment.
You were so unlike other men I had met. You were up-front, vulnerable, and honest. You laid yourself open from the beginning and played no games. You shared what you were looking for in a wife and inspired me with your vision for marriage and what you wanted your future family to be like. You pursued me full-out and I never had a question as to whether or not you were interested in me. You shared hard things with me in an up-front and honest way and spoke of God's grace in your life in a way that truly made you come alive. That first phone call and video started a two-and-a-half week marathon of phone calls and video exchanges until you flew out to Phoenix to meet me in late October.
We planned to spend three days together and I cleared my calendar despite it being the middle of busy season. You had never been to Phoenix, so we hiked Camelback mountain, ate at In-n-Out, went on our first official 'date', and I introduced you to some of my close friends. You suggested that we also spend time with my family so they could get to know you. We had dinner with my parents and sister and brother-in-law and you took some time after dinner to share your story with them. You shared your intentions of wanting to pursue me for marriage and asked their blessing to date me. They welcomed you with open arms.
Your three day trip ended up getting extended by another week....and then another week...and then another. Those three weeks were amazing and SO helpful to me in discovering your heart and what you are about. I think I would have really struggled with long-distance dating if I had been dating anyone else. But you are, above all else…a COMMUNICATOR. As a result of that and your strong leadership in our relationship, I was pretty smitten early on and quickly didn't view the distance as an issue. Since then we have traveled between Montana, Indiana, and Phoenix, walked through hard things together, including the loss of your dad and grandpa (who are greatly missed today) and in February, you proposed on the side of Camelback mountain!
It's been a whirlwind, but the very best kind. I can't believe God has blessed me with a husband!
The best way I can describe how I felt in those early days of getting to know you is that, “my heart recognized your heart.” And it turns out for all those years, singleness WAS the very best thing for me…because God saw YOU up ahead. God will not withhold any good gifts from those who are seeking after him. And babe, you are one of the best gifts He has ever given me.
"Bruce, I can hardly believe that we are standing here and it’s our wedding day.
My faith and hope have often been weak. I have always believed that God COULD bring me a husband, but for many years I confess that I had given up hope that he WOULD. I have always held tight to the promise in Psalm 84 that God will not withhold anything good from those who are seeking after him. So despite my confusion and disillusionment at finding myself in my 40s and still single, I leaned into God, knowing that He alone knows the bigger picture and that singleness must…for some reason… be what was best for me.
Then last fall I felt a nudge from the Lord to try online dating again. Just days later, your cute manly photos popped onto my screen. Your kind, genuine eyes drew me in but what I was most intrigued by was the heart I discovered in your 'letter to your future wife' posted on your profile. I had gotten so used to relationships not working out for me that my first thought after reading it was, 'That’s really sweet. I'm sure some other girl is going to be really blessed to have this guy as a husband someday.' And that's basically the gist of how I responded to you. I wrote:
'Hi Bruce! Reading your profile brought a smile to my face. Your future wife is one lucky girl! Thank you for the effort and heart you put into that. It gives me so much hope to see guys like you in the world.'
That was a Wednesday. Thursday we texted throughout the day, and Friday you called. We talked for an hour and a half until I had to get off the phone to meet Amy & Jordan for a Greek Festival. After I got off the phone, I jokingly texted you that I might need proof that you exist and later that night you sent me a 4 1/2 minute video of yourself talking to me...in an effort to prove it. That night I shared a little of the video with Amy and Jordan and also told them that I think I might have just talked to my future husband on the phone for the first time! God was already at work preparing my heart for this moment.
You were so unlike other men I had met. You were up-front, vulnerable, and honest. You laid yourself open from the beginning and played no games. You shared what you were looking for in a wife and inspired me with your vision for marriage and what you wanted your future family to be like. You pursued me full-out and I never had a question as to whether or not you were interested in me. You shared hard things with me in an up-front and honest way and spoke of God's grace in your life in a way that truly made you come alive. That first phone call and video started a two-and-a-half week marathon of phone calls and video exchanges until you flew out to Phoenix to meet me in late October.
We planned to spend three days together and I cleared my calendar despite it being the middle of busy season. You had never been to Phoenix, so we hiked Camelback mountain, ate at In-n-Out, went on our first official 'date', and I introduced you to some of my close friends. You suggested that we also spend time with my family so they could get to know you. We had dinner with my parents and sister and brother-in-law and you took some time after dinner to share your story with them. You shared your intentions of wanting to pursue me for marriage and asked their blessing to date me. They welcomed you with open arms.
Your three day trip ended up getting extended by another week....and then another week...and then another. Those three weeks were amazing and SO helpful to me in discovering your heart and what you are about. I think I would have really struggled with long-distance dating if I had been dating anyone else. But you are, above all else…a COMMUNICATOR. As a result of that and your strong leadership in our relationship, I was pretty smitten early on and quickly didn't view the distance as an issue. Since then we have traveled between Montana, Indiana, and Phoenix, walked through hard things together, including the loss of your dad and grandpa (who are greatly missed today) and in February, you proposed on the side of Camelback mountain!
It's been a whirlwind, but the very best kind. I can't believe God has blessed me with a husband!
The best way I can describe how I felt in those early days of getting to know you is that, “my heart recognized your heart.” And it turns out for all those years, singleness WAS the very best thing for me…because God saw YOU up ahead. God will not withhold any good gifts from those who are seeking after him. And babe, you are one of the best gifts He has ever given me.
From this day forward, in front of our family and friends, I vow to hold tightly to you – only second to Jesus Christ my Lord. You, above all else, will be entrusted with my heart and dreams. I will walk with you through the highest joys that life brings our way as well as the great suffering we are sure to endure. My highest calling after being a child of God is to be your wife. I will honor and respect you, be generous in my affection, and quick to extend grace. I promise to point you to Jesus and encourage you to lean ever deeper into Him. No matter what life may bring our way – riches or poverty; sickness or health; the consequences of our own sin and frailty – I will remain by your side, until death parts us. But even then, my love, hope extends for us beyond the grave, for that is where we will be reunited together with Christ – whose grace and kindness alone has brought us together and binds us together this day. My heart is yours… as it has long been His… from this day forward."
I cannot say enough about this amazing team of vendors and friends. I had anxiety thinking about having to pick from among my industry friends who I have worked with for years. How do I even begin to pick my wedding planner, for instance, when I have 10 friends who are wedding planners? It was an impossible task. I wish I could have had everyone from Arizona who I have worked with and grown to love come out to the wedding. Some were available and some were not, which made the selection process a little easier. But I'm thrilled with this team and so thankful they all got to attend the wedding as friends as well!
Below from L to R: Emily Hughes with Hair by Emily Hughes, Anne Poe -- floral assistant, Sarah Watts with Sarah's Garden Wedding & Event Floral, Kayla Bellitt with Some Like it Classic, Bruce, Me, Arielle Rondeau with Creme de la Makeup, Kayla's assistants Sarie & Anna, Daniel Kim -- our photographer!
Not pictured, but dearly loved and appreciated: Dwight Robertson (officiant), Todd with Sula Studios, Dave & Tara Powers with Mountain City Music
Below from L to R: Emily Hughes with Hair by Emily Hughes, Anne Poe -- floral assistant, Sarah Watts with Sarah's Garden Wedding & Event Floral, Kayla Bellitt with Some Like it Classic, Bruce, Me, Arielle Rondeau with Creme de la Makeup, Kayla's assistants Sarie & Anna, Daniel Kim -- our photographer!
Not pictured, but dearly loved and appreciated: Dwight Robertson (officiant), Todd with Sula Studios, Dave & Tara Powers with Mountain City Music
Two weeks before our wedding, the forecast showed a 50% chance of rain. We had planned an outdoor ceremony and outdoor reception -- without a tent. I prayed very specifically for partly cloudy skies and a high of 75. I watched the weather forecast every day. And it CHANGED every day. Some days the chance of rain went down and then it would go back up. Everyone familiar with weddings in the Colorado mountains warned me that we would likely get some afternoon showers. Then the Tuesday before the wedding, my wedding planner called saying we needed to make a decision on a tent for the reception. I not only didn't want a tent, it was going to cost close to $11K dollars that we hadn't budgeted. But everyone was pushing us to do the tent "just in case." Thankfully, God had answered my prayer, and on that Tuesday -- the point of decision -- the chance of rain on Saturday showed 0%.
ZERO.
So in faith, we said no to the tent and on the wedding day it was partly cloudy with a high of 75 degrees. Such a tremendous blessing and one of the many gifts God gave me on my wedding day.
During the reception, as we were eating outside, the skies temporarily grew dark and the wind picked up. It ended up sprinkling for a few minutes and a couple gusts of wind blew over some centerpieces. But as soon as it came, the storm blew past, and the most beautiful FULL RAINBOW appeared over the entire valley where we were eating.....A rainbow that we never would have seen had we been under a tent.
ZERO.
So in faith, we said no to the tent and on the wedding day it was partly cloudy with a high of 75 degrees. Such a tremendous blessing and one of the many gifts God gave me on my wedding day.
During the reception, as we were eating outside, the skies temporarily grew dark and the wind picked up. It ended up sprinkling for a few minutes and a couple gusts of wind blew over some centerpieces. But as soon as it came, the storm blew past, and the most beautiful FULL RAINBOW appeared over the entire valley where we were eating.....A rainbow that we never would have seen had we been under a tent.
Ruze Cake House created the perfect little all-in-one organic s'mores kits that our guests enjoyed during the reception:
And congratulations to YOU! You've reached the end of the longest blog post EVER -- haha!
I could relive this day over and over again forever. And I'm so thankful I get to through these photographs. I don't want to forget a single moment.
Wedding Planner: Some Like It Classic // Venue: Granby Ranch // Photographer: Daniel Kim // Florist/Decor: Sarah's Garden // Bridal Dress & Veil Boutique: Emma and Grace Bridal // Bridesmaids Dress Designer: Jenny Yoo // Bridesmaid Dress Shop: Bella Bridesmaids Scottsdale // Hair: Emily Hughes // Makeup: Arielle Rondeau // Robes: Plum Pretty Sugar // Groom's Suit: Magro Clothing // Groomsmen Suits: The Black Tux // Ties: vKnit // Stationery: Electric Dreams Design and Roots and Rain Creative // Musicians: Mountain City Music // Officiant: Dwight Robertson with Forge // Vow Booklets: Art + Alexander // Rentals & Lighting: Event Rents // Linens: La Tavola // Cake: Megan Joy Cakes // S'mores: Ruze Cake House // Videographer: Sula Studios // Photo Booth: Rendezbooth // Ribbons: FrouFrou Chic
I could relive this day over and over again forever. And I'm so thankful I get to through these photographs. I don't want to forget a single moment.
Wedding Planner: Some Like It Classic // Venue: Granby Ranch // Photographer: Daniel Kim // Florist/Decor: Sarah's Garden // Bridal Dress & Veil Boutique: Emma and Grace Bridal // Bridesmaids Dress Designer: Jenny Yoo // Bridesmaid Dress Shop: Bella Bridesmaids Scottsdale // Hair: Emily Hughes // Makeup: Arielle Rondeau // Robes: Plum Pretty Sugar // Groom's Suit: Magro Clothing // Groomsmen Suits: The Black Tux // Ties: vKnit // Stationery: Electric Dreams Design and Roots and Rain Creative // Musicians: Mountain City Music // Officiant: Dwight Robertson with Forge // Vow Booklets: Art + Alexander // Rentals & Lighting: Event Rents // Linens: La Tavola // Cake: Megan Joy Cakes // S'mores: Ruze Cake House // Videographer: Sula Studios // Photo Booth: Rendezbooth // Ribbons: FrouFrou Chic