Early Mountain Vineyard Wedding || Romantic, Sunset winery Wedding || Robert & Shannon

It's not a secret that I love taking a couple out for extra portrait time during sunset, but oh my goodness- this wedding was an amazing exception! They had a sunset ceremony overlooking the Vineyard at Early Mountain Winery in Madison, Virginia.  

The Charlottesville area has some amazingly gorgeous vineyards- and the Early Mountain Vineyard is no exception! The views, open skies, and vineyard is the perfect backdrop for a wedding ceremony! The reception hall is unreal- especially for a wedding taking place in the fall! Those fireplaces! 

Robert & Shannon and their friends and family all traveled from all over the United States to the Charlottesville area for this event! It really seemed to add to the celebration and joyfulness of the day seeing everyone step away from their crazy lives to celebrate with these two! 

 

 

 

Autumn Trivium Estate Wedding || Bradford & Lauren

This Trivium Estate wedding was seriously perfect! I love Fall weddings- the light, the weather- it's all We left the night saying to each other how nothing seemed to go wrong the entire day! But that's not surprising to me considering all the amazing vendors set into place with the all-inclusive package that Lauren & Bradford booked with The Trivium Estate! 

The morning started with Lauren & her best friends in the bridal suite getting ready together and laughing together! And their ceremony was so beautiful! They chose to get married down at the gazebo overlooking the pond and the trees starting to turn! So gorgeous!! During their ceremony, they chose to plant a tree together- each providing dirt from their childhood homes. How precious is this?! I've never seen this as part of the ceremony, but I loved it! 

These two are both pharmacists and their chemistry was mentioned in their ceremony and the maid of honor reception speeches & you can see it when you watch them together! Smiling and Laughing all day! The best!! Their reception was a blast! The band did such an excellent job getting everyone up and on the dance floor the entire night!! A good band is so much fun at a wedding! 

 

 

Thanks to the vendor DREAM TEAM for this wedding! Love our Lynchburg wedding community so much, and it's always such an honor to work alongside so much talent!! 

Venue: The Trivium Estate in Forest, Virginia

Florals: Bloom by Doyles in Lynchburg, Virginia 

CelHair: Headliners Salon in Virginia

Makeup: B.Jane in Lynchburg, Virginia

Dress: Celebration Bridal in Lynchburg, Virginia

Gown Alterations: The Gilded Thimble in Bedford, Virginia

Groom & Groomsmen: Men's Wearhouse

Catering: Charley's Restaurant & Catering in Lynchburg, Virginia

Bartender: Tabby Bennett Wedding Bartender in Lynchburg, Virginia

Band: Lloyd Dobler Effect in Northern Virginia

Cake: La Bella Torta in Lynchburg, Virginia

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Weekend Update

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Happy Monday! ;) It's going to be a short yet sweet post today- Emmie is off school for a parent/teacher conference & I can't wait to spend the day with her and do some fun fall activities finally! I'm thinking it's finally time to get some pumpkins and mums around my new house! 

We had the sweetest wedding on Saturday at The Trivium Estate! I cannot wait to share more from this gorgeous day!! 

 

Then Sunday, I stayed in bed, for most of the day. I'd been fighting off bronchitis the week before, and while the antibiotics helped and I felt perfectly fine on Saturday, woah man did the 'wedding hangover' hit me hard this time around. Luckily for me, my husband is pretty amazing and demanded I stay resting all day and he did the chores, made breakfast, snacks, and reminded me to get back in the bed 5,000 times when I got up for something random. Thanks for taking such great care of me babe! It totally helped too, because today I'm feeling back to my normal self- just still a little pregnancy exhaustion! When does that part go away again?! 

On the Glen at Glenburn Farms Wedding || Josh & Jenny

Oh my goodness am I SO excited to share this wedding today! Josh & Jenny have been dating since HIGH SCHOOL- and have survived through 11 years of dating, long-distance, college, and so much more! You really could just feel how thrilled they were to be at this point, and that their families were so glad to be uniting! Their wedding at Glenburn Farms was so beautiful! It was the most perfect fall weather, blue skies, and the mountain views! Seriously, picture heaven!! 

They had the sweetest no peek where they exchanged letters and a prayer with each other. I swear, I will never not cry in those moments! They are the sweetest!! I wasn't alone in my reactions seeing Jenny walk down the aisle and Josh start crying.  Then every time Jenny looked up at Josh during the ceremony she started tearing up.  Gah my heart!!

We snuck out for some sunset portraits after dinner and OH MY GOSH was it perfection! I swear I could have stayed out there forever with these two!! Their reception was SO much fun- literally everyone was on the dance floor- even Jenny's grandma got out there and danced with everyone!! 

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Weekend Update: Roanoke, VA Wedding & Fall Mini Sessions

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It's officially October, which means it's officially my busiest time of year! Shooting 7 weddings this month, and lots and lots of family sessions, means that there'll be a lot to share, yet not a lot of time to share it! I'm working on maintaining balance with my kindergartner and workload, which means that some things just aren't going to happen! I'm planning on writing a blog post about surviving the crazy, hopefully I'll get that written and published before the end of the month! ;)  

This weekend was so much fun! We had an amazing wedding in Roanoke, at Glenburn Farms in Vinton, Virginia celebrating Josh & Jenny! Their wedding was SO gorgeous I cannot wait to share their entire blog post!! 

I also held some Fall mini-sessions on Sunday afternoon! These can be exhausting, but also super fun because I get to meet some amazing families & update their family photos and this year was no exception! I'm so excited to share some of the photos from this weekend! 

 
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