This wedding was different for me than any other wedding I’ve been a part of – because it was my sister’s wedding. (See previous post here for their engagement photos). If you’re reading this, you might want to stop and get a glass of wine because it’s probably the longest post I’ve ever done…… 

Welcome back… Cheers….

 So everyone kept asking me who was going to shoot her wedding. In the past couple of months I had this conversation a few hundred times:

“So who is going to shoot your sister’s wedding?”

“I am” – me

“But aren’t you in the wedding?”

“Yes” – Me

“Are you crazy?!”

“Yes…… crazy enough to attempt it.” – Me

Enter my amazing cousin Heather without whom I would have never attempted this crazy idea. She was my  2nd shooter, keeper of my sanity and the one responsible for all the gorgeous images during the ceremony. Heather – if you are reading this – THANK YOU!!! I swear I will never attempt this again – luckily I only have one sister. 

On to the wedding day ….  I was constantly checking the weather and the day before it dropped 20 degrees and was incredibily windy. I think it was a sign that Mother Nature knows that Sarah hates to be hot….  

We had an impromptu dance party at the house to kick off the day, followed by some quality time and some classic pics with Josh and the guys. After I regained feeling in my limbs from shooting outside without a coat on I threw on my dress and  met the girls at the church. After some pics and some tasty sandwiches it was onto the “tunnel” that led us to line up for the ceremony. I really thought I could make it through without crying, but that lasted about 30 seconds… 

Aside from the weather the day was perfect. The ceremony was gorgeous, the reception was a great time with amazing family and friends and best of all my sister is now married to an amazing man that loves her.

I couldn’t ask for more 🙂 

I won’t get too sappy on you, but I would like to say Congratulations to Sarah and Joshua and thank you for allowing me be a part of your day. I love you both so much. Thank you for all of your love and support.

Here are all the vendors/ venue that made the day possible ( click on the names to see their individual websites):

Church: First Christian Church, Columbus, IN

Reception: Harrison Lake Country Club, Columbus, IN

Sarah’s Dress and Shoes, Bridesmaids Dress and all tuxes : Sophias Bridal in Indianapolis, IN ( love you guys 🙂

Flowers: Claudia’s Florabunda

Harpist: Jan Aldridge Clark (she plays Metallica on the harp – need I say more?)

Cake: Icing on the Cake , Columbus, IN

DJ : El on Wheels  (she had the place rocking all night!)

Invitations, Save -the-Dates, and Programs : Me 🙂 (thinking about including some of this in my packages for next year … let me know if anyone has any thoughts on this idea…)

On to the photos…..

Some of the details from the day…. 

The gorgeous couple

The Wedding Party

I met Joshua and the guys for some fun shots … thanks for braving the cold guys!

 

The Ceremony – All photos by Heather 🙂

MARRIED!!!

Entire Wedding Party

My Family 🙂

The Dahms Family

And then I grabbed back the camera for photos of the happy couple.

Love the door on the church

On to Harrison Lake for the Reception. Not only is it a beautiful setting, but the entire staff was amazing. I would recommend this venue to any brides in the area. 

Love this shot below that Heather got 🙂

Reception details and speeches (Sarah kept asking me what I was going to say in my speech and I decided to wing it …. apparently I did okay because I laughed, I cried and someone asked me afterwards if I did stand-up…. always good to have a back up plan I guess!)

First Dance

Sarah and her Morehead Volleyball girls

Reception photos part 2… Brittany was busting some sweet moves in those shades. On the bottom left are both of Josh’s grandparents. One set has been married for 64 years!!! 

Now for  a few “behind the sences” pics of how I mangaed to pull this off…

And last but not least, Me with Mr. and Mrs. Dahms 🙂