This wedding is so special to me as this family is like family to us! We have known them since we first began attending First Baptist Alexandria and they have come to mean a lot to us! And once Claire came back from college she was our girls favorite babysitter! So, I was beyond honored when Claire called me the night she got engaged and asked if I would do their engagement pictures that very weekend and then their wedding. It’s been so much fun being apart of the wedding planning with them, getting to know Nicole at Belle Haven Country Club, and then being apart of the wedding day in such an intimate way. Normally I am able to just be a fly on the wall but it was very hard for me to separate my personal feelings from this day and cried at all the moments everyone else did! Especially the moment Claire’s dad came in. Tears! And I have so enjoyed getting to know Joey as well! I’ve head about him from the moment they started dating as Enid would share with me the things Claire was up to at Baylor. He’s a super sweet guy! Claire and Enid put a lot of thought into the details of this wedding from the Big Gulp cups (that they aren’t every seen without) for each bridesmaid, to the fun food stations representing every place Joey and Claire have lived, from NY all the way to Texas & Puerto Rico! The food was divine! The Chef at Belle Haven Country Club outdid himself! We even had a WHOLE pig slow roasted, still whole on the table teeth and all!
We were also so excited to have early Cherry Blossoms & warm weather this year and although it rained all day & was chilly we were able to get out for a few minutes after the wedding to get a few portraits in Old Town Alexandria before they were completely destroyed. The pink, flower covered streets were beautiful!
I could go on, but I’ll stop here and let you get to the pictures! Enjoy! Claire and Joey, I hope you had a wonderful day, surrounded by your family & friends & that you are now enjoying your honeymoon before you move back to Texas! We’ll miss you and so will my girls!
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