Sarah + Aaron....they love God with all their heart and they love each other with all their heart. The wedding day was the first time I had actually met Sarah and Aaron, due to travel distance, she welcomed me with a hug and a beautiful smile...she was SO excited because she was about to marry the love of her life, Aaron. All her bridesmaids were silly and giddy with her in sharing her excitement.

This was truly going to be an unforgettable day!

As people crowd into the church, every seat was filled. So many friends and family came to share in this unforgettable day. Surely these' two individuals were very loved. As Sarah walked down the aisle tears started to swell in her eyes, and the same with Aaron, those moments are some of my favorite of the entire day...It's hard to explain how much love and joy is behind those tear-filled eyes. The ceremony was genuine and heartfelt. It showed forth the love and faith they have in God--not ashamed to share it with everyone there, in hopes they'd all receive Jesus as they did.

Once I started portraits with Aaron & Sarah I saw the

teamwork

and

gentleness

and

silliness

and

sincerity

and

pure joy

they have with each other (gosh, I'm so SO lucky to get to know such wonderful-in love people).

The whole day was simply perfect. For real.

"When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far, no one can ever tear them apart." -Unknown

Amedee is a professional opera singer for Des Moines Metro Opera, and Doug went to Seminary to become a Pastor. They both attended Wheaton College in Illinois where they met. The first time Doug saw Amedee he said she was the most beautiful women he had ever seen. Amedee in return was very attracted to Doug. Amedee was part of the opera performance at the school and they had posters posted around the campus. Doug had taken one of the posters and put it in his doom because it had Amedee's picture on it. He constantly reminded himself that he could never get her because she was too beautiful. Little did he know Amedee was dying for him to ask her out. Doug's friends all told him that Amedee liked him, but he refused to believe a women this beautiful would be interested in him. Finally, Amedee decided to ask him out herself, Doug was in shock but agreed whole heartily.....and the rest is history.

Amedee and Doug's wedding was far from ordinary. Amedee had brides men (her closes friends and brother), and Doug had a grooms women (his sister) along with his grooms men. At the end of the ceremony Amedee had planned a Opera song to sing along with a couple of her Opera friends in the crowd. They broke out into song right after they were pronounced "Husband and Wife" (so cool). Yes, and Doug has dreads...and did I mention Amedee sings Opera?! Like I said a very un-ordinarily wedding in so many awesome ways. (Oh and a cool side note--Amedee's father is a three star general for the Air force and they had the first four star female general (in Military history) at the wedding).

They make the cutest couple! Both are fun and easy going. Doug's madly in love with her and to him he's got the most beautiful women he's ever seen and Amedee adores her Douggie. So privileged to be a part of this wedding and document their love.