What a beautiful and fun day I had with Ann Marie and Richard!!!  It was the perfect fall day which was exactly what Ann Marie was hoping for.  I knew she wanted fall colors and up until a few days before her wedding the colors hadn’t popped at all but luckily we had some rain and boom, color started turning on the leaves.  Whew.  It was perfect.

Ann Marie and Richard were so much fun and SO easy going.  I can’t count how many times we laughed through the whole day.  Both of their families were also so welcoming and it was such a great day.

Cake: Acme / Ceremony: Holy Family Church / Colors: Blue and Yellow / DJ:  The DJ Crew / Florist: Pam’s Posies / Photo Location: Cuyahoga Valley National Park / Reception: Silver Lake Country Club

 This image of Richard cracks me up every time I look at it.

I love this image of all of Ann Marie’s bridesmaids and her Mom getting her bow just right.

The look on her Dad’s face when he saw her all dressed up was priceless 🙂

We went outside for a few pictures in the backyard and I love this one of Ann Marie and her parents.

Time for the ceremony!

After the ceremony we headed over to Virginia Kendall park.  It was a beautiful day!

I adored the different bright blue bridesmaid dresses especially with the sunflowers.

How beautiful is Ann Marie? Gorgeous!

The light was so beautiful!

Seriously they are just so darn adorable.

I love the look of the groomsman with their black tuxes and bowties.

Such a gorgeous bridal party!

I love that their parents were able to come with us for portraits, it’s not often that gets to happen!

We went to the next stop and while it looks like Richard is deep in thought or zen mode he actually was watching chipmunks run around and he was fascinated with them.  He called them squirrels with racing stripes and had never seen them before.  It was hilarious!

Our final spot for pictures was Ann Marie’s parents backyard.  There was this pretty swing back there and the leaves were perfect.

How pretty are her shoes?

Ann Marie’s Mom made this super awesome sign with all the locations where the guests came from.  How fun is that?

I adored the ballroom at Silver Lake Country Club!  It was such a neat space and it was beautiful with all the windows.

How cute are the signs for “Her Handsome” and “His Darling”?

Each table had a different year and number that was special to the couple.

I loved the sunflower wedding cake!

How amazing is this duck decoy grooms cake??

Once they got to the reception we snuck out onto the course for some pictures before they went into the reception.

How amazing is the back of the dress???  Gah.  So pretty!

Love.

After their entrance they went into the first dance and it was beautiful.

The father daughter dance came after and it was perfection.

I got to play with the rings for a bit and I loved this classic shot of them.

After the dance floor opened up everyone started dancing and I captured this sweet moment between Ann Marie and Richard.

Then… well the DJ Crew did what they do and got the party going and the party went all night long!