Sara and Cody have known each other since 4th grade. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that their wedding was one of complete joy and celebration for their group of friends and family. It was tearful as Sara let her dad give her away, heartfelt as they read the vows they wrote for each other, and joyful as they danced and toasts with friends and family that they haven known for years. I am honored to have gotten the chance to document it.
Sara and her mom are both amazing interior designers who truly blew my mind with all the amazing details that went into this wedding. After going through the photos I realized this was going to be a 2-3 blog post wedding…one post just couldn’t contain all the awesomeness! So here is the first of a few. Today’s post features the day of and the festivities and then on Sunday we’ll get to see all the amazing details:)
The wedding was held at Sara’s parents house outside of Murfreesboro, TN in a beautiful area of this state. Seriously, if I passed one more field of blooming flowers I was going to have to set up shop there to do some photos:) And I have to give a giant amazing shout out to Emily of Simply Yours Weddings who was the coordinator for the wedding and to Bryan of Snydmania Entertainment for doing the awesome photo booth:)
I love fun getting ready photos:)










The wedding vows:)

cutest ringbearers ever:)


So, yes, I got a normal picture of them walking down to the aisle…but I’m in love with these two even more. Sara rivals me (and maybe beats me!) in creativity so I thought she’d love these two:)

This was one of the sweetest give away’s I’ve ever seen at a wedding.


can you stand the monogram on the ground!? Loved it!
I’m in love with this picture.
and this one.
ok…I’ll admit it. The father daughter dance gets me every time. And this was no exception. Cue a great song with a dad and daughter dancing as she begins her new life and I’m a mess:)
best.toasts.ever.
Sara and Cody, thank you for including me in your amazing wedding day!










feuza - ah so awesome, love the night shots and oh love her dress and the girls boots
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evie - WOW WOW WOW!!!! Shannon these are absolutely amazing!!! The bride and groom look so adorable together and totally in love with one another! I’m off to look for more pics from this wedding on your blog!!
charlotte stringer - Absolutely amazing images!! Gorgeous bride.. You have truly captured her day- Love love love all of the special touches in the sneaks you showed… What an amazing day!
Kelly Canuck - omigosh! there is obviously so much prep and planning done for this day! Absolutely spectacular job Shannon!
Jennifer - These are absolutely gorgeous. What a beautiful bride. I love her bouquets. Very original!
Stacey Lund - WOW…these turned out wonderful! Great job!