Favorite August Outdoor Wedding

I’ve always liked outdoor weddings. My parents got married beneath the pine trees at Bendix Woods, bridesmaids with yellow dresses and giant 1970s sunhats. Four years ago today Sara and I chose a country schoolhouse yard for our celebration, sun hats optional.

Waiting for the ceremony to start. Smiling at family and friends from the front of the ceremony, in front of the cameras too – really out of place for me if it wasn’t my own wedding!

Sara and her dad join us. Mushy poetic types say things like “my heart skipped a beat, she took my breath away, the moment froze time…” – all of the above happened to me when I caught sight of Sara walking toward me. After several years of telling wedding stories it was surreal that it was OUR wedding at last. Oh yeah, and she even walked in to “At Last” just to prove the point.

Sara reminding Pastor Mike not to forget the “kiss the bride part!”

Sara and the bridesmaids in Battell Park in Mishawaka, site of many walks, talks, and memories from our dating days. Just blocks from where she grew up. Great spot for a summer wedding photo stop.

Hard to believe it’s our fourth anniversary already, or where the previous 3 went! Four years down, rest of a lifetime to go!

I love you Sara

- Photos by our cohorts and mentors in photography – Matthew at Zeta-Alpha Studio, Mark at Zehring Photography