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In Rachel & Jason’s enga­ge­ment shoot post, I boldly sta­ted “Rachel may well be the best thing that ever hap­pe­ned to Jason”. I’m posi­tive that it is true. It was finally wed­ding day for these two and after I finished Nicole & Jay’s e-​shoot I clea­ned up, char­ged up & hea­ded over to the Ash­worth to meet Rachel.

Hello dress. You’re lovely!

Jason is part of the Air Natio­nal Guard so Rachel had a little sur­prise for him to go with her “something blue”. 

Strike a pose. 

The flo­wer girls were ADORABLE. I couldn’t get enough of their dark eyes & curls! This little one was very very very intent on hel­ping with the dress. She did a great job!

But it was defi­ni­tely a team effort.  

Per­fec­tion! And the colors in the flo­wers are just stunning.

Off they go!

And off I went and found Jason patiently wai­ting. (And loo­king very dapper!)

They were so serious about their job! The little one was so worried about kee­ping her flo­wers in the bas­ket befo­rehand she for­got to toss them when it was finally time. Too cute! 

Shiny shoes, hid­den tis­sues, and an awe­some wood ceiling! 

with this ring! 

Their parents came up on ‘stage’ to wish them well - it was a totally unex­pec­ted overwhel­mingly emo­tio­nal moment (well unex­pec­ted for me )

Sea­led with a kiss. Rachel is SO EXCITED!! 

The Guard was there to give them a pro­per exit — - and if you look at the bot­tom photo care­fully - a thwap on the bum for good luck! 

Sun­light in Octo­ber gets tricky so we rushed over to the pavi­lion to take some pho­tos. It was get­ting very chilly very quickly though! They all found their own ways of kee­ping warm.

I’m pretty sure Rachel’s brother is stea­ling her warmth, not kee­ping her warm! 

I’m also pretty sure that kis­sing keeps these two warm. That must be why they were doing so much of it! Right?!  

The sun was set­ting fast so after some family por­traits inside the church they toas­ted and hust­led into the limo (do the hustle do do do do…ok, nevermind)

We tried to beat the sun to the beach but it just wasn’t hap­pe­ning. Thankfully, my Canon 5DMII had come in the day before and with the help of light for night cons­truc­tion on the beach & my 50mm 1.4 we still found a patch of sand to make their jour­ney from enga­ged to married by the beach complete! 

First dance! I love how they touch foreheads.  

Ok, so I pos­ted this photo on face­book as a tea­ser because it was just so sweet it made me tear up. While, as I was going through pic­king blog pho­tos and saw it again, there were full on tears. Because..well… they love this little girl SO much, you can just see it. And in 12+ weeks, they’re going to have their own little girl to love!! (ok, crying again. sheesh!) 

You may recog­nize this but­terfly mas­ked boa guy from last week’s wed­ding as the best man .. or you might not. That was pro­bably his plan. Oops, sorry Randy! 

Ok, so, after the parent dan­ces and “for­ma­li­ties” of the event were done, it got weird. Um, sir, you drop­ped your cell phone.

No — really weird — like ever­yone was kung fu fighting — - 

And this guy was on the floor again.… 

And Randy was… shuf­fling off to buf­falo? The flo­wer girls seem very amu­sed with him though.. 

Aside from all the cra­zies (and I say that with love) Rachel and Jason still found a few more moments to bliss­fully revel in their new rela­tionship sta­tus & the family there to cele­brate with them!

I’m so happy to know Rachel & Jason. And I’m so exci­ted for the new little one coming to the be the “other best thing that ever hap­pe­ned to Jason!”

Stay tuned for more from these two this year!

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren