This had to be the cutest wedding we have captured this year. Katie did such a fantastic job of paying so much attention to detail in the planning and it really came out so awesome during the day. I don’t know even where to start to explain the day. It was also so awesome to see Katie AND her mom so excited and so giddy about the wedding day. Mark even started to get misty-eyed as Katie walked down the aisle.
We started out at the home of Katie’s mom. Her parents have a lush and beautifully landscaped backyard that was ideal for a background for group portraits. We hung out there for a while and captured a lot of fun moments. The only ‘downer’ was that the forecast was rain, rain, rain and the ceremony was going to be outside at Avery Ranch Golf Club. We waited until the last hour or so before it was decided whether or not the wedding would be moved to inside, or stay outside. Fortunately for us, the rain went north of us, so my streak of ZERO wedding ceremonies with rain was NOT broken (but it finally was a few days later at another wedding –
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We then headed over to Avery Ranch to meet up with Mark. We felt pretty safe since he and many of his buddies are police officers with APD. One thing that I forgot was that they were going to involve their little doggie in the ceremony. They even dressed him up in a little tuxedo! How cute is that! The ceremony was also preceeded by the beautiful sounds of a bagpipe. Katie’s heritage is Scottish.
The ceremony went with no rain, and we even upset some golfers by doing some group portraits on the 18th hole. I’m glad they decided to NOT hit any golf balls our way during that time! I also did a gopher search, but couldn’t find any. They must have awesome greens-keepers there.
Katie and Mark were then whisked away in their own limo over to Bella Notte on Main, a nice and cozy wedding reception facility in downtown Round Rock. Their reception was unique in that they had all sorts of awesome desserts to choose from (as well as regular food). The reception was filled full of fun and laughter, as well as I know their marriage will. I’m so excited that they chose us to be their Austin Wedding Photographer.
