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    Friday, April 11, 2008

    Rachel & Chad Got Married!

    Saturday March 28th, Rachel and Chad had an amazing wedding at Orlando's beautiful Cypress Grove Park. We just love this couple. They are so completely in love and perfect for each other, its hard not to love them. Here are a few of our favorites from the day.


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    This 1952 Buick Eighty Eight belonged to Rachel's late father... it was such a cool car... we couldn't help but take lots of pictures of it! :)

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    Rachel wore these skyscraper stillettos the whole wedding so that she wouldn't have to alter her gorgeous dress... that girl has skills!

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    The Gator Garter... Brad was apparently allergic to it so I took the garter photos! ;)

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    The maid's attire

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    Haydon's pants were a bit too short...

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    Rachel's grandmother was able to let them out so he didn't have to pull a Steve Urkle all day. Unfortunately it left him pant less for a while.

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    Rachel with her future father-in-law, Raddy, who could quite possibly be one of the sweetest men on the planet.

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    Chad looking all dapper while getting ready

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    This little muscle man was trying to get in on some of our group photos...

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    The groomsmen's photos took a terrible turn for the R rated at some point... but you know we thought it was awesome!

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    Chad rockin' the Buick

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    Chad and his brother Conrad

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    The flower girl, Lauren, was having a snack while all the big girls got ready

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    Rachel looked absolutely stunning in her mermaid style Maggie Sottero gown.

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    This is what happens when you pull the corset strings a bit too tight... beauty is pain girls!

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    Rachel's vintage ring that belonged to Chad's grandmother... it definitely fit the vintage vibe of the wedding.

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    The boys

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    The girls

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    The killer cake... kinda makes me hungry

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    Rachel with her daddy's car

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    First Dance

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    What a beautiful place to get married... seriously

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    Rachel with some of her favorite girls :)

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    Rachel and Chad, we hope you two had an amazing honeymoon in Tahiti. We wish we could have stowed away in your baggage and gone with you. You guys are absolutely perfect for each other and your happiness is felt by everyone around you. Lots of love to you both! :)



    8 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    Love Love Love the new wedding pics, very cool. You guys are so talented! Can I get married again, just so you can do my photography? :)
    Love ya,
    EH

    Jess Cumbie said...

    love it love it love it!!!

    Melanie Watson said...

    haha... thanks ladies. Erin you totally can get married again and I will help you plan it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have another wedding one day just because I want to. Brad still gets to be the groom though. Do you think people will still give us gifts if we are already hitched? ;) haha

    Anonymous said...

    Look at you guys flyin on through to being awesome!! Great job you guys! It's such a pleasure to watch you progress in your work! :)

    Melanie Watson said...

    Thanks Mel... we have some really great friends who have helped us a lot along the way! *wink wink*

    adrianhitt said...

    mel and bradford these are beautiful!! look at you guys.. so awesome! congrats on a job wonderfully done!

    Anonymous said...

    I love your shoe photo! Amazing!

    Anonymous said...

    Wow- looks like an amazing wedding. Love the pix of the groom and his men getting ready. I feel like I was there.

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