A&M’s Wedding at the Semple Mansion

Where in the world do I begin?  We always look forward to photographing a Wedding at the Semple Mansion 🙂  It is a beautiful space with a lot to offer.

But – this day was SO much more than that <3 You might remember Andy and Molly’s fun, warm and cozy summer engagement session near downtown – or their awesome session at the Renaissance Festival 🙂 I’ve known Andy since kindergarten – so being that he and I have known each other longer than basically anyone else we still know – it was pretty fun to be such a unique part of this particular wedding day!

We did most all of the pictures at the Semple Mansion – but we did leave for a bit to go do group/couple pictures near the lakes. We really ended up with some great weather on their day – for being June it was surprisingly not muggy or buggy by the lakes! {thankfully} 🙂

One thing I really loved during the ceremony was that Andy and Molly incorporated something completely unique that we had yet to see on a wedding day 🙂  In lieu of a unity candle/sand ceremony/tree planting/cord braiding/lei wearing ceremony they did a tasting of elements {spicy, sour, sweet and bitter {right?} bitter I think..}  That made for a wide variety of facial expressions and laughter.  It was so sweet and fitting for them 🙂

Since Andy and I grew up together that also means I got to see a chunk of high school friends I hadn’t seen in years – so it was since to be able to catch up with them as well as Andy’s family too!

At the end of the night we had the joy of staying with them {and some of their guests/bridal party} and going to Northern Spark to walk and check out some cool exhibits 🙂

Thank you so much for letting us be part of your amazing day <3 we’ve loved getting to spend more time with you this year and look forward to more biking/camping/brewpub experience to come 🙂   {and the RenFest this fall!}

Love,

Karin 🙂