Carrie and Dustin – Married! // St Paul/Minneapolis Wedding Photographers

Over the winter we met with Carrie and Dustin and could just tell from meeting them how in love they are : ) Little did we know how much that excitement would translate into their wedding day! It was so sweet to see Carrie when we arrived to start pictures – she was SO excited to see Dustin that even though we had an hour set aside for getting ready pictures : ) I walked in and she excitedly asked “So, how soon can I see Dustin??” We proceeded to do some getting ready pictures – including a first for me, having the bride take off her dress so we could take pictures of it – just to put it right back on : )

This weekend of weddings really was a weekend of firsts – the one I already mentioned, plus a few more… We quickly learned that since their engagement, Carrie has been hoping and praying for rain on their wedding day! Needless to say, we were surprised to hear that – but we then learned that Carrie really wanted umbrella and rain boot pictures – hence, the excitement for the rain – which we did get! But also with a nice mix of overcast clouds and a few drops of sunlight : )

We also had a third first this weekend… The pastor at Carrie and Nick’s wedding forgot to step aside for their first kiss – so all we got was their faces kissing above the pastors head… So we went back in the church after the sanctuary had cleared out and redid their kiss. Dan – being amazing at photoshop has able to line up the two pictures {the one with the pastor in front and the one with just the two of them up there} – but if I wouldn’t have told you – you wouldn’t have known!! ; ) nice job Dan! : )
Carrie and Dustin had a beautiful ceremony filled with so much joy, faith love and a little bit of laughter : ) Such a fun ceremony to witness and be part of!

We headed off to their reception and Carrie and Dustin were surprised {back the church} with a limo car to take them there : ) Luckily Dustin’s mom told me when she arrived at the reception so I could go snap a few pictures : )

Another first {okay, so four firsts for their day!} we had a record number of kiddos there – at least FORTY! So we did an all kids picture on the dance floor – we had 32 of the kids up there! They are so cute!!
Carrie – your excitement for the day and Dustin really moved us and made everyone more excited for you two!! Dustin – one of our favorite moments from the day was how thrilled you were upon seeing Carrie for the first time : ) {after they met, Dustin exclaimed – “That was SO fun! I wanna do it again!!”} Both of your enthusiasm for the day {and each other!} radiated through everything you said and made the day SO much fun for ALL of us!!