It's official! They are husband and wife. Natalie was radiant and they were both so happy. The temple ceremony was extremely touching. One of the tips that the photographer gave us and we decided to do was to take bridal and temple pictures a few weeks before the wedding. 1--The lighting in the evening is much better for pictures, 2--The portraits can be ready to display at the wedding. 3--The wedding day is less complicated because you don't have to take as many. So they were married at 10am, freshened up, we had candid pictures as they came out of the temple, and group pictures, then we were done after we greeted the newlyweds. We were in the car and on the road to come home by noon! The great thing about that is that the emphasis was all on the ceremony and the importance of the temple sealing.
We came home, changed clothes, had some lunch, and rested. We took the flowers down to the club, the pictures to display, etc. Then came home and Elyse was there freshening up the brides hair and the bridesmaids. We dressed and went down for the pictures.
The party was phenomenal! I will give more details tomorrow, but everything went just as planned and couldn't have been better!
