Yesterday my long time friend (Has it really been almost 21 years since I met this girl?) Ashley married her fiance Chris in a beautiful outdoor ceremony on the grounds of the Antrim, a former plantation in Maryland built in 1844.
The bridal suite was the room in the middle of that gorgeous staircase.
Even though they weren’t coming to the ceremony or reception, my girls were invited to play dress up with us in the bridal suite all morning while we had our hair done. Abby was in her element.
Ashley was a very low maintenance bride. She spent the first half of her wedding day playing hide and seek with the little girls.
Here she is with her neice, Emma, who was her flower girl.
The weather was perfect for the outdoor ceremony and Ashley was honestly the most breathtakingly beautiful bride I’ve ever seen in real life.
There was an upbeat, yet laid back vibe, very befitting this couple, straight out of a Michael Buble music video.
My friend Lauren and I got to be bridesmaids together.
Chris’ mom came into the dressing room literally two minutes before Ashley was going to walk down the aisle with a man Ashley had never met before and a box full of live birds. Surprise! You’re releasing doves.
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Ashley is the kind of girl who just smiles and goes along with it when someone changes her wedding plans at the last minute and sticks a live animal in her hands. That’s why everyone loves her.
The reception was also a lot of fun.
They had a really cool idea to use custom football jerseys as a guestbook
The great part about still being friends with people you went to high school with is that it’s nothing new to them to see you acting like this…
but now that we’re grownups nobody tries to stop the double fisting antics (except occasionally me)
The bride and groom 🙂
Ashley’s maitron of honor, her sister, Cristy, with her son Max.
The other bridesmaids: Chris’ sister, who is also named Ashley, and the hilarious Ms. Mary.
We recreated a few money shots from my wedding back in 2006
I’m exhausted. We’re getting old, man.
Also, I *might* still be wearing day old wedding hair and eye makeup.
Lovely post! It was great to meet you and share in the days festivities! Looking forward to reading more of your blog posts! Mary