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I’m taking a brief break from the excitement of WEDDING SEASON to share some photos from a wedding that happened back in July. If you read this blog regularly, you may remember Alicia and Lawrence. Click here to see photos from their engagement session. These two got married at Crystal Springs Golf Course, which turned out to be quite a lovely place for a ceremony. What the Crystal Springs website says is true: because the place has a great view and is right next to a wildlife preserve, it feels far from cities and highways. With the gazebo and the creeping mist over the valley, the venue felt very romantic.

The getting ready part happened at the reception site, at Wedgewood Banquet Facility, right next to the golf course. Alicia put her dress on in a locker room for women golfers. (I love the odd places brides are often required to use for getting ready.)

The photos below are from the first part of the wedding day. I’ll share some more later. Once again, I was struck by the difference between the bride’s preparations and the groom’s. While Alicia was having to be carefully laced into a dress, unable to move far enough to get a glass of water for herself, Lawrence was playing games on his phone with his groomsmen. But as you can see from looking at the photos, Alicia’s preparations were worth it- she looked stunning! Actually, they are both beautiful, but Alicia blew everyone away with how pretty she looked in her dress. (And she was sweet to everyone the entire time, too.)