It was such a pleasure to photograph Joy and Donna’s beautiful Lummi Island wedding. Of all that sun we had in July and August, the weather gods just had to pick their wedding day to rain. It was a bummer for sure, but thankfully they both had a great attitude about it and were fine being in the rain and even wanted to take a short hike to get some fun beach photos. Joy and Donna each have four kids who stood up with them at the ceremony. It was so great seeing how happy they were with their moms getting married! The ceremony was held at Lummi Island’s Congregational Church, cocktail hour at Donna’s dad’s home, then over to the grange hall for the reception. Thankfully the rain subsided so everyone could go out and dance! Congratulations to Joy, Donna, and their kids!
Joy’s son did a pretty good job tying his tie by himself!Donna walks down the aisle with her youngest son…and Joy is walked down the aisle by her youngest son…Joy’s son sings a song during the ceremony…Donna’s daughter blows on two little boxes with butterflies in them to wake them up…The pastor of the Lummi Island Congregational Church is surprised to see where one of the butterflies have landed!The whole family!I’m not sure how they found two different brand of shoes to match so well!Donna’s shirt had a quote from the Beatle’s “Let it Be” on her shirt…The strings coming out the sides of the cake had charms attached to them for each of the kids, Joy and Donna. They just had to pull the strings and suck the frosting off. Cool idea!Joy, Donna and some of the wedding party arrive to the reception on a horse-drawn carriage…This dog hung around the reception for food scraps and a little love…How cute is the ring barer?Bridesmaids having fun giving the toasts…Joy and Donna have two sets of rings…Donna dances with her dad…
Joy - Oh my gosh, these are so great, I want to comment on each one…can't wait to see the rest! After almost eight years of waiting, all of the planning, time, energy, and money was so worth it! This was truly the best day of our lives!
Rachel, thank you so much for being part of it!