Laura Beth is one of the sweetest young women I know. I’ve had the privilege of getting to see her grow up from the ripe old age of 6 when her family started attending our church and she became fast friends with my sister Grace. Over the years, Laura Beth known by many as LB has grown into a beautiful woman of God with a heart for children making her a wonderful elementary school teacher and a huge proponent for Operation Christmas Child, one of my favorite organizations. While I don’t know Phil well, the time I have spent with the two of them together has shown that they are an excellent match for each other. Phil also loves children and is a teacher and has a love for Christ, his family, Star Wars 😉 and of course Laura Beth. They are constantly laughing together and make their relationship look effortless.  I am so happy for the two of them and their families and wish them a wonderful marriage!

Joel seeing Laura Beth for the first time in her wedding dress!

Love the Yoda socks!

Husband and wife!

This was on the first try, I’m seriously so impressed with these girls!

Showing off the bare feet and flip flops 🙂 

As always, the ballroom of Springfield Manor was beautiful, and I love the colors and details that Laura Beth chose to decorate; especially the sparkly cake that matched her sparkly dress!

We love when our brides think of us! How cute are these place settings?  I totally planned to hang them on my Christmas tree this year until a helpful worker threw them out before I could grab them… *tear*

Instead of traditional table numbers, Phil & LB chose numbers that were of significance to them. 

Joel, Laura Beth’s dad, wrote a special poem for their wedding day. I’ve heard a few of his poems over the years from when he was my youth leader back when I was an annoying middle schooler, but I’ve got to say this one may have been his best.

I love the look on the face of Beth, LB’s mom, as she watches the father daughter dance. 

Ever full of surprises, Phil and his mom performed an amazingly choreographed dance to a combination of many current pop songs!  Towards the end of the evening we always love to take our couples out again for a few more pictures. Being mid July, the sun was not quite setting yet, but we still got some beautiful images.