A little rain couldn’t dampen Ellie and Brian’s rocking fiesta at the Josephine Butler Parks Center (yep, twice in one week for me!). These two had such a relaxed approach to getting married, and that calm carried all the way through the day. Plus, they had a gazillion-person strong wedding party, complete with scads of adorable kids making all kinds of faces. Ellie and Brian:

Alyssa and Matt were married last month at the Josephine Butler Parks Center, amid a flurry of proud dads, orange roses and under a hand-crocheted chuppah. These two are some of the sweetest clients I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with and that was reflected throughout the day – in the warm and loving faces of their friends and family as they did the damn thing, DC-style.

When I write these intros, I always try – in case you haven’t noticed – to think of three things to describe the wedding. But I don’t feel like Nike and Blake’s wedding at the Kittamaqundi Community Church at historic Oliver’s Carriage House needs three, just one: JOY. These two and their families threw every last bit of their joy into this wedding – dancing like they’d absolutely lost their minds, shedding a couple tears of happiness and gratitude, doling out hugs by the poundful. It was my great pleasure to be there and be a tiny part of the day.