Kaylee + Cody Topp // North Carolina Intimate Lake Wedding
Do you ever meet people for the first time and you just leave feeling like you've known this person your whole life? If you know what I'm talking about, those kinds of people are definitely special, and that's what happened the first time I met Kaylee.
I traveled to Nashville one November to shoot Cody & Kaylee’s engagement pictures never having met these two (fyi it was 12 degrees outside and a surprisingly snowy engagement session). After their session, Kaylee was kind and offered to take me to dinner to hang out more. We chatted for hours that night and I truly left feeling like I had just spent time with someone I had known my entire life; Kaylee texted me that same thing after we left! All that to say, these two are incredibly special and I have so loved becoming friends with them, learning about the story of the Lord bringing them together through friendship, and celebrating their marriage with them throughout the past year.
Although their original plans changed, they ended up getting married at Kaylee's family's lake house with an intimate ceremony with just close friends and family. It is actually where Kaylee's parents got married, which made it all the more meaningful. We don't have the best luck with the weather (as previously mentioned), but the rain didn't stop their day from showing out and the incredible team of vendors, family, and friends made this day so unique and brought their romantic and elegant vision to life. Kaylee's family was and has continued to be so kind to me throughout working with them, and I cannot say enough good things about everyone involved in their day. Kaylee's eye for beauty and vision for their day was so romantic and was perfectly echoed by the intimate location. They walked down the aisle to one of my favorite songs (Beige by Yoke Lore) & there were many joyful tears as Cody saw his bride for the first time! Kaylee's dad came up towards the end of the ceremony and spoke the sweetest blessing over the two of them and asked everyone to put a hand out towards them and at the same time everyone shouted beautiful words of blessing over Cody & Kaylee as a prayer for their marriage - it was incredibly worshipful and meaningful. It was so evident the entire day that the Lord is being glorified through these two coming together as husband & wife! I am so honored that they chose me to be a part of their special day and have been blessed by them in too many ways to count... truly I couldn't list all the ways Kaylee has been a friend to me. I'm so grateful to have worked with her and Cody, and to count Kaylee as a friend!
