keri and matt had amazing weather for their rock island lake club april wedding. i have a sweet spot in my heart for couples that are willing to get married around the swing time between true winter and true spring… probably because i did the same thing myself. it takes some guts to choose this time since it can mean a major snowstorm or eighty degree weather. when i first spoke with keri and matt they were so chill, i knew they’d be able to handle whatever weather came their way on their early april wedding day. they’d been together a long time, originally meeting in high school, and i’m sure had weathered many storms together… see what i did there? it turned out that keri and matt’s wedding day was much like mine… a lot of clouds with the sun peeking out every once in awhile, a bit of wind and a temperature that seemed not so bad at first, but was quite cold after awhile. i don’t have a word for that kind of weather. i just call it ‘my wedding day weather’.
the wedding dress just chilling among the chaos of the bride’s arrival…
a moment for the badgley mischkas…
love this shot… totally candid and slightly sexy…
i love the two expressions here, keri’s mom watching on as keri gets ready for some bridal portraits and keri’s maid-of-honor looking on at keri’s mom…
although i love a beautiful shot of the back of the dress, i truly love the candid shots that happen before it…
love, love, love this neckline…
matt’s expression right before he saw keri for the first time on their wedding day was a mix of excitement and nerves…
the bridal party was all smiles!
love the laughter…
love the quiet moments…
it’s really great when the sun works with you on a wedding day. for what wasn’t even a whole minute, clouds parted a bit to reveal beautiful blue skies and sun peeked out to present this unreal light for their rock island lake club april wedding…
family photo photobomb…
a bit too chilly for an outside ceremony, keri and matt had a heartfelt ceremony inside the rock island lake club…
tie inspection…
keri’s eyes welling up…
she laughed… she cried…
uncle kurt kicked some serious ceremony butt…
love this moment. usually when the officiant doesn’t move out of the way for the kiss they end up as this creeper in the background peering between the two, but uncle kurt did not just stand there quietly, he put some oompf into the whole ‘kiss the bride’ moment…
lifelong friends…
party time! i don’t think keri missed a song!
matt on the mic…
little known secret: if the dj thinks your voice is good, he will actually turn the mic volume up so people can hear you. if not, no one will hear you, but you will look cool. in this case, the mic was on!
if this bridesmaid dress designer had some good marketing skills, they’d be selling this dress as a multipurpose bridesmaid dress/limbo stick…
while i knew keri and matt had met in high school, i really enjoyed uncle kurt’s more detailed story of how they came to be. it really set the tone for a great wedding. thanks to keri, matt and all of their friends and family so being so awesome to work with at their rock island lake club april wedding. thanks to kelsey davis for assisting me.
