Wedding: Tara & Anthony: Burlington, VT

Weddings are full of fun, happiness, love, celebration and sometimes, a little stress. Usually once the day starts, everything falls into place and the joy of the day overwhelms you and any stress from planning, coordinating, or weather magically disappears! However, what happens when the source of stress is not wedding related and does not magically disappear?

Unfortunately for Tara and Anthony they experienced such a thing at their beautiful June wedding a couple weeks ago. The day before their wedding, their darling pup, Fenway, broke free from her kennel and took off wandering. Twenty-four hours later on wedding day and she was still MIA. Now, I am a big lover of my pets. Since I do not have children, they take a prime spot in my life. If one of them went missing, I would be beside myself with worry. Stress would consume me and break me down.

For Tara and Anthony, Fenway was constantly on their minds through the day, but they did not let the stress and worry consume them. They knew there were people out looking for their pup and they knew they had one thing to focus on for the day: marrying the love of their life.

This darling couple has known one another since high school. Their lives have been intertwined for years. And today was the day that they would join their lives into one journey. And tomorrow, well tomorrow they would go find their Fenway. :)

Thank you Tara and Anthony for allowing me to be a part of your day! It was such a joy celebrating with you and getting to know more of the people that make up your lives. Enjoy a little reminder of your great day! And as I have said a hundred times already, I am so glad you found your little Fenway. :) xo Kaht

When I arrived, the girls were finishing getting their make-up and hair done at The Essex Spa. A truly beautiful place!



Tara showing off her engagement guest book to her sister :)

A little sweet reminder from Mom...

Tara and her sisters are really close!

The flowers were done by I Do Blooms and really added a beautiful pop of color to the day!

Sisters-To-Be!







Anthony and his guys were nearly ready to go, just some final bow-tie touches!



Mrs. S, Anthony's mom, was my 2nd grade teacher :)



Due to the weather, we did the first look under a covered walkway. It could not have been more perfect!







Tara's dad was just so proud through the day!





Beautiful ladies!

Handsome guys :)

Siblings! Kate, Anthony's sister, and I also go a ways back :) Back to when we ate full pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream without a second thought!







The outdoor ceremony was moved into the Atrium at The Essex Inn due to the rain that just could not decide to come or go. It was still a beautiful room. :)

Tara and Anthony designed their ceremony as a bit of a surprise. Only the people involved knew what it would be like. Each member of the wedding party did a piece of the ceremony and one of the groomsmen pronounced them husband and wife! It was really sweet. :)













Wahoo!

Silliness runs in these family genes. :)

Rain or not, we went outside for a few portraits! You are too cute Mrs. Tara!

*love*





Super cute shoes!











*love*



Tara was pretty pleased about the pockets in her dress! Anthony was pretty pleased that Tara was his wife now :)

*fun*!

The reception was held on The Spirit of the Ethan Allen. I am always impressed with how well they organize and run the show on board!

Fischers's Fancies made the fabulous cake and cupcakes! Mmmm...

Photos of Fenway marked the table numbers. :)

Mischievous looks...Can we?

Ahhh, I see! Too cute :)



Their first dance as husband and wife was to the song they first danced to in high school: Aerosmith's "I don't Want to Miss a Thing".

Sweet rings!

Best friends from waaay back when!



I love the busyness of this image and they are just kissing quietly in the middle of it all. A great way to end a wonderful day!
You can enjoy their slideshow here. :)