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This beautiful wedding day took place at Victory North in Savannah, GA and had almost everything you can think of. Friends, family, dogs, kids, roller skating, tears, laughter, stories of a broken arm just before the wedding and a beautiful love story being celebrated through all of it.

The wedding day started with the three of us (Jordan, Morgan and Tom) showing up and looking around the venue then splitting up to cover the guys getting ready, venue space and details while the girls were finishing up bits of makeup to then cover the last touches of makeup. Once they were finished, Shayla got into her dress and we started doing the last few touches with her Mom and a few of her girls to button up the dress and put in the veil just before setting up the first touch with her and Trint. They held hands and shared some beautiful words with each other around the corner as well as a few jokes which sent us all off happily to prepare for the ceremony. It was a very hot Summer day so a lot of the guests sat under the tree shade then sat down as it started. The ceremony was full of tears of joy as they walked down the aisle even with both their son as the ring security followed by a well dressed flower guy preparing the way for the Bride. Trinity shed a few tears as he got to see the woman he will spend the rest of his life with for the first time that day. Her Uncle handed her off and then they proceeded to share vows to each other as well as Shayla to Trinity’s son which I am pretty sure made everyone cry. As they finished their vows, they sealed it with a kiss and left as husband and wife. We then transitioned into family formals, wedding party and then their couples portraits.

Now it was time for the party to start at the reception as they entered into their first dance, Uncle and Niece dance, Mother and Daughter and then Mother and Son dances which kicked off the reception. Later they also cut their beautiful cake on the stage which kicked off the night full of dancing which is where eventually the roller skates and their dog came out on the dance floor. One of the most beautiful parts was when everyone gathered in a circle near the bar for toasts and passed around the mic and it was ended by their little boy giving one of the most beautiful toasts and no one wanted to try to follow that. The night ended full of music, dancing, conversing and drinking with all of their closest friends and family which was the perfect end to a beautiful day.

Vendors List

Photography - Beauty & Beard Photography @beautyandbeardphoto

Venue - Victory North (Savannah)

DJ - Wade Kehoe of Bass Fusion Entertainment.

Caterer - Magnolia Bar and Grill

Cake - Rodney from Bakers Pride

Day before cruise - the Tammy Jane Ship of Vagabond Cruise

Wedding planner - Kathi Roberts of KRob Entertainment

Makeup Artist - Dawn Williams-Marshall of Beauty Marked by Dawn

Dress - Elegant Bridals

Chase and Hayley were originally to be married in Washington, GA but plans changed due to Covid-19 and they still got married in Washington on paper but wanted to celebrate a destination wedding/elopement type day with their families to do the ceremony and photos with everyone which we are all for! We made our way down to Tybee for the day and met them at the venue. The first to arrive were the groom’s father and grandfather from Florida so we got to get to know them a little bit and how interesting of a career his grandfather had in technology for rockets and had some great stories to share while we waited. Once everyone showed up, the decorations went up very quickly since they only had the venue reserved for a few hours and then everyone got ready in their provided rooms. One of their favorite things about this venue was the ballroom downstairs so Morgan took some of the bridal details down there as I photographed the last bit of Hayley putting her earrings in and the guys getting ready quickly. Once she came back up and the last few touches were finished for the bride getting ready, we hopped straight into lineup outside for the ceremony and they made their down the aisle. One of our favorite parts of the ceremony was the handwritten vows and Chase had written his down on the receipt for their first ever date that he kept all this time which was so special and he also had a few great one liners that made everyone laugh. Once they finished their vows and exchanged rings, they kissed before walking back up the aisle together with their family just behind them.

As soon as that was done they got ready to head downstairs for their first dance in the grand ballroom (which is stunning might we add). As they came down the stairs and danced surrounded by their closest family and friends, joy filled the room and their officiant even ended the dance with a little bit of violin for them. After they finished, we setup a generational photo for the girls and their rings just before heading back out to the front steps for some more group photos. A few of them were more of the bridal party photos and we also did another generational type photo of all of the married couples together there. As we finished up the last bit of the group photos, everyone was saying bye since the next group was coming into the chapel shortly and some had a far drive back home. Once they said their goodbyes or made plans for where to meet after, we went behind the building to this romantic garden area that they have with the newlyweds for some couples portraits and we of course had to throw in some veil tosses! Once we finished all of that and a few bridal portraits there, we ended off the day saying bye and congratulating them on their marriage and headed our separate ways. We loved getting to take an adventurous day with this couple and their family and absolutely cannot wait to see what is in store for them!