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***Happy First Anniversary to Leslie & Jesse! It's a good excuse for me to bump her images to the top of the blog so we can celebrate with them again. ***
I asked her to give us an update on their lives, their first year of marriage, etc., and she was kind enough to oblige.
From Leslie: "When we returned to Atlanta after the wedding, I started my MBA/MPH (Master's in business and public health) dual degree and Jesse continued teaching 6th grade math and coaching basketball and baseball at Pace Academy.
This summer has proven to be no less exciting than last summer, which is hard to believe. We spent a couple weeks down at Topsail during which my sister, Lauren, and her boyfriend, Scott, got engaged. We are looking forward to planning another Holmes family beach wedding for next summer, destination TBD. I accepted an internship with McKesson Corporation in San Francisco, CA so Jesse and I moved to the city a couple of weeks ago and have been loving every minute. He is teaching an SAT math prep class at Stuart Hall High School and finding the best places in town for us to explore when I get off work.
We celebrated our first anniversary in wine country (Calistoga, CA near Sonoma Valley). We have enjoyed our first year of marriage and can't believe we are no longer newlyweds!" |
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| The rehearsal dinner took place Friday night right on the waterway in Topsail, and the wedding party arrived by boat. |
| I love this shot of Leslie as she's listening to Jesse give a toast to her at the Friday dinner: |
| On Saturday morning it was time to get ready: |
| All of the bridesmaids watched from the sunporch while Leslie put on her (gorgeous!) dress: |
| We didn't get a chance to do a formal bridal session before the wedding day, so we did a little mini-session on the front lawn: |
| Little Finn, for whom Leslie used to nanny and whose house was the setting for the gussying-up of the ladies: |
| And the ceremony, at the water's edge: |
| Their sign-in guest book was one that Taryn designed with all their {engagement session photos}, and plenty of white space for friends to leave good wishes: |
I got to steal them away from the party for a few minutes at dusk. There was something very Great Gatsby-ish about the setting, the evening light, their outfits. I half-expected to see a green light shining across the water from Daisy's dock...
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| And finally, their triumphant dash to a waiting car, in this case an old Jeep Commando that has been in Jesse's family for years. Wendy and I were having a blast playing with our new Pocket Wizards, which allowed for all this cool light: |
| Congratulations!! And be sure to check out Wendy's gorgeous shots on her blog page. |
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