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That same best friend introduced us in 2015 when we quickly became best friends and started dating. We got engaged in 2016 but as a wedding photographer the thought of planning a wedding was too much. So we stayed engaged until we later decided to elope. It was perfect for us, low key! We had lots of beer great country music and our best friends!”
We spent the next year planning our dream wedding and it was absolutely beautiful, better than we could have ever imagined. October 9th was also my parents wedding anniversary so we honored them with another first dance. Instead of a bouquet toss we honored all the married couples but having them all dance and slowly call them off until the longest married couple was left. They had been married for 63 years. It was really inspiring seeing them still so in love after being married for so long.
We definitely balance each other out. Cody is very calm and reserved (unless he starts drinking as you can see from the reception photos lol), I am the outgoing, rambunctious one. Now, fast forward to the wedding, I always knew I wanted to get married in my father’s coastal hayfield with the sun setting behind us. We were also able to tie in rustic, southern, and Cajun traditions to create the most perfect day! Surrounded by our friends and family in my father’s hayfield, we were married by my father himself, and able to top it off with a couple of photos at my grandparent’s 100-year-old ranch.
Doing it all together is what has made it all worth it to them.
Matt proposed to Bailey on August 25, 2021. Bailey had been gone for a week visiting her mom in Missouri and had no idea! Matt dressed their daughter in a outfit that said “Mommy, will you marry Daddy?”, and he held her up for Bailey to read. He then got on one knee and popped the question!