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Ceremony Venue: Aldersgate United Methodist Church,
Reception & Catering : Mt. Vernon Country Club, Alexandria, Virginia
Floral Design: Growing Wild,
Reception Music: Who’s Ya Daddie
Wedding Dress: Filene’s Basement-Running of the Bride!
Wedding Cake: Confectioner’s Art

Juliane and Larry are one of those couples that we immediately clicked with — they got our style of creating images, they got our style of music — they got us! We love how real they are, how they are all about the important things, and best of all, how much their respective families mean to them.

Joriana and I have talked about the strange sense of deja vu we have with Juliane and Carolyn, her mom. They are like us — there is this strong family bond that is almost palpable. They tell each other exactly what they think — and even though Juliane is independent, it’s important to her to know what her mom thinks. Now, that doesn’t mean that she will agree with it!

That is so us — in fact, Joriana and I decided that we would be exactly like Juliane and Carolyn on Joriana’s wedding day — there will be lots of joy and stress, rushing and laughter, tears, hugs and kisses. Juliane’s dad, Warren, bustling around a house taken over by his girls — and literally full of girls from top to bottom — just made us chuckle. We love that Larry had his father as his best man — how sweet is that?

We couldn’t help it. We tried not to. But we fell in love with Juliane and Larry and we fell in love with their families, too.

It wasn’t hard. It started with their engagement images, and just watching the way that they treat each other. Larry’s always thinking of her with the small things. We love the way he looks at her with that look we’ve come to know and love — that groom look that says “I can’t believe she is marrying me! I’m so lucky!” Juliane had the bride equivalent, that smile of pure joy — ALL day.

One thing I wouldn’t have missed are the speeches and poems — Larry’s surprise reading to Juliane — well, it made our hearts melt. We are so happy we were part of their day. Just looking over the images from their first dance literally brought tears to my eyes — there is much written on their faces — so much happiness, so much laughter and so much love.

Favorite moments of the day for us:
The look on Carolyn’s face when she first saw Juliane.
Finishing up the family formals moments before the first cloud burst.
Working with bridesmaids that are as nice as they were beautiful.
Anytime we get to have a 49 Rolls in the images, it’s always a great moment!
Rocking music from Who’s Ya Daddie — wow, what an awesome band!
Juliane’s Father/Daughter dance — love, love, love that they did something different — it was way cool! Larry’s Mother/Son dance was so sweet, really special.

And our most favorite part of the day?
Finding out that Emily is NOT married, so that we will get to not only stay in touch with Juliane and Larry, but hopefully get to work with this awesome family again!

For Larry and Juliane, we wish for you peace, joy and a long life filled with love and laughter!

Click here to check out Juliane and Larry’s SNEAK PEAK slideshow!