Growing up in New England I remember the magic of snow on Christmas. There was nothing more magical than to wake up on Christmas morning to a blanket of white on the front lawn or to go through the day and suddenly realize that a snow had begun to fall. Although I relive these fond memories in my mind, I am thankful to live in the warmer south!



Sights like these beautiful sweetgrass baskets are what we see now here in Charleston.



Of course, Christmas is more than snow and presents and Santa Claus. Christmas is about the love of God. With all the challenges our family has been handed this year I am finding myself brought to my knees more and more often. I am so thankful that His love is unconditional. God gave us the greatest, most precious gift. His son. That sweet baby we remember at Christmas became a man who died for each of us. God’s gift of salvation is freedom, purpose, and a life that includes your past, present and future.

When I was planning my wedding I added this verse from Ecclesiastes to our wedding invitation:

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”

I invite you to read the Christmas story if you never have. You can find it in Luke. Chapter 2 beginning in the 8th verse.

My mom sent me this You Tube link this morning. I hope you are blessed by it.

Click here to view Oh Holy Night

Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.

In this coming year may there be “peace on Earth, good will toward men.”

Matt and Geraldine’s wedding at White Point Garden was lovely. Allen Johnson performed the ceremony at the gazebo which included a sand ceremony.





After the ceremony and photos we headed over to the Mills House for their reception.





Geraldine and Matt took dance lessons and you should have seen them dance. It was like watching Dancing with the Stars! HOT HOT HOT!







Cheers you two!

Have a great Christmas.

To view their wedding webshow please click the link below

Botte Bedell Wedding Webshow

To view all the photos please go to the proofing section of the website!

Geraldine Botte and Matt Bedell were married at White Point Garden on Saturday. They are the sweetest couple and I had such a wonderful day with them. Geraldine took a carriage from the Mills House to the Battery and then after the ceremony the three of us got back on the carriage for some photos by the water and up Meeting Street before going on to the reception at the Mills House.

You can see more photos below and there will be photos of the wedding coming soon.

Geraldine and Matt

Shawnette and Jonathan were married last Sunday at the beautiful Great House on St Thomas. Their wedding was lovely and I had such a great time with their families and friends. I hope this will the be the first of many weddings with this awesome group. Thank you all for making me feel like part of the family and for being such great people to work with!

This was their invitation that everyone received to come to the wedding.



Shawnette traveled to NYC to pick up her designer wedding gown!



I love this photo of her walking to get her veil on!



Jonathan had their wedding rings tied to this. I loved all the circles. Wait til you see the bridesmaids dresses.









The ceremony was lovely and just look at this bridal party!





Party time.





Right now they are on a cruise enjoying themselves. Can’t wait to hear from you guys.



I know you are having a blast.

Viewing instuctions:

To view all photos please go to the wedding section of my website.

Under proofing section follow instuctions and the passwords are:

“Smith” for all wedding photos

“St Thomas” for party at Iggie’s photos

“Simmons” for all engagement photos

To view their webshow of the wedding please click the blue link below!

Simons Smith Wedding Webshow

Shawnette, Jonathan and I took some time after their wedding to roam around the beautiful grounds of the Great House. I hope you enjoy these photos and their webshow. The rest of the wedding day photos will be available in the coming days.





















Thank you to Edie Berry-Zucharwar for getting us together for this fun wedding. You can check out her website,Elegant Weddings and Events.

Shawnette and Jonathan’s Webshow

You can also view this sildeshow and their engagement slideshow from my website. Their passwords are “Simmoms” for engagement and “couple” for wedding.