Our Wedding // Part 3 — Wholly Rooted

Welcome to part 3 of our wedding story! Part 2 ended with: "When the guys arrived to the house, I was promptly whisked away so Tim wouldn't see me before our "first look," a moment I will cherish for the rest of my life."

Our first look was so, so special - something that I thought you could only see in movies, truly. We debated whether or not to do it, but we ultimately decided to move forward with it because we wanted to look back on this special moment between the two of us for the rest of our lives.

Our photographer asked Tim to wait outside for me and then had him cover his eyes while I walked around the corner of the house. I'm not sure how Tim felt, but it had to be similar to the butterflies I was experiencing. It's such a surreal moment in time - after a year and a half of planning, we're finally here on the morning of our wedding and we're about to see each other all dolled up. It's one of those moments that takes your breath away. I'd say the photos do a wonderful job capturing the feeling:

I love that we get to relive this moment every time we open our wedding album. <3 Pretty quickly after our first look we jumped in our cars and drove a few minutes down the road to the cathedral. We were going to stop by a park for some pictures, but with the unexpected rain, we didn't want to risk all the mud and we were running somewhat low on time. So to the church we went!

When we arrived, we didn't know how to get in. It seemed that all entrances were locked, so we made the most of it and decided to come to the front of the cathedral in front of these big, beautiful pillars and intricate doors and start taking bridal party portraits!

Here are some of my favorites from before the ceremony:

We were able to take so many great photos with the bridal party at the cathedral, so it's hard to narrow them down to just those few above. One of my favorite little "surprises" was the guys' PDX carpet socks. If you're from Portland or have visited Portland, you likely know the reference - the PDX airport had this uniquely patterned carpet for a very long time and you can now find prints of it on almost anything your heart desires - socks, chairs, mugs, magnets, door mats, etc. We thought it was a playful touch ;)

Some of my favorite photos of Tim and I before the ceremony were taken in the courtyard of the church. I mean, just look at how magical these are <3