and then i saw your face...

when my girlies and i arrived at the park for our "first look" and i walked up the hill to meet mr. lesley, the first thing to come out of my mouth was "where's his jacket? i know he did this to spite me!"

am i romantic or what? 

{a little backstory: before the wedding we had a longstanding debate about if he needed to wear a jacket or not. he didn't want to. i said he just had to. so, as i'm sure you could guess, we bought the jacket.}

now word on the street is that he forgot it in his car...

so our friend ran to get it...

i let it go...

and kept on walking up the hill {managing to collect at least half of the park's sticks and grass in my train as i went. whoops.}

all the while trying my best to remember the moment.

jacket or not.

and although the exact words are a blur, i remember being so happy to see his handsome face.

and, of course, our adorable boutonnière pins as well.

{one of my favorite little details of the day. 

made by mr. lesley's dad. he's so talented!}

those couple of minutes were precious and happy and most importantly, ours.

then we joined the rest of the crew for a series of sweet, fun, and ridiculous photos.

{love my sisters.}

{that jumping picture took at least 5 tries, but it's definitely one of my favorites! i mean, what's a wedding without at least one jumping picture. right heather?}

{these fall on the more ridiculous side of the spectrum, but i love them just the same.

i believe the inspiration was "stanley cup hockey victory."}

and fortunately for me we had some time for more pictures at the park, just the two of us...

{we love our little gnome friend.}

and we were even able to make our way to downtown south haven for a few more.

{this is one of my favorites!}

before we knew it, there was only one more hour until show time. 

just enough time for a champagne toast, a minor freakout, and the makings of a pretty epic storm to make an appearance at the ceremony.

stay tuned:)