It isn’t any bride’s dream to wake the morning of her wedding to the sound of rain pummeling the roof.  But a little {or a lot} of rain wasn’t going to stop these two from turning a September Saturday into their fairytale!

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After weighing the options and checking the radar … choose a rain location or wait for it to stop and only have a few minutes in the gorgeous location they’d chosen weeks ago … Amber and Leighton decided to wait. Amazingly, the rain stopped! At least for a little!

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Precious few minutes and dark grey skies, but their smiles lit the morning with so much joy!

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It sprinkled a little by the time we were taking bridal party pictures and we were barely all tucked into vehicles before the rain started pouring out of the sky!

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Their ceremony was lovely with both father’s taking part speaking and officiating their marriage vows.

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Thankfully, the rain stopped again and the skies lightened a bit! The reception was held in a huge white tent in a grassy pasture behind the church.

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People meandered down the path, grabbed a darling little bag of pretzels, and chatted with friends.

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Amber spent a lot of time creating fun details from the hand -painted signs along the path, to the little pretzel bags, to the hair bows and bow ties for the nieces, nephews, and her little brothers.

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Leighton & Amber also built the gorgeous walnut farmhouse table they used at the reception.  Seriously, how talented are they?!!!!

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The reception was a relaxed affair with pork barbecue, pasta salad, potato chips, and pecan, raspberry, and strawberry pie.

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And they’re off!

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Congratulations, you two!