Chris & Carissa: A Renewal

You may remember my awesome steppie, Carissa, and her family from some older posts. Sadly we hadn't seen each other in over a year, which is waaaay too long. So when she called up to say that she and Chris would be renewing their vows for their 10th anniversary and would I please come take pictures for them, I was like heck yeah! Can you say road trip? So I packed up the car (and the baby) and headed that way for a great weekend with family. And to top off all of that goodness, Carissa is also expecting their 3rd baby in October. Yay!

Carissa had custom labels put on the wine bottles (and no she didn't drink!), pretty cool, yes? And the shoes...definitely yes!



Dakota and Carissa had a little help dolling up :)



Beautiful dresses for the girls, and the outdoor fireplace was pretty, too.



Dominic and his cousin Hailey provided everyone with a little pre-ceremony entertainment...



Love, love, love the new rings...



Here come Dominic and Dakota...



Dominic started things of with a little welcome speech (he was adorable!)...



Chris and Carissa came down the "aisle" together...



Carissa read her vows from her ipod...



While Chris went with the more traditional scrap of paper :)





And Dakota finished the ceremony up with her own special message.



Here's Dom and Kota on the way out. I swear the boy cracks me up with his sweet funny self every time I see him...



And that was it! The ceremony was short, sweet and beautiful and it fit them perfectly! I'm so happy that I was able to be there, and I'm so proud of Carissa and her gorgeous family!



Love you guys and I hope I don't have to wait another year to see you again! K