{"id":18346,"date":"2023-05-21T17:21:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T00:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=18346"},"modified":"2023-05-21T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T00:21:07","slug":"wonderful-seattle-area-wedding-at-liljebeck-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wonderful-seattle-area-wedding-at-liljebeck-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Seattle Area Wedding at Liljebeck Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer and Jay (finally!) get Married at Liljebeck Farms<\/h1>\n

It took a full year longer than originally planned, but Jennifer and Jay were finally married at Liljebeck Farms<\/a> in front of their family and friends.\u00a0 The reason for the delay?\u00a0 The same thing that forced many other couples to delay their planned weddings for as long as three years – the Covid pandemic.\u00a0 I first talked with Jen way back in May 2021, and shortly afterwards she booked me for a wedding in March 2022.\u00a0 But things obviously did not work out as planned, and early in 2022 the date was changed to 2023.<\/p>\n

The funny thing is that while we were emailing or talking by phone quite a bit we never met face to face until I took their “official” engagement photos just before Christmas in 2022.\u00a0 You can see those photos by visiting this link<\/a>.\u00a0 At this point Jen and Jay had a daughter named Olivia, a son named Emmett, and Jen was about 7 months pregnant with child number three (Alia), who ended up being born about a month before the wedding.<\/p>\n

But this post isn’t about that session, it’s about the long-awaited wedding!<\/p>\n

The day of the wedding I was at Liljebeck a couple of hours before the scheduled start time for the ceremony, so we’d be able to get a lot of family photos out of the way before the ceremony.\u00a0 Jen and Jay had decided that they wanted to go “traditional”, and not to see each other until the ceremony.\u00a0 So we had a plan that would let us get a lot of the family and wedding party photos that did not need both Jay and Jen at the same time taken cars of to cut dwon on photo time after the ceremony.<\/p>\n

But the Wedding Gods decided to play with us a bit, and Jen’s hair and makeup took much longer than planned.\u00a0 Sometimes when this happens the bride will lose it, as she sees all of her careful plans starting to unravel. But not Jen!\u00a0 She was absolutely as cool as could be; the fact that she was a mother of three probably gave her an entirely different perspective on the whole situation, as well as the ability to roll with the unexpected.\u00a0 While Jen was getting ready we took photos with Jay and his groomsmen as well as with his family, and I occassionally stopped into Jen’s dressing room to get some shots of the action (chaos?) there.<\/p>\n

When Jen was ready we did a different kind of “first look” photo.\u00a0 Rather than Jay seeing Jen before the ceremony, she wanted to do a first look with her father.\u00a0 So we set things up and had a very nice first look session with Jen and her Dad, as you will see in the photos below.<\/p>\n

By the time Jen was finally finished with her first look with her father guests were already arriving, so we decided to delay the rest of the posed photos until after the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Once the guests were seated the ceremony began.\u00a0 Liljebeck has a very nice room for wedding ceremonies, as you’ll see below.\u00a0 The Wedding Gods had apparently decided that they’d had enough fun with Jen earlier and the ceremony went perfectly.\u00a0 At the end of the ceremony, as they recessed down the aisle, Jay and Jen stopped for a kiss while their guests blew bubbles,\u00a0 a very nice touch and which IMO made a very nice photo!<\/p>\n

The reception was great.\u00a0 Everyone clearly had a wonderful time.\u00a0 Once dancing began, baby Emmett moved onto the dance floor and showed his stuff.\u00a0 This kid was quite amazing!\u00a0 He “danced” along with the adults and had incredible endurance.\u00a0 The fact that everyone was cheering him on probably helped keep him going.<\/p>\n

But as with all good things, the party finally had to come to an end.\u00a0 And so has this post!\u00a0 Please check out the photos below, I hope you like them.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n