I still remember the first time I ever saw him. I had recently began working at a new office and we were having a big lunch. I saw him at a distance, standing in a group talking. He was wearing a baseball cap and he was laughing.  I remember thinking he is cute! I had just been asked out that same week by a guy that I didn’t know at all, and I wondered if this was him. I leaned over and asked one of the other girls “Is that the guy who asked me out?” She didn’t know but said she’d find out… she came back a few minutes later after asking someone else and said “Nope, his name is Stuart Brown and he recently moved here from Tennessee”…

Good thing I didn’t walk up and start talking about our upcoming date for that weekend ;)

Fast forward a few months. I was no longer dating the guy who had first asked me out, and I became increasingly interested in this Stuart-from-Tennessee-guy.  When he finally asked me out I was thrilled. But after the first date neither of us were really interested. Not exactly sure why, we just didn’t seem to click on that first date. But for several reasons, he asked me out again. And for several reasons, I went.

We spent the next five years getting to know each other. We started out as ‘just friends’ and then feel in love.

Four years ago today, on a perfect fall day, we got married. We celebrated with friends and family, and at the end of the day we drove off in a ’55 Chevy, then spent a week  in California. 

And that, was the beginning of our married life together.

Not to get too goo-goo-ga-ga on ya’ll…. but I cannot imagine living life with anyone else. I love you Babe! Happy Anniversary

All images taken by Kelley Clayton Photography

This shot is one of my favorites from our day… I love that Kelley captured this moment between Poppa and Stu right after the ceremony…to me, it speaks volumes.

This is another favorite… we were not posed at all, I didn’t even know Kelley had taken this picture at the time.  I can still remember the giddy feeling and the happiness as we talked and laughed.

 

Our get-away car, Stu helped his uncle re-build it…

Again, this is a favorite! 2007 seemed to be the year for weddings in our group of friends, and this is a shot of all the couples who got married that year. I.love.it.

Nothing like being pelted with bird seed!

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