Penny & Drew | Home on the Ranch Wedding

Penny & Drew rock - in a country kind of way, haha. Waaaaaay back in January when I met up with them on their family ranch for an engagement shoot I ended up spending most of the day hanging out and just chatting with them, long after we'd scheduled the shoot to be finished. I could tell right away that they were great people and going to be a blast to be around, and I wasn't wrong!

Fast forward to August 4th. With an outdoor reception planned and a massive storm looming on the horizon, the decision had to be made early on to tear down the outdoor location and move everything inside. Think about that for a second...a wedding reception that takes months and months to plan has to be relocated in a matter of hours. I was amazed at the scrambling by many people - family, friends, Penny & Drew, and lots of vendors to make sure this wedding didn't miss a beat. It didn't, the storm rolled through, we all got to see a semi-truck sized BBQ from Powerhouse BBQ in action, and the party rocked on into the night with Brandon Rhyder.

Anyway...here's a look back at Penny & Drew's wonderful wedding at the family ranch last weekend. What a blast.

 

 For a look at a slideshow of Penny & Drew's day (complete w/ theme music from Brandon Ryder - buy his album here) click below:

Thanks to the following vendors:

Wedding Planner: Laura Sanders Ahren, Accent on Events

Lighting / DJ: Luxe Productions (Jason)

Live Music: Brandon Rhyder

Linens: Beautiful Day Linens
Flowers: Stems
Second Shooter: John Parli

Caterers: Powerhouse BBQ, AbreoGiovanni's

Cake: Patricia’s Patisserie
Cupcakes: Sugar Jones

Aisle Runner: Buttercup Runways

Hair & Makeup: Arch Apothecary

Bride's Dress: Mahin's Bridal

Bridesmaid's Dresses: Sara Grace Co.

Men's Suits: Sturtevant's

Invitations: Spoken For Press

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Penny & Drew | Rockford Wedding & Engagement Photographer

Looking out the window and seeing all the snow on the ground it's hard to believe that we had warm weather up until a few days ago. But we did, and so I met up with Penny and Drew on their family ranch last week to take advantage of the mild temperatures and sneak in a quick engagement photo session before the inevitable wrath of mother nature blanketed us in snow.

After some coffee while we discussed our plan, Penny and Drew saddled up on horseback and off we went.

As we shot this next series of photos, the horses made a break for it and I actually got to wrangle one of 'em. Of course, if I'd have stopped to think about what I was doing I probably never would've tried to stop a horse. Hahaha, yep...I'm all city these days.

Now when I said it was warm out, I meant warm for winter. That means a little bit of wind and things can get chilly again, so we took a quick break and then had a quick photo shoot in the barn before heading out for a spectacular sunset.

Now on to that sunset...

If you only knew how much those geese charged me to fly in...next time I'm hiring ducks!

Thanks for having me out Penny & Drew...can't wait for the wedding ( and on second thought, let's keep those geese on retainer).

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