schnepf farms wedding | arizona wedding photographer | kreatid photography

do you ever feel like you're standing at the edge of a season of change?like, a feeling in your gut that life was sort-of shifting into a different season...not necessarily bad, but just...a different season of life?I've only had that feeling a handful of times in my life if I'm being honest,one...the year my older sister got married...I remember sitting in my living room with my mom,my mom has always had amazing fingernails and when we would sit and talk with her,us kids would sometimes lay our head on her lap and she would scritch and play with our hair. :)we were talking about my sister and how she would be moving out of our house...gut feeling.I knew a few months before she got married that life was shifting.and shifting in a way that I wasn't familiar with...not bad, just different.I knew in that moment in my living room that the bubble of a life that I had been living inwas about to grow and change and stretch.that the rhythm of the six of us all being under one house, living one life was coming to a close.there are only three other times where that overwhelming gut feelingwashed over me preceding a huge life shift.but that one in my living room in batavia illinois sticks out to me in light of today's couple.flash forward to october 2nd, 2015 at schnepf farms, queen creek arizona :)there was a moment in her getting ready preparations where people were swirling all around her,girls were laughing and getting their dresses on, susanne + erica were in the bathroomgetting their makeup touched up by alessi + alli,romantic music softly played in the background and you could hear laughing outside as people worked to get the wedding ready,little flower girls were giggling in the room next to hers getting their floral crowns pinned into their curls...and in the middle of all of this was whitney.she was quietly sitting in the corner,her soft satin robe wrapped around her,one foot tucked under her leg, the other leg crossed over and gently tapping in a small circle.in front of her hung her most beautiful wedding dress and veil that would soon go on...her beautifully made up head was tilted down looking at her lapwith one perfectly curled strand of hair loosely fell over her shoulder,and on her lap was a letter that Jed had written to her that she was sweetly smiling at while she quietly read.I couldn't help it, tears filled my eyes as she simply and quietly had her moment with her soon-to-be husband.in those few moments something shifted...you could feel it...the season of being whitney baum had come to a close...and she was ready to be his wife, mrs. whitney maughan.there are few moments like that that I get to witness and I am so terribly glad that I get to.the rest of the day, she and Jed were beaming and so obviously happy to be finally married to each other.family and friends that they each had grown up with laughed and danced and celebrated with them.all the way until they happily ran through a tunnel of sparklers and happy shoutscongratulating them as they ran off to happily ever after.it was quite literally a most perfect day.and I cannot think of one couple more deserving of this day...it was a life changing day, one that is SO worth remembering and coming back to in my minds-eye...you are loved, Jed + Whitney, by so many...me included.thank you for letting me share in a small part of your day! :)

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