Nexis Photography: John and Amanda's Wedding

The Abele family got a little bigger and alot prettier a few weeks ago when Matt's little brother John married Amanda. Amanda is one of the sweetest people we've ever met, and we welcome her into the family with open arms. John is ok too...I guess :) No in all seriousness John is a great brother and we feel he deserves a wonderful wife by his side...that is why we think these two make a great couple. We traveled up to Amanda's home town of Tupelo, MS for the wedding...what a fun weekend. The guys played some golf, the ladies did alot of decorating, but also got to hang out by the pool and catch a movie or two. The wedding was definitely a challenge because Matt was in it...leaving Leigh to do most of the work during the formals, the ceremony, and the reception. Everything went off great and John and Amanda had a beautiful wedding. John and Amanda, we love you guys and are so happy for you. We look forward to spending more time with you now that you are close by (and not driving back and forth to MS every weekend) and we are here to support and encourage you in any way possible. We hope you enjoy the slideshow of your pictures...I've also posted some of our favorites below with comments.

Congratulations!
- M&L

...Steve arrives at the church...this is his typical pose for the camera :)

A detail shot of Amanda's mom fastening her up in her dress...

...love this picture of Amanda getting her veil put on.

John ought to like this one...the camera angle makes his arm look HUGE!

Steve and dad...goobers.

One of Matt's favorite pictures...John looking out the window gathering his thoughts just before he sees Amanda.

...another one of Matt's favorites...just a cool picture.

...Amanda coming down the aisle right before they see each other for the first time.

"The moment" ...this is their reaction to seeing each other for the first time.

...thought the orange wall and director's chair was an awesome backdrop for some quick portraits before the formals started...love the color contrast.

...don't these two look cool together?

...we had already done an awesome bridal session with Amanda, but just had to get a few more "bridal" shots with her and the orange wall.

...having fun...

...John taking a peak at his beautiful bride...

...if Amanda ever runs up the phone bill, this is what it will look like...

John and Amanda found some giant ears laying around and so we took some fun pictures with them...we were laughing so hard I'm surprised these pictures turned out :)

...Amanda + orange wall = AWESOME!

Look at those studs...the Abele boys clean up nice don't we?

...the ladies striking a pose...

...a picture of Amanda and her dad right before she comes down the aisle...

...Amanda getting emotional as she walks down the aisle toward her future husband...

...looking into each other's eyes as they exchange vows/rings...

...this kiss...

...the "we did it" moment as they come down the aisle!

...I don't know what was up with these two goofballs...they were having too much fun...

John's cake...personally I would prefer orange and blue on top...but it was John's day...and he enjoyed showing off then eating his "roll tide" cake.

...love this picture...I want to make a joke about Amanda being hungry, but I think its more likely that she just didn't want to get chocolate on her dress...

...love this candid picture of John and Amanda dipping fruit in the fondue fountain.

...a shot of John and Amanda while dad was delivering a toast. It was probably the best toast I've heard at any wedding anywhere...and we've been to a few of them :)

...you couldn't help getting emotional during some of the toasts...

...the blur you see is Amanda's boquet as she is about to let it fly...

John knows that guys never try to catch the garter so he solved that problem...he put it on a football. There is a man-law that states when someone throws a football towards you...you must try to catch it. It was a success...all of the guys went for it!