What do you get when you combine class with delicious food?  Spencer and Sydney’s Rehearsal Dinner.  Having known me for over ten years, Sydney has been one of my longest friends.  Our dads are business partners together, and so when it came time for us to look for a summer job, we usually just ended up working for their company.  This made for a great deal of fun (and a little friendly flirting).

Despite having no other overlap in our lives, Syd and I have always made efforts to stay in touch.  We’d grab lunch or dinner every few months and catch up on life.  She really broke my heart when she went against her allegiances and decided to attend BYU instead of the University of Utah with me.  In spite of the distance, she and I still managed to catch up every few months, and as she would tell me, despite the large number of eligible (and quite willing) young bachelors at BYU, she couldn’t find anyone who she was really interested in.  Then one day, that all changed.

Relationships tend to evolve quickly down on the BYU campus, although it was still quite a surprise for me when I saw in my Facebook newsfeed that Sydney was engaged (I didn’t even know she was dating a guy).  Nevertheless, when I met Spencer a few weeks later, I couldn’t help but agree that the guy was a good guy, and I was thrilled when they asked me to photograph their rehearsal dinner.

I was quite impressed when I arrived at Spencer’s parent’s house, where the dinner was held.  Tucked back at the end of a cul-de-sac, the house was absolutely beautiful.  And everything Sydney and Spencer had done to decorate the place made it a photographer’s dream.  Everything was so vivid and colorful, and the two of them had left no detail unaddressed.  Couple that with the fantastic lighting created by the overcast day (and the frozen yogurt!), and it was simply perfect.  Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your special day, Sydney and Spencer, and congratulations.