Hope & Kyle's Westin Buffalo Wedding
The feeling of excitement when I walked into Hope's hotel room the morning of her wedding was incredibly palpable. She had such an amazing squad of friends and family hyping her up. Plus, her and I had become instant friends after her first photo shoot with me a couple of years prior (her energy, as you'll see in these photos, is so magnetic - she was impossible not to immediately love lol). This was certainly a bitter sweet moment to finally be at "the day"!
I had a feeling this day was going to be EPIC (spoiler alert: it didn't disappoint)...
Kyle and Hope decided not to do a first look with each other, but they wanted first looks with the bridal party and some family members. Each one brought so many smiles and tears (not from me, I swear I wasn't crying 😉)
Then there was the "first look" with the groom's brother playing a prank on him... my favorite moment of my entire 2023 wedding season! I told Kyle that Hope changed her mind about a first look... the poor guy panicked (mostly because she had told him a million times how she didn't want to do one), but when he turned around it was his brother wearing a lovely wedding gown instead - he was shocked and laughing to the point of tears of course!
And let's not forget the couple's adorable mini-weenie, Stevie, who was there for some serious extra cute points... he's the goodest boy and did an amazing job at being the ring weenie!
Need I go on? This Westin Buffalo wedding was absolutely PERFECT 🖤
Just scroll through these images - you can just FEEL the joy from this couple and their family!
Congratulations Kyle & Hope!!!
THE DREAM TEAM:
Venue: The Westin Buffalo
Catering & Dessert: Patina 250
DJ: CJ Sound
Hair & Makeup: Evelina Natoli & AmandaLee Shamrock
Video: Shutter Fox
Dress: Bridals by D
Flowers: Maureen's Buffalo Wholesale