Cedar Lane Farm

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Cocktail Hour

Reception

Fall

All guests please arrive no later than 3:45. Ceremony begins at 4:00 PM. Thank you!

Our Wedding

Justin and I first officially met on January 2nd, 2017. I was waitressing at Hooters (classy—I know) and he was in there with friends. One of the friends was dating another fellow Hooter’s Girl at the time, so she was taking care of that table. Needless to say, I hadn’t really paid him any mind until he came up and spoke to me while I was waiting for a drink to be made at the bar. It was a brief exchange of words, followed with smiles. I continued on with my shift. It was Monday night, but slower than usual for Monday night football. I was spending a lot of time on my phone to help pass the time by, when suddenly I got a notification from Facebook: “Justin Carmichael poked you” I discreetly looked around the restaurant for him. By surprise, he was still there. Giggling with my coworkers about how he decided to “shoot his shot”. Too shy to say anything, I poked him back when he left. Not too long after, another Facebook notification pops up. This time it was Facebook Messenger: Justin Carmichael: “Couldn’t even come up and speak 😑” We playfully argued over a few back and forth messages (some would call that flirting) about me not speaking. We went on our first date 2 days later. As any gentleman would do, he asked where I wanted to go for our first date. The Hopewell girl in me said “K & L BBQ”. He didn’t argue or question that choice. Immediate green flag. I was very nervous and couldn’t even finish the same meal I had ordered probably 100 times before this encounter. Looking back, I would’ve chosen a restaurant that served alcohol because I could’ve definitely used some liquid courage. But I was only 19. With my half eaten BBQ sandwich in a to-go box, we continued the date after dinner. I hopped in his truck and we drove to Target. He wanted to get some household goods for the house he was about to close on. I got to pick out things, which was exciting. I grew more and more comfortable as the date went on. He made it easy. It was getting late, so we left and started to head back to Hopewell. Before taking me back to my car parked at K & L, he wanted to show me the house he grew up in with his mom. We drove down very familiar roads, although every road seemed familiar to me in Hopewell. We turned left down a street with a dead end off of Jackson Farm Rd. Right before getting to the cul de sac, he stopped in front of the 2nd to last house on the right and showed me the house he lived in until he reached the 5th grade. This was the same house my aunt, uncle and cousins lived in for as long as I could remember. They lived there all up until my uncle passed away, 4 months prior to that moment. We talked about the memories we shared in that same house, the tadpoles we caught in that same creek, just at different times. As cliché as it sounds, right then I felt that it was fate. And I guess you could say the rest is history! Since then, Justin and I have shared 8 birthdays together, 8 Christmas’s, 4 years of college for me, 8 hunting seasons for him, 8 years of our dog and cat coexisting in the same house, 8 years of ups and downs, a few fights, a lot of laughter. But most importantly, 8 years of loving one another. I can’t wait to begin this next chapter with him by my side.

The Beginning 

Our Story

Photos

Bridesmaids

Kelsey Conley

Carly Deal

Madison Duncan 

Kamryn Conley

Ava Franklin

Savanna Martin

Jodi Williams 

Kelly Lynn

Something Blue Crew

The “Something Blue Crew” is just as important as the bridal party to the bride, just less responsibilities. These ladies will all be wearing dresses of various shades and styles of blue. It’s a way to incorporate the most important women in my life without having more bridesmaids than groomsmen.

Kayla-Mae + Justin

Kayla-Mae + Justin

Registry