{"id":2778,"date":"2011-06-22T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2011-06-22T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T13:00:08","slug":"kelli-patrick-engagement-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/kelli-patrick-engagement-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelli &#038; Patrick &#8211; Engagement Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick is Chris&#8217; younger brother and he and Kelli got engaged this past Thanksgiving Eve.\u00a0 We are all so excited to have another wedding in the family!\u00a0 I am honored to be photographing their Florida wedding next May- can&#8217;t wait for that!\u00a0 Chris is the Best Man, Madison is a Jr Bridesmaid and all our parents and family will be there to celebrate their love on the beach, in the sand with no shoes on- my kind of wedding:)\u00a0 This past Saturday they had an engagement party and I captured some fun images to remember this exciting time in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Kelli &amp; Patrick- enjoy and looking forward to celebrating with you next May!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of fun beach theme details like this bride and groom seagull sculpture made out of driftwood and shells- how creative is this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2780\" title=\"IMG_6989 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6989-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6989-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_6989-w-logo-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2781\" title=\"IMG_7005 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7005-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7005-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7005-w-logo-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A beautiful cake:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2782\" title=\"IMG_7008 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7008-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7008-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7008-w-logo-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A preview of what&#8217;s to come at the wedding day cake cutting, maybe?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2783\" title=\"IMG_7110 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7110-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7110-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7110-w-logo-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2784\" title=\"IMG_7123 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7123-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7123-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7123-w-logo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"IMG_7127 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7127-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7127-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7127-w-logo-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kelli and her mom have similar tattoos.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo but never know what I would want to be on me FOREVER!\u00a0 I could never decide- ha!\u00a0 I&#8217;m such a Gemini.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2786\" title=\"IMG_7176 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7176-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7176-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7176-w-logo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A family photo taken by one of their friends, although both of Kelli&#8217;s brothers were not here for the photo.\u00a0 (Side notes: my legs need some self tanner- stat- yikes!, Joyce is hiding here behind my head- sorry! and yes Madison(in pink) is taller than most of us at 11 years old!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2787\" title=\"IMG_7212 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7212-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7212-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7212-w-logo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And I took some of Kelli and Patrick just as the sun was setting- such great light here and I love the images we got:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2788\" title=\"IMG_7214 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7214-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7214-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7214-w-logo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"IMG_7217 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7217-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7217-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7217-w-logo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2790\" title=\"IMG_7227 w logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7227-w-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7227-w-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.meridithdesmondphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7227-w-logo-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Congratulations again to you both- enjoy all the planning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick is Chris&#8217; younger brother and he and Kelli got engaged this past Thanksgiving Eve.\u00a0 We are all so excited to have another wedding in the family!\u00a0 I am honored to be photographing their Florida wedding next May- can&#8217;t wait for that!\u00a0 Chris is the Best Man, Madison is a Jr Bridesmaid and all our 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