Lisa and Kyle . Palmetto Bluff

Where do i even begin this post? i kind of feel like i shouldn't even write anything and let my pictures tell the story of this amazing wedding weekend! lisa and kyle got married this past weekend at the inn at palmetto bluff in south carolina. now, i know lisa well enough to know everything she does is in the best taste and style, but i don't think i realized just how beautiful this place was really going to be. absolutely amazing! 

i feel i have been pretty privileged by nice places, but this one takes the cake! 

some signs i know we are at an amazingly nice place...

1)  everywhere we went, they greeted us by saying

 "good morning mr. and mrs. martin! what can we get for you today?" .

umm- how do you know my name? and where did you just come from?! :)

forget the "ritz carlton experience"...this is the palmetto bluff experience!  

2) we pulled into the beautiful 2 mile entrance to palmetto bluff to see these...

oh yes! Those are Aston Martins!!! they were having some sort of aston martin owner party or something. Hey! if it is nice enough for them, it's perfect for me! haha!!! Me and my Tourag :)

Reason #3 - Luca, my new best friend! I am not sure where this guy is from, or what super human traits God gave him, but since you cannot actually drive around the property only travel by bike or golf cart (awesome!!!) i would pick up my cottage phone and say i need a ride and this guy would be there in about .5 seconds to pick me up! He'd have a cold water ready for me , Gilbert the Gator for mary carlisle, and made personal deliveries for me on more than one occassion. After someone's dancing heel went into my foot at the wedding, he EVEN offered to get me an ice pack!!!...say what?! 

 Chad didn't even offer that...agh! haha!!! no ice pack, but if i could just pack him up and take him home with me as a full time assistant!!! please!!! he was amazing and accomodating to the say the least!

 mary carlisle & i are heading to the rehearsal. she has gilbert the gator with her :) i think we came home with 4 of these little gators :)

 

Chad and Mary Carlisle heading to the pool in style!

i absolutely love places where you have to bike everywhere and a golf cart is pretty awesome too!

This was our cottage! It had everything i would want in a cottage! it was PERFECT and so quaint!

and to sum up my reasons how i knew this was an amazingly nice place...

#4) any place that has THIS scenery is AMAZING...

the lake behind our cottage

 the palmetto bluff chapel

the pier overlooking the bay to hilton head

beautiful moss and bikes....ahhh! perfection!

GOD IS GOOD!!!

there is a neat story about this place and this is what was left of the mansion that burned down years ago...

you should go to their website http://www.palmettobluffresort.com/ to see even better pictures other than my attempts at being a photographer :)  

but this is where the bride and groom said their i do's

it's so artsy! i love it!

The best view of all...MC's Booty! :) hehe! She spotted a turtle!

AND NOW FOR THE GOOD STUFF.... the wedding festivities!!!

Bridesmaid Luncheon with Lil Roomie...She is seriously the MOST photogenic person i know. this bride never takes a bad picture!

yes, i have bicycles on my dress...other than seaside where else can you wear a dress with bicycles!? haha! it was perfect for her big event!

 is that A for Alabama or Abbey?!?!?

everything down to the perfectly placed flowers were beautiful!

REHEARSAL DINNER

The Beautiful Bride & Handsome Groom 

Kyle ended the night saying one of the best toasts i have heard from a groom. it was so genuine and heartfelt!

...very touching to hear!

i loved the "good and wholesome" night celebrating these two! :)

 

WEDDING DAY!!!

 Lisa looked amazing!!! So beautiful and stunning! 

She was the calmest bride I have ever been around...no surprise!

strike a pose roomie!
we laugh, because she is a poser and SO good at it!!!
it is obvious the camera loves her!

 Where are my petals? hehe!

mary carlisle practiced tossing her petals out of her purse...

 

I love these two beauties!!!

So PROUD of my flower girl!
She did a great job walking down the aisle and scattered out her flowers. she still had half a basket of petals left when she got to me, so she walked in circles around me several times and dropped the rest ha! so sweet! my area of grass looked extra pretty! :)
 by the time lisa walked down the aisle mc decided she had had enough and needed to go pee-pee. pulled up her dress to show me exactly where she was talking about (haha! thanks bc this word pee-pee is new to me) :) chad takes her to the potty and by the time they are done, lisa and kyle are walking out, so mc decides she wants to join the wedding party again. she comes strolling back in across the crowd like she owns the place with a graham cracker in hand (thanks daddy) and walks out behind paul and i munching on her cracker and holding gilbert the gator in her flower basket...boy oh boy. its a good thing she is a cutie! hehe!

 sadly, keenan didn't get to make the trip and stayed home with my mom. it was good for mary carlisle to get some mommy and daddy time, but we sure missed our little mouskawitz

mc can't get enough roomie love!

 

THE RECEPTION

FLASH MOB!!!

Their birmingham friends put together a flash mob dance- it was great and they had no idea!

haha! look at lisa's face! she is trying to keep up and has no idea what is going on! :)

It was hilarious!!! Lisa and Kyle kept dancing with them like it was the electric slide or something...finally, someone got them to stop dancing and watch!

Our little dancing queen!

A small clip of someone took of mary carlisle footage.

we were so busy with everything we forgot to give someone our camera. :( but at least we got a little!

It was an incredible weekend had by all!

Thank you Lisa and Kyle for getting married at my new favorite place! We will definitely be heading back for their Cinco De Mayo Anniversary party (invited or not!) haha!!! :)

Congratulations to the Abbeys!