Mitch & Laura Napralla

October 5, 2019

Huser Farm

Princeton, WI

Mitch and Laura’s wedding day was extra special to me and I hope the images you are about to see show how much effort I put into photographing their wedding!  I have known Laura for quite a few years now and we always joked I would be her wedding photographer, even though she didn’t even know Mitch yet!  I was over excited when Laura sent me the request for me to be her wedding photographer :)

Here we go, enough about me and how I feel and more about how this perfectly rainy wedding day went for Laura and Mitch…

The day started off at Mane Attraction in Oshkosh for hair and makeup.  All the bridesmaids, Laura’s mother and the flower girls were present and ready to start the day!  Maid of Honor was Kalli.  Bridesmaids included Amber and Laura’s three sisters Carolyn, Emily, and Jenny.  The flower girls were given extra special treatment by getting their nails painted.

The entire morning was a pretty gloomy day and was threatening rain.  I was able to get to Huser Farm before it started raining.  But as soon as I took out Laura’s wedding dress, it started down pouring!  It was a good thing for it to start raining before I took her dress outside for pictures.  Even though it started raining, Huser Farm is so pretty, it wasn’t too hard to find other locations to take wedding dress pictures!  

Laura’s bouquet and cake showed up.  Created by Webster’s.  Everything was coming together. 

It was a great time with the bride and the bridesmaids in the beautiful bridal suite.  As you can see, there was tons of laughing and even a few tears, but they were happy tears!  Especially when Laura and her dad did a first look - it was so sweet!  After the first look they had to stand and pose like the bosses they are!

Mitch and his groomsmen went to get ready in the lower section of the barn, near the ceremony site.  Mitch’s Best Man was Joe.  The other groomsmen included Tom, Shane, Ryan, and Andy.  It was shocking that everyone knew how to tie a tie, but of course there was still assistance to be done to make sure they were all in tip top shape.

By the way - check out this amazing wedding ceremony site!  It is like something out of a dream!

Now let’s get to the ceremony…

Somehow there was a break in the rain after the ceremony for us to go outside and take pictures!  It may have been a bit on the cooler side, but Mitch and Laura were great and willing to work through the weather and also dealing with me to get these precious pictures to add to their wedding collection!  It was easy to see Mitch and Laura’s attraction, love, and caring towards one another.  

Let the reception begin with the introductions!

Speeches were provided by first the Best Man, Joe followed by the Maid of Honor, Kelli   Both were amazing speeches that made you laugh and yet were very personal and touching.  It was hard not to smile during the speeches.  Mitch also gave a wonderful speech of how he met Laura and remarked on how he just knew it was going to be her as his wife.  It was the cutest thing!!!

Mitch and Laura at their first dance as husband and wife…

Father of the bride dance was next which looked like they were having quite the good time.

As was Mitch and his sister in the next dance.

I was able to get Mitch and Laura to come outside with me for some last minute wedding pictures in between the rain.  I am pretty sure they thought I was crazy when I asked them to come outside with me for MORE pictures, but I think it was totally worth it and hope they now know what I saw!

Laura and Mitch - you guys are awesome!  I love that you have found each other.  Keep each other laughing through the years, it truly does help you get through most things!  I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for choosing me as your wedding photographer - it means so much to me, more than you will ever know!