Real Weddings / Jessica & Danny

Benson, NC

the Vendors

AMI Beach Weddings / event coordination

Love and Style Photography / photographs

Ellenton Florist / floral design

You Otta Be in Pictures / videography

Caladesi Steel Drum / music

Salon Salon / hair and makeup

For Danny, a Marine frequently away from family on deployments, he knows the importance of time spent together. When Danny proposed to Jessica, the family needed to play a featured role, so he asked Jessica to marry him at sunset on the beach with her two daughters alongside.

A destination wedding was essential to the couple, as they wanted the first of many happy married memories with the vision of the sunset.

Two years to the day later, they were again on a beach, this time reciting their vows in a private and personal ceremony on Anna Maria Island. Radiant Jessica walked to a steel drum version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” carrying a bouquet of tropical blooms. The ceremony highlighted their love story and hopes for travel after Danny retires from the military. As the sun began to dip in the horizon, the pastor delivered the line they had long-awaited, pronouncing them as husband and wife.