Mallory & Tyler Get Hitched!

This weekend, I had the privilege of attending the wedding of two dear Vanderbilt friends, Mallory Morse and Tyler Whitmore. What a blessing it is to be in America and get to celebrate with friends!

Over the past few years, it's been sweet to get to know these two individually and as a couple. Tyler grew up just a suburb away from me (though we didn't know each other until college) and Mallory was one of my dear friends, and then roommate senior year. Mallory is certainly a person to love and I have looooved having her in my life and seeing her grow these last few years. Not only does she have a deep love for Pizza Rolls, documentaries, Braille, African babies, and crazy TLC reality shows, she also deeply loves our Lord and has a great gift for investing in friends and bringing them joy. From spending countless agonizing hours in our Bible & Music class to being the first friend I saw upon returning to the States (over ice cream, of course), she is a pure joy to have in my life. And guess what?! Now that she's a Chicagoan, I get to see her every time I come home!

Mallory & Tyler's wedding was held outside of Columbus, Ohio at the Darby House. We entered the front hallway to a stunning presentation of 18 cakes - one for each table - all made by Mallory's brilliant mother for the big day.

The ceremony was held outside under shady trees overlooking a gorgeous lake, and with the beautiful Ohio temperatures, it couldn't have been a more perfect day for a wedding.

In true Nashville lovers (Nashville-lovers?) style, our sweet friends Kiely and Lauren brought hundreds of Paletas up to Ohio for the big day. Talk about best cocktail reception yet!

I love weddings...and for Mallory & Tyler's, there was nothing more perfect than witnessing the great peace and love surrounding their marriage. It's a beautiful thing to realize how perfectly the Lord creates us for one another. And even more exciting to know how much He must have been jumping for joy to see them unite in marriage on Saturday!

So after much cake eating...

...unusual wedding traditions and well wishes...

(photo compliments of the talented Sara Gast)

...Kissing Booth (5/6 of my senior year roommates) reunions...

...and of course, dancing...

...we sent them off for a long, long honeymoon in Aruba. I can't wait to continue to see the Lord work through Mallory and Tyler and am so excited about the path ahead for the newlywed Whitmores!