Surrounded by Love

Nicole and benoit 

The couple, Nicole and Benoit, moments before the party started. Camera shy, a bit nervous and full of anticipation. Nicole is from South Africa and Benoit is French (his name gives that away.) Benoit comes from a big family, they were married last weekend in a small family town in the Basque countryside. Yesterday, a celebration took place in Marseilles for the other half of their family and friends.

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It started with champagne, parents and grandparents popped the corks. From then on out it was one wonderful celebration of joy.

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Songs were written and sung for the married couple, and traditional love songs from the Basque country shared.

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Generations of love….

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surrounded them.



Comments

40 responses to “Surrounded by Love”

  1. They are a good looking couple!

  2. Oh Corey,
    These are so lovely.
    I wish I could see the bigger :o)
    The shot from above is inspired and so happy!
    Thank you for sharing!

  3. Beautiful!

  4. Beautiful photos Cory – you have really captured the joy and the love surrounding them on their special day.

  5. lovely photos. can’t help but see a few cuties in the crowd 🙂

  6. How incredibly sweet. I especially love the last photograph. Love surrounded by love. It speaks volumes. Thank you for sharing Corey.

  7. oh,Corey—the last picture….joy,joy,joy…

  8. Sheala Feeney

    Fun!!!! I remember all the fun parties and weddings the Basque families in Willows held. Some of my best “home memories”
    Have a wonderful day. Blessings.
    XOXOXOX~ Sheala

  9. Exquisitely romantic post! I wish the happy couple well!

  10. ******* love,plain and simple *******

  11. Beautiful…beautiful photographs!

  12. Oh Corey,
    I love this post!! The pictures, happy faces, love of family and friends. It is inspiring and just plain out lovely!!!!
    Kris

  13. wow! what great photos..truly!!! did you take them corey??
    xxnancy

  14. Long may their hearts and homes be full of so much love.
    Blessings
    Thanks for all that you share.
    Love Jeanne

  15. Oh Corey, that last picture is just splendid! Such joy on everyone’s faces.

  16. That last photo! How TRULY WONDERFUL!
    Kisses to you my dear!

  17. Thanks for sharing Corey. Beautiful pictures. How did these 2 meet if she is from South Africa? I love a good romance story!
    Jill

  18. What a wonderful photo that last shot is! Such spontaneous happiness and joy captured for ever. Beautiful!

  19. Beth Evans-Ramos

    I have been a blog stalker of yours for ages. If I could only read one blog a day, it would be yours. Today’s post put a big smile on my face. Thanks for sharing this special day with us.

  20. That is so wonderful Corey! The last photo is a keeper.

  21. That last photo is marvelous – so happy, so life and love affirming! In your previous post you asked for advice for the young couple – I say post that photo in a prominent place and look at it often!

  22. Oh that last photo……….such, such perfection.

  23. It looks like the perfect day!! I always love your photos so much!

  24. Such heartwarming photos, Corey…
    Love the one with the hands.
    I must take one like that of our littlest grand with her pop-pop.

  25. That’s wonderful. It’s a sea of beautiful faces.
    – Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

  26. that last photo is soo adorable!! 🙂

  27. That last photo…c’est magnifique!
    Now your task is to write a story about each and every one of those lovely people in the last photo! =)

  28. I can just feel the happiness, love, and support from their family and friends thru their smiles and cheers…how lucky they are to start their life that way! Corey, I love your pictures.

  29. Basque people are so great singers !!!
    Bet you had a wondrful time !

  30. Blissful!~ everyone is so gorgeous and beaming with happiness….!
    xo

  31. That last photo is just terrific. I may steal that someday in the future. Beautiful.

  32. Miss Ginny

    I know it has been said already, but, BEAUTIFUL!!

  33. Your blog is such an upper, Corey. Thanks for all you teach us.
    Bisous de l’Aveyron,
    Betty

  34. Wonderful photographs! I just love that traditional Basque songs were sung by their guests. Congratulation and best wishes to the couple!

  35. What a wonderful moment ! I wish one day , you will be the photographer of MY moment

  36. Truly poetic in every way and what life is all about. Wish I could have been there but you made it seem that I was indeed… there. Thank you for sharing and best wishes to Nicole and Benoit!

  37. Corey,
    Thank you so much for the energy fueled positive vibrations you brought to our wedding party. You turned my parents into confident dust busters (Number 12 will never be the same again;-) and then, cooked, organized and snapped a storm! And when the music came, you danced furiously the night away!
    Thanks for this lovely post,
    And may peace surround you and your family!
    Benoit

  38. Oh, that photo of everyone surrounding them…I am in awe of it…the love it represents!

  39. Congratulations!! And why wasn’t I invited?
    Just kidding – I know how difficult weddings are to organise and how difficult relatives can be – and it looks like you had a little gem / bijou of a wedding, n’etait-ce pas?
    I look forward to hearing the pitter patter of little feet before too long. (PS. That does not translate to you having to get Nicole a dog ou un petit chat, Benoit, but just do what comes naturally to a French man when matched with any beautiful girl – and don’t ask me to translate that!!)

  40. Marie et Michel Soignet

    Nous sommes contents de pouvoir visionner tout cela de Budapest!
    Félicitations au jeune couple et a leurs parents!
    Marie et Michel

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