Blown Away!

Kyla and Kenton's Windswept Wedding on Sunset Beach

Kyla and Kenton were visiting the Tampa Bay area all the way from Nebraska for a volleyball tournament and decided to tie the knot with an informal beach wedding while they were in Florida.

The day started out with rain, clouds, thunderstorms, and just plain awful weather. We spoke to Kyla throughout the day and she was calm, cool, and collected. Her attitude was "what will be, will be" (it probably helped that she had reserved the Sunset Beach Pavilion on Treasure Island as a backup plan for that very reason!).

And sure enough, as the afternoon wore on, the weather cleared. As we were setting up for their Sunset Beach wedding, there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Then the wind started to blow...

And blow...as in 30 to 40 miles per hour! We really struggled to assemble our bamboo canopy, and the wind even blew over out sand ceremony table and broke a glass. But as challenging as it was, Kyla was determined to have a Florida beach wedding and use the pavilion only in case of a true emergency.

So we enlisted the help of their two wedding guests and their limo driver, to literally hold down the canopy so it didn't blow away during their beach wedding ceremony!

We all had a chuckle, but we must say it all worked out in the end. Kyla and Kenton's beach wedding was Simple, Elegant, and Perfect, and the wind made it all the more memorable - I know we won't forget it anytime soon!

After their beach wedding, Kyla, Kenton, and their guests jumped in their limo and headed off to Gennaro's Italian Restaurant on Pass-a-Grille for a casual dinner.

Kyla and Kenton: Thank you so much for choosing Simple Weddings! It was truly a pleasure to be a part of your Florida beach wedding. We wish you all the best in 2010 and beyond. Below are a few of our favorite pictures from your sunset beach wedding. Keep an eye on our website at http://www.simpleweddingsflorida.com/ for the rest in a few days!

To our readers: Do you have a funny weather-related wedding story? Feel free to share it by commenting below!

Sincerely,



Jeff & Claire Copeland
Simple Weddings by Simple Treasures Photography
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