Lauren & Joe's Sanibel Island Beach Wedding

Lauren and Joe are from Minnesota and worked with us since last December to plan their Florida beach wedding at Casa Ybel Resort on Sanibel Island.

Their wedding was officiated by their own minister (who they flew down from Minnesota!) and was attended by about 20 of their closest friends and relatives.

We provided their bamboo arch, chairs, sound system, and wedding music on Casa Ybel's beautiful private Sanibel Island beach.

Lauren actually mixed her own music and it really added a personal touch. Lorraine provided their wedding photography, and had a blast taking their pictures on the stunningly landscaped grounds of Casa Ybel.

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Unfortunately, Lauren's father was hospitalized just before the wedding and was unable to make the trip. So we got "high tech" and connected the line out from our sound system to one of their guests iPhones, while another guest used another iPhone to record and broadcast the wedding to her father. So, despite being stuck in a hospital bed almost 2,000 miles away in Minnesota, he was able to watch and listen to their beach wedding in Florida in real time!

Lauren & Joe: Thank you so much for choosing Simple Weddings! Below are a sneak peek of your wedding video (courtesy of Captiva Video), as well as few of our favorite pictures from your Sanibel Island wedding.

Congratulations again - we wish you and your family all the best in the years ahead!

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