West Lafayette Indiana Wedding at Private Forest: Clare & Eric

West Lafayette Indiana Wedding Photographer Photography

Clare and Eric are married! YAY! You may remember these two from their engagement session at Purdue Horticulture Park. (You can view that HERE.) These two have been together for almost four years and first met online while they were both attending Purdue University. Fast forward to last year and Eric told Clare that he wanted to recreate their first date for their 3rd anniversary. At the end of the date, Eric asked Clare for her hand in marriage. Clare obviously said yes!

These two tied the knot on Saturday and it was the perfect day! They held their wedding at a location that was very meaningful to them, the Frank and Ada Beineke Memorial Forest. This is land that is in Eric's family and several of Eric's family members have been married here as well so it was the perfect location for them. They really wanted their wedding to focus on their union and them becoming their own family unit. Because of this, they wanted to keep everything fun and lighthearted and wanted it to have a backyard, family reunion, casual vibe. Since the location is gorgeous with lots of greenery, they chose to let the nature shine through and included in accents of blue and white. For their ceremony they had Eric's stepdad officiate them and for their reception they had lots of lawn games, board games, and card games for their guests to play. Both of their families always would play games during the holidays and family gatherings so they wanted to continue the tradition with their wedding as well!

Be sure to view a few of my favorite images from their wedding below!

Clare and Eric: You are married!!! Your wedding was just perfect and I enjoyed getting to document your love story and first day as husband and wife! I know you have a long happy marriage ahead of you!