If you’re not familiar with Ale and Noah’s story, I recommend you check out their UT engagement photos PRONTO as a little pre-game to all the emotional moments that happened during their intimate Chapel Dulcinea wedding!

For those of you who don’t remember, Noah and Ale met at a UT co-op, where we were both living at the time – their love story began over a cookie, making it only right that there were SO many cookies at their wedding. They got engaged last December during a Big Bend (AKA my favorite national park EVER.) Noah originally intended to ask Ale to marry him during a meteor shower but cloud cover made that impossible, he instead proposed while fossil hunting at sunset.

They picked Chapel Dulcinea because they both LOVE outdoors (did I mention they try to visits 3 national parks a year?!) They both wanted a ceremony location that fit their simple and easy going personalities, that was open and beautiful and reminded them of why they live in Texas: not for the tacos or weather, but for it’s natural beauty and vastness of it’s plains and rolling “hills.”

This was one of those wedding days where I was crying constantly. In every step of the day Ale and Noah made it their own and focused only on what mattered most. They kept all the extras to a minimum and celebrated with an intimate ceremony of only 20 guests, followed by a backyard fiesta with all their friends afterward. There were custom piñatas, chicken nuggets, a little bit of rain and more joy than could possibly fit in one room.

Venue: Chapel Dulcinea
Catering: Royal Fig Catering
Hair: Wander Salon

This intimate Chapel Dulcinea wedding will forever go down as one of my favorites. If you could do your wedding all over again, what do you wish you would have skipped and done instead? Comment below!