On a quiet September Wednesday, Tessa and Justin slipped away from Connecticut to the historic Arlington Inn in Vermont, gathering just ten of their closest people for a ceremony that felt more like a deep breath than a production. The afternoon unfolded in soft mountain light and late summer green, a lace up gown, a tiny dog trotting importantly down the aisle, and a groom who tried and failed to hide the way love kept catching in his throat. It was intimate and unhurried and entirely their own, proof that sometimes the most meaningful weddings happen on a weekday, on a porch with hanging flowers, where laid back love is the only plan.
