St. Thomas Aquinas and Leslie Town Center Wedding | Faustina & Cole

I LOVE weddings with a strong sense of family and community and Faustina and Cole had just that. Their sweet November wedding day was full of loving family and close friends. And you know those people that you meet and instantly realize are just the nicest ever? That’s Faustina and Cole. Their November St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and Leslie Town Center wedding in Cookeville, TN was such a joyful and refreshing Fall day.

They met while they were students at Tennessee Tech University and spent their relationship dancing at Dogwood Park downtown and fostering a rich sense of friendship. I actually first met them at a wedding out in Brentwood, TN at Holy Family Catholic Church last April and it was so great to see them again.

They exchanged Nuptial Vows during a beautiful Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

Then we moved to Dogwood Park, where they spent their relationship dancing and we took advantage of the stunning Fall colors here in Tennessee for their bridal portraits.

We moved to their reception space at Leslie Town Center where their bridal party and friends set up the sweet tables and enormous chocolate wedding cake (and it was DELICIOUS).

Faustina has a large extended family and it is always the best getting to photograph close families who have just so much fun together. Everyone ate cake, danced, and celebrated one of the sweetest couples I got to work with in 2025. I would go back to a St. Thomas Aquinas and Leslie Town Center wedding to photograph more beautiful love stories like theirs in a heartbeat.