A summer breeze billowed off the shorelines of Lake Martin as Birmingham couple Ashlee Little, 30, and Austin Bailey, 29, read their wedding vows to each other, surrounded by friends, family and loved ones. The couple described their August lake wedding as picture-perfect.
“It was the most beautiful, perfect day there ever was,” said Bailey. “It was a little bit hot, but it was also nice and breezy. We got married right on the water at about 6 p.m. and had a big, beautiful view of the lake.”
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