What a celebration we had on Saturday, May 20! We were so happy to be there for Megan and Jeff's special day. Although the rain changed the location of the wedding and reception from an outdoor venue to inside (wedding at church and reception at Days Inn) it all turned out beautifully. Everything was lovely and the wedding was just perfect - perfectly Megan and Jeff.
I arrived at the church while 'the girls' were getting ready so that I could chronicle the day for Megan. Jackson was the primary photographer, although as a groomsmen he was definitely on double duty. I thought the colors of the bridesmaids dresses, as well as Brenda and Linda's dresses looked so pretty with the blue carpet at the church.
Below are some of the photos that Jackson and I took - but you can find links to all the online photo albums at the bottom of this post.
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Megan's aunt joked about the 'lumberjack themed' wedding. :D
Brianna, Melina, Brenda, and Megan getting ready. |
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Melina, Brianna, and Aunt Becky
helping Megan get ready. |
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| Lovely girls - Brianna, Megan, Melina, and Anna |
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| Anna, Brenda, Melina, and Linda |
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| Jeff and Megan |
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| Melina, Matthew, Megan, Jeff, Matt, and Brenda |
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Wedding party - Brianna, Anna, Brigit, Melina, Megan,
Jeff, Evan, Alex, Matthew, and Jackson |
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| Megan's family |
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| I love this one! |
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| Matt and Megan |
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| family prayer during the ceremony |
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| Mr. and Mrs.! :) |
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| Melina and Evan |
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| Brigit and Alex |
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| Anna and Matthew |
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| Brianna and Jackson |
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| at the reception at Days Inn |
When it came time for Megan to toss her bouquet they announced they wanted all married couples on the dance floor. Then they had us all dance until they called out a number of years of marriage greater than our own. We all did the math and knew right off the bat that Mama and Daddy were going to win this one hands down! Marvin and I danced until they called 25. After 50 years were called the only couple left on the dance floor was Mama and Daddy. Daddy told them they weren't there yet... as they will be married 63 years this August! :D It was really sweet - and we found out later that Megan and Jeff had indeed planned this so that Mama would get the bouquet. :)
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| The 'winners' at 62, almost 63 years of marriage. :) |
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| Mama (with Megan's bouquet) and Daddy |
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We sure enjoyed the band - Deadwood.
Great music all night long! |
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| Brenda got Jonathan on the dance floor. :) |
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| Family 'Interpretive dance' - SO funny! |
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| Becky and Chris are hysterically funny! :) |
This is emotional... below is a photo of Matt with his life-long friend, Mark. Mark was present for every single important event in the lives of Matt, Brenda, and their kids. He considered those kids to be like 'his own kids'. This photo was taken at the reception Saturday evening. Sadly, Mark passed away in his sleep just two night later - Monday night. What a shock and so very sad.
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| Matt and Mark |
Here are links to all the photos from the wedding weekend.
I'm going to list links to ALL the photos I took, but will start with a condensed album of just my favorites. :)
And here are links to video -
I am going to embed the last video here - you will enjoy this 'family interpretive dance' from the reception. Chris and Becky are the leaders (and kept this up all night!) but the whole family is pretty versed in this hilarity. I love it! :)
