Holy long blog post!!!! Welcome to Rachel and Gary’s wedding day extravaganza. I posted waaaaay more images than I normally do but I couldn’t help myself. It’s my last wedding of 2011!!! I hope you enjoy and please be sure to click on the select favorites gallery to see even more of the story! Cheers!
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WHERE: We chose Christ Lutheran in Webster Groves because it was the church Rachel’s grandmother used to be a member of, and it was little and cute. The reception was at Forest Park Golf Course, we are both pretty big cyclists so Forest Park is a place we frequent often. And it was a good mixture of being in downtown St. Louis but still a very natural location.
THEME/STYLE: We chose our wedding colors to be black and gold. We met as cheerleaders at Mizzou so the color combination just came natural to us.
BRIDE’S DRESS: I wanted to be a princess for a day but realized the ball gowns were not my style…I tried on this dress and loved it. I was worried Gary would think it looked like his grandma’s doilies but he loved it
JEWELRY/ACCESSORIES: My something blue was a Sapphire necklace given to me by my father, along with my earrings. I struggled finding something borrowed but thankfully my sister-in-law allowed me to borrow a bobby pin from her.
HAIR/MAKEUP: My hair and make-up were both done at St. Louis Salon and spa… I pretty much just left it up to the professionals to make me look good.
FLOWERS: I love lilies and orchids so when meeting with the florist those were a necessity. I chose to have orchids in my bouquet and his boutonniere to make them more “special” than the rest.
WEDDING FAVORS: Our wedding favors were little “trick or treat” bags filled with various Halloween candies. Our wedding was Halloween weekend but we didn’t want a Halloween themed wedding, so this was our little incorporation of the holiday weekend.
THE CAKE: We both loved Amaretto cake we had at a friends wedding so when cake tasting we knew that had to be a flavor. Then decided on filling the whole thing with raspberry filling…it was so delicious. We cant wait until our one year anniversary to eat the top!
FOOD + DRINK: The Golf Course does its own in house catering, and it was delicious! On our way back to the hotel Rachel began to get hungry and realized she left her boxed up meal at the club house…she was so bummed!
RECEPTION: Unknowing to us when we filled out our DJ information sheet and included random and interesting facts about our wedding party, it would be included in their introductions. A little backwards from the traditional introductions we were announced first so we could see the wedding parties reaction to the “facts” Gary had created for them. I think everyone got a good laugh out of that. Another personal touch we put on the reception was having the fire pit outside with the s’mores. When we looked at the Golf Course as a venue the fire pits were a pretty big selling point!
BRIDE’S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: It’s pretty difficult to pick one moment out of the day as my most memorable but my top two are walking down the aisle and seeing Gary’s reaction, his eyes started to water! That was one of my goals to look so good that it made Gary emotional. And my second most memorable moment was the carriage ride back to the Chase. I think throughout our entire relationship I had made it clear to Gary that to be a true princess you have to be taken home by a pony. Well he told me that they were all booked because of the Halloween weekend for hayrides (I should have realized they use tractors not horses!) But Friday before the rehearsal he told me we would be going back to the hotel in a carriage and it was a really nice way to end such a fantastic day.
GROOM’S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: So I must say the whole day was a blast from start to finish. If I had to narrow it down it would have to be Mizzou winning against Texas A&M… wait no I would have to say that it would have to be seeing the most precious little girl walk down the aisle… my niece Alice… No it was definitely seeing my beautiful Bride walk down the aisle in her wedding dress, which thankfully didn’t have polka dots. She looked amazing as she always does but that day there was something different, it is hard to put into words that feeling but the memory will always be there.
THE HONEYMOON: We chose to go to the DR resort town of Punta Cana and stayed at Dreams Punta Cana. It was awesome to get away and relax for a week. We had to be at the airport at 4:30 in the morning on Sunday. Some of the activities we did while there included deep sea fishing where we caught 24 Mahi Mahi and one Baracuda, we also got to swim with a dolphin. We had a little bit of a hiccup on the way home but all is well that ends well. All we can say for people interested in going is that the Mamajuana is very good and the natives love their APPLE APPLE APPLES.
Rachel & Gary didn’t see each other before the ceremony but we did this for fun… just to build the anticipation. No peeking!!!!
Special thank you to my assistant photographers, Benjamin Trevor & Cassie Allen! Thank you once again for your hard work and spectacular shots!
Assistant Photographer: Benjamin Trevor
Assistant Photographer: Cassie Allan
Ceremony: Christ Lutheran Church
Reception: Forest Park Club House
Caterer: In house caterer at Forest Park Clubhouse
Flowers: Kirkwood Florist- Jon Kuhlmann
Hair: St. Louis Salon and Spa – Suzanne Weis
Makeup: St. Louis Salon and Spa
DJ: CJ’s DJ’s
Trolly: Tropiano Transportation
Wedding Cake: McArthur’s Bakery
Wedding Dress: Augusta Jones - Ultimate Bride
Bridesmaids Dresses: Bill Levkoff - Ultimate Bride
Tuxes: Savvi Formalwear
Rings: Diamond and Jewelry Brokers
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