The Rehearsal Dinner and celebration took place the night before at the Grand Hotel. The Grand was built in the 1800′s in Big Timber MT. and it has been restored but many of the features have been preserved to make it feel like you are staying in a really old Hotel. Emily got Joe and I a room there too, so I was able to hang out and get tons of pictures of the Wedding Party, friends and family as they celebrated at the Rehearsal Dinner and then where the girls got ready the day of the wedding

While the girls were getting ready, all the guys went golfing. I can’t really say who had a better time, because I know both Emily and Travis were enjoying the day immensly.

The wedding started with many of the guests arriving and being seated in the large open pasture. The weather was really warm, but I think that added to the charm of the whole atmosphere.

Travis and the Pastor walked to the front to start the ceremony followed by the wedding party. Then we all got a glimpse of beautiful Emily walking so down the hill with her Father and the Bag Pipes playing so statley behind her. This was a real tear jerker for me. Emily and her Daddy and very close, so this was a special time for them both.

Emily’s look at Travis when she arrived to the altar was so precious. Her face said it all. Travis just smiled and then kissed her on the cheek.

The ceremony was so personalized by Travis and Emily, it included many really funny things about the couple that made us laugh alot and then the uniquely customized vows that they promised to each other. Overall, this wedding was uniquely Travis and Sal! (that’s Emily’s nickname that everyone calls her). Just the way it should be.

Travis and Emily are among many Jeeping friends. Thus the Jeep theme! The whole wedding party owns Jeeps and they take off several times a year for weeks at a time just to hit the mountains and go Jeeping and be together! It sounded like so much fun when Emily told me what they do, but then their plans for about 8 Jeeps full of people to hit the hills and jump out for their traditional spontaneous dance after the wedding ceremony, was what put this wedding over the edge! The tradition is alot like a chinese fire drill from what I understand. They all just stop radomly in the mountains and just jump out and start dancing, then jump back in and are on their way again. I know…..sounds fun huh?

Great friendships forever is what I will remember most about this wedding. Travis and Emily incorporated the people and things most important to them so perfectly. It truly was a wonderful and most memorable day for them all……and I felt like I fit right in! Thanks for asking me to be a part of your special day…..

God bless you as you start your married lives together! And God bless your family and friendships always…..

Matt and Adri met at a Muzzie Braun Concert in Challis, Idaho the year previous. Their relationship grew and led to this special day. After touring the area, they happened upon the resort and chose it as their wedding location.

The day was amazing with all the lovely details and the baseball theme. Matt is a baseball fanatic and coach so what better to see than a base plate at the altar where they stood to promise their vows, along with popcorn and peanuts for the guests and a catcher’s glove with the rings attached for the ringbearer to bring to the altar.

A couple hundred friends and family made the trip to North Fork to celebrate the special occasion with Adri and Matt. So many smiles from the happy bride Adri made this day so magical. The laughs, tears and joy were obvious from the start of the day through the end. Not even a brief thunder shower put a damper on the celebration. The dinner and toasts and cake cutting went on right as planned without missing a beat. The whole day was just beautiful!

Adri and Matt, I wish God’s very best for you as you start your new lives together! I am so happy for you and so honored to be a part of your special day! I loved meeting all your friends and family. You were all amazing!

I will be in touch in a few weeks with tons more pictures!

Hey honeymooners……

Your wedding was amazing! From start to finish, I know it was  just a dream come true for you. I also know lots of prayer and work went into your special day. Yep! It paid off…. God is so good!

Your decorations, flowers, cake and ah yes, the amazing cookie table were all very impressive! Such beautiful touches on everything you did.  So much obvious talent contribution made this day over the top.

I was so happy to be a part of your special day. So fun to meet all the people who are special to you.

Lots of fun pictures to look at when you get back. Just sit back and relax and soak up all that Hawaii sunshine!

God’s best to you as you start your new lives in Him!  I am so happy for you……