Cowboy Wedding

I sat here on this very chair several weeks ago, thinking about how much must have happened in this room. I was sitting in the “mud room” of a family whose only daughter was getting married. I looked at the coats on the hooks, and wondered how many nights and days they had been worn out in the cold while their owner tended to the cows or worked in the fields. I looked at the gloves and boots covered in dirt and wondered how fences they had fixed or mud puddles they had walked through. From my spot on this stool, I could see into the kitchen, and I wondered how many meals had been made – how many good “chats” had happened – how many hugs and tears had been shared.

From this spot, on this stool, I saw a family - a hard-working family – getting ready for a very special day. They were getting ready for a day that would never be forgotten. They were getting ready for a day that they had been preparing for – for a lifetime.

Montana Wedding Photography This wedding was so very special in so many ways.

I met Perrie and her fiance over a year ago when they first got engaged and were looking for someone to help them document their day. They were so kind and wonderful to be with. I learned that they both came from very strong families. I learned that they were both finishing up their college and had been together for quite sometime. I learned that they were madly in love with one another and could hardly wait to spend the rest of their lives together. I learned they valued family, love, and one another. I learned that this was a special couple that I was going to have the honor of working with.

This wedding was also so special because of all the details that they connected to their family. Perrie was going to be wearing her mothers dress, a veil she made herself, and walking down the aisle with the same sixpense in her boot that her mother had in hers. Her aunties all pulled together plan the wedding, create the decorations, and make the cake. Neighbors came to prepare the food and set up the tents. The same pastor that married her parents . . . yes the very same man that blessed their parents marriage, was there to preform this ceremony. And the cake was topped with the very same cake topper that was on her parents cake.

The whole day was touched by love – love that had been held through generations – love that was being passed on to Ty and Perrie.

I was so excited to be a part. After you are done looking at few of the wedding pictures, make sure to check out their whole wedding album HERE.

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View Ty and Perrie Neal’s wedding album HERE!

What could be more classy than an apple martini?

I have been so excited to post the images from this incredible wedding! In fact, I think you will be able to tell that I was just in love with all the amazing details that this sweet bride put into her wedding day, because I may have gotten a bit carried away when I was choosing images to share with you. I just felt like every tiny thing was so perfectly planned to suite this couple that I couldn’t leave one thing out.

If you can remember back to when I first met this couple, I was at that time so intrigued by their story. They were the salty and sweet couple. The couple that lived in the same town, and yet attended different schools. They took their holidays to the same vacation spot, yet they stayed on opposite sides of the lake. This young man loves karaoke and she . . . fairytales. They came together. They fell in love. They married, and I . . . yes, I, had the sweet pleasure of watching them as they said, “Ido.” I watched as they were giddy with excitement, and I watched as they laughed and kissed and ate pizza and danced. I watched as they rode the trolley around their hometown, toasted their friends, danced the chicken dance, and kissed as the sun set.

As you look through these images, I think you will feel as if you were there – as if you know the bride and groom. You will, I’m sure, fall in love with Kelsey as you see images of her eating pizza in her Maggie Sottero wedding gown and sticking out her tongue as she tosses her bouquet. I am absolutely positive, too, that you will believe that Kelsey’s true love fairytale has come true when you see the way Casey looks at her under the apple tree or the way he embraces her on the motercycle. As you look through these images of their wedding day, you will, as I did, fall in love with them – with their story.

I feel so honored that you are here.

I feel so honored to be the one to share with you.

Congratulations Casey and Kelsey Kelly.

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This incredible dress is part of the Maggie Sottero Collection. When I first saw it hanging there in the dressing room, I must admit, I was surprised at its simple beauty.

And, when Kelsey stepped into it, and the flowers were added, I was shocked at how it looked as if it were made for Kelsey - and Kelsey only.

Note to Brides: when choosing a dress, find one that you LOVE! Find one that you can move in, dance in, kiss your sweet husband in. Find a dress that you can’t live without. Find a dress that was made – made just for you.

One thing that was particularily lovely about this wedding, was that this bride and groom were planners! They knew the importance of good lighting, time, and preparation when it came to their wedding pictures! Often times I encourage my couples to have a “first look” time before the wedding ceremony. This is a time, when they see each other for the first time, share some words, and then create of window of opportunity for some really great pictures to happen. There are times, though, when the fairytale just doesn’t seem quite right when a groom sees the bride before she walks down the aisle.

Casey and Kelsey really wanted to wait to see one another until the actual ceremony.

They weren’t willing to skimp on picture time, though, so they provided some great appetizers and good music for their guests, rented a trolley, and toured uptown Butte with their wedding party. They wanted to have some time to be together before their party and get some great pictures of the two them and their friends. What a blast I had! We were able to go to some great locations, and we had so much fun.

I must say, though, that I was quite suprised when we stopped to pose on a motorcycle; when we stopped to ride the carousel; and when we stopped to grab some pizza’s. Actually, I was down right blown away as I watched Kelsey eat her pizza while riding the trolley. I would have NEVER made it without spilling. She was my hero that day. Montana Wedding Photography

Montana Wedding Photography And oh, the reception.

The reception was made when elegance and class collided with beauty and simplicity.

A room lit by old fashioned canning jars tied with ribbons and hung from the ceiling, apple filled vases, and a cheese table.

Everywhere you looked there were flowers. Everywhere you looked there were beautiful people carrying their apple martini’s.

Simple. Elegant. Classy. Beautiful. Nothing but fabulous.

There was an amazing spread of cheeses that I have never heard of, and fruit from all over the world - all put together by the Butte Country Club and the cake by the Uptown Cafe.

It was so delicious. It was so much fun.

Note to Brides: When planning your reception, think of the things you love. Kelsey loved cheese.

When planning your reception, think about things that you think are beautiful.

Apples. Flowers. Ribbons.

Cheese. Tea. Grass.

What things make you smile? Put all the things you love in one room. Smile.

Roses. Daisey’s. Apple Martini’s.

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