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Well — it was nice while it las­ted — not being behind on blogs. Alas, here it is, a day shy of Che­ve­lle & Brodie’s 5 month anni­ver­sary and I’m just now telling you all about it.

Che­ve­lle & Bro­die are sweet as pie. After their enga­ge­ment ses­sion in Pres­cott Park last sum­mer, I was sure that their wed­ding was going to be so.much.fun — and was it ever!

I arri­ved at Chevelle’s parents house to find this splen­did setup — and all those han­gers? Che­ve­lle MADE them. I think she should pro­bably open her own shop on etsy; or at least open a MKP Prop shop for me! Love them.

I love the get­ting ready shots. Ever­yone doing their own thing, all dolled up, usually in t-​shirts and all wor­king toward the com­mon goal of get­ting the bride married!

This was the first time (but not the last time) I saw this new way of making sure your dress stays lined up — having your seams­tress add velcro to your under­gar­ments. Just make sure it’s done well or it can back­fire, but this was the crow­ning touch on making Chevelle’s dress fit like a glove!

Mum hel­ping her daugh­ters with their final touches — inc­lu­ded de-​lipsticking the teeth!

And dad… ready to fight a duel? Watch out Brodie!

I got to ride in the limo with the girls which is always SO much fun. The subtle cham­pagne & peach color scheme was so beautiful.

When we arri­ved the girls hung out in the limo and I went in to check on Bro­die. He and his brother were holed up at the back of the church; trying to keep entertained.

Then, it was time to get married!

It was a won­der­ful cere­mony full of light & love & foreverness.

And FINALLY! Married!

There was such an time­less old-​fashioned feel to their wed­ding. It was all I could do to not post pro­cess the whole thing in black and white because I loved the story so much. Thank good­ness for digi­tal though — best of both worlds! The gor­geous colors and the magi­cal black and white!

Remem­ber what I just said about that ..time­less, old fashio­ned fee­ling? Che­ve­lle was going for that too, which is exactly why she boo­ked the stretch hum­mer limo. NOT! There was a snafu with the limo com­pany and this was all they had to send along for the day. While she was a tiny bit put-​off at first, we cer­tainly laughed and made the best of it and had fun. We HAD to take a photo with it!!

The grounds at The Oaks are gorgeous!

Then it was inside to start the party! A deli­cate first dance.

Ado­ring toasts by Chevelle’s sis­ter and Brodie’s brother.

pri­ce­less chil­dren full of per­so­na­lity and hilarity.

And a sur­prise XBOX360 cake for Brodie!

If you’d asked me to place a wager before hand I would have bet that there would be at least a little bit of cake flying about during cake cut­ting, but they were very deli­cate with each other. (I’m pretty sure I heard Che­ve­lle threa­ten to pum­mel him should he be anything less than gentle!)

It’s rea­dily evi­dent that Che­ve­lle & Bro­die have ama­zing rela­tionships with their fami­lies — who have ama­zing rela­tionships with each other. It was an honor to witness.

love.is.sweet! and so are my favo­rite can­dies. pink star­burst. YUM!

I love how grow­nups charge the candy sta­tion more than the kids do!

This bunch were wild dan­cers. I love.love.love when the bride and groom tear up the dance floor all night and these two had many a guest by their side!

Brodie’s dad and brother had a show down. It was a good fight.

But I think Brodie’s brother gets the props for his mad skills.

After what I can only desc­ribe as a fairy tale per­fect event, the new Mr & Mrs Bazo hea­ded off to their honey­moon a waft in iridescent bubble beauty!

My thanks to you both for having me be privy to your spe­cial day. And many thanks for your kind words on Wed­ding­Wire!

Melissa is the best pho­to­grapher EVER!!!! Not only is she talen­ted, which can be seen through her BEAUTIFUL pho­to­graphs, but she has such a great per­so­na­lity! She rode in the limo with us, dan­ced with us, and still mana­ged to take pic­tu­res at the same time! She was inc­re­dibly help­ful with everything, inc­lu­ding hel­ping with my bustle and taking my veils out of my hair! I just can’t believe how great she is! 

She makes for­mals go by quickly and smoothly, and she made sure we got all of our must-​have pho­tos as well! I just can’t say enough good things about Melissa. She is the nicest and most talen­ted pho­to­grapher out there!!!! I am so glad we used her for our wedding!

Happy (almost) 5 month anniversary!!