jaclyn + adam :: love, luck, ladybugs and marge simpson

jaclyn + adam's wedding . . . where to start?

seriously, where to start?!!!!

SOOO much to show and tell. like the fact that their rehearsal was on Halloween night . . .
jaclyn and adam became marge and homer simpson . . .



dorothy from oz, elvis and priscilla, the tattooed man, a deviled egg, and a "chick magnet"
were also in attendance (I wore pajamas, slippers, a robe and hair rollers . . . but you'll just
have to take my word for it 'cause for once i'm hoping there are no pictures out there . . . )



amy and i go to rehearsals in part to get to know the couple's family and friends so that on
wedding day, we've already put faces to names, figured out which groomsman is our go-to guy
when you need some laughter and levity, but let me tell ya . . . when folks are in costume the
night before, wedding day is like groundhog day all over again.

so much so in fact that, when i saw jaclyn's mom again the next day (she was the dorothy),
i asked if we'd met yet . . . in my defense, she really DID look like an entirely different person...
and then i had to concentrate on NOT calling her dorothy . . . she quizzed me throughout the
day: "what's my name again?" :')



and the fun carried over into rehearsal dinner. . . It's a good thing that home depot's color
is orange (it's where adam works AND, not-so-coincidentally, where he and jaclyn met!!!), so it
fit right into the halloween decor:



ok, and then there was the setting: chaumette winery in Sainte Genevieve Missouri where
there happens to be a church that the winery owner saved from being permanently destroyed;
he had it taken down, transported and re-assembled on the winery's grounds:



take a look at how beautifully jaclyn and adam had this church decorated:



and then there was jaclyn + adam's team . . . a wealth of family and friends helping out. below is
jaclyn's sister-in-law styling jaclyn's hair on the left. and on the right: Jaclyn's friend Julie who
works for Miller's Professional Imaging in Columbia (SilverBox's photo processing lab of
choice!). and in the lower right: jaclyn's niece who did a banner job as flower girl



and for more folks on jaclyn + adam's team . . . the wedding party friends and family









why are THESE friends laughing?! ok, let's talk about LADYBUGS! there was an awesome
outbreak of ladybugs literally swarming around the church, and a groomsman off camera has
just inhaled one (or inadvertantly swallowed one . . . which was it?) at any rate, the other guys
tried to talk me into photographing him gasping for air but i couldn't do it . . . thanks for taking
one for the team, man!



the wonderful thing about a small church is that everyone is up close





and jaclyn and adam, relaxed, poised, psyched to be getting married:











and i haven't mentioned jaclyn's design talents yet. she designs all sorts of things: shoes, her
own wedding invitations, and the table-top decor at the reception. take a look (and if you look
closely enough, you'll see a ladybug on that wine bottle . . . ):







not only was the reception beautiful, it was possibly the most joy-filled one i've ever been at:





mid-way through the reception, just about everyone in adam's family (we're talking cousins,
uncles, aunts, his dad AND adam), was on stage singing and/or playing an instrument . . . here
is ADAM!



AND adam's dad:



AND adam's cousin, Ali, who sang "The Luckiest," by Ben Folds during the ceremony that
rivaled Folds' version . . . it was phenomenally beautiful. she is recording some music of her
own too



dancing with old friends



and shots of jaclyn + adam just before entering the reception . . . a view off the deck of the
winery's tasting room:



click on jaclyn + adam's wedding slideshow (set to their first dance song) to see the whole day.
whew. . . weddings just don't get any better than this.

~kim

brandy + aric ~ love is contagious

guess how brandy and aric met?
at a mutual friend's WEDDING, of course!

i guess the take home message is: LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS! :')

they wanted to make pictures along the trail, so we headed to rocheport . . .
soooo many things made this engagement session great

first and foremost: chemistry!

check out the chemistry between these two . . .









and the last of the fall leaves . . . dried grasses . . .

that end-of-season-let's-get-out-our-sweaters-and-scarves transition time . . .

it's energizing (for more on scarves, keep scrolling):









and rocheport itself . . . such a cool small town . . . here we are at the corner
of FIRST and CENTRAL :')










and at the rocheport general store . . . it's a sweet destination . . . just head out to

rocheport for a walk and some ice cream, wine, live music, tables inside or outside:

and on the blufftop overlooking the missouri river at sunset . . . we document lots of

weddings at this spot (Les Bourgeois' Blufftop Bistro), and you can see why. One of missouri's most BEAUTIFUL views!











check out the whole shoot by clicking here: aric + brandy's slideshow.

oh and by the way, to all you SilverBox couples still planning your wedding: aric is a FANTASTIC, hands-on DJ . . .
i doubt he'll be dj-ing at his own wedding,
but maybe at yours? :')

~kim

erin + mitch :: how sweet it is!

great people befriend great people ~ oh how we know it to be true!

documenting anne + doug's wedding this summer was a joy for so many reasons . . . 

and here's but ONE of them:  meeting erin + mitch!

doug (married to anne 6.21.08) and mitch (marrying erin 3.21.09) had been fraternity brothers as undergrads.

when i first met erin at the bradley-robinson rehearsal dinner, she was seated at a table surrounded by doug's groomsmen and ushers . . . 

(you know that feeling, the lone woman in a group of guys who have stories that go waaay back . . . ) 

i remember being completely impressed at how well erin was holding her own. 

spunk and gumption were my first impressions!

and really, does there exist any BETTER first impression!!? ~ not in my book!

we landed a primo day in KC of MO! -- look it's like Leaf Parfait out there!

badminton anyone?

this, too, is on the lawn of the nelson . . . but it almost looks like we're out in a meadow somewhere, eh?

yeah, we admit it, kim and i "do this shot" quite a lot. 

but LOOK how CUTE it is! ~ especially in front of the church erin + mitch will be married in in a few short months!

next up:  a quiet little spot on the church grounds i sure hope we can revisit in march. 

LOVE IT! (and LOVE that moment just before a kiss!)

spunk, gumption AND GREAT aesthetic sense, too! 

what a cute color combination peeking in erin's front door!!!

(and what a cute pup!)

. . . and cute shirts, too! makes me think that all "college wear" should be vintage wear.

and THIS NEXT ONE. oh, definitely one of my favorites of the afternoon 

(but click HERE, or just keep scrolling, to see nearly all of them!) 

and for it me it brings back such a laugh when i think of erin + mitch saying, 

"what?? in front of the GARAGE?! ~ but we raked leaves all morning long" 

 

SO, when you watch their engagement slideshow,

please pay particular attention to the wonderfully pristine quality of erin's yard, ok?

(b/c it did look GREAT, but is but ONE of the dozens of cute + fabulous things about this couple!)

~amy

PS don't forget to have a look: