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Melissa and her bridesmaids, mother, and mother-in-law hung out in McPherson at Creative Hairlines to they get their hair and make-up done before heading to First Congregational Church in Hutchinson, Kansas. Melissa’s beautician had done her hair for a long time and gave Melissa a gift consisting of a special mixed foundation.

While Tyffany and Netanya were documenting the ladies in McPherson Jeff was documenting Brian and the guys at Craig Allen’s, a men’s salon. Brian had his face wrapped in a hot towel, nails done and smoked a cigar in the cigar lounge with his future father-in-law, Greg. As the ladies arrived at the church they got to see their bouquets that included red Hawaiian Anthuriums as the main focus with a splash of lime green foliage. Melissa got ready in the same bride’s room as her mom had exactly 34 years to the day of Melissa’s wedding day.

Melissa had a beautiful Maggie Sottero wedding dress with cap sleeves and a floor length veil. The bridesmaids wore red strapless dresses with red and white polka dotted Betty Boop shoes. When we traveled to Kansas City to do Melissa and Brian’s engagement session they invited us into their apartment and it was evident that Melissa loves Betty Boop so it was a bonus to find such shoes for her 6 bridesmaids to wear. Before the ceremony Melissa had some socks that said “Cold Feet” and she wanted to be sure she had a fun picture with them. Netanya and Tyffany had her go into the chapel, near the bride’s room, and sit backwards in the pew with her feet propped up over the pew and shot back against the cross in the background. It made for a cute shot as you will see in the debut. Pastor Richard traveled from Colorado Springs to marry Melissa and Brian. Pastor Richard was Melissa’s pastor as she was a little girl growing up and so Melissa was very honored to have him come perform the ceremony. After the wedding Melissa and Brian ushered their guests out of the pews before coming back to the front of the church for more pictures of the two of them, family and wedding party. Then it was time to head to Prairie Dunes Country Club for the reception.

We were able to grab a few pics of Melissa and Brian and the wedding party on the greens. The reception was absolutely gorgeous for guests to gather and have quite the fun time. The groom’s cake consisted of a mountain and toy Jeeps amongst a forest of trees. It was definitely a surprise to guests when the DJ started playing “I’m too Sexy” and Melissa’s dad, brother and friend started dancing taking their tuxedo coats off to reveal that they had white collared shirts with wild patterned sleeves underneath. It was one of many highlights that occurred. Before the end of the reception it was time for Brian to cut his groom’s cake, the Best man even helped.

The newleyweds fed each-other smearing icing all over each other’s faces. Brian knew then it would make for a great kiss with his new bride. He ran over and kissed Melissa sharing some of the icing that was on his face. Before leaving we had the chance to say, “See you in a month,” to one of our future brides that was Melissa’s maid-of-honor, Becky, who is getting married August 3, 2007.

We want to say that we had an absolute blast of a time and can’t wait to see you guys again soon at Becky’s wedding. And if things get sad or troubled just remember the turtle story. We love you guys and you are great!

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Today started with Ashley getting her hair done 9 a.m. at Progressions Salon & Day Spa with her mom, six of her bridesmaids, and a friend who was a reader during the ceremony. Then they all piled into a white van to travel to the East side of town where they all got their make-up done. Once they arrived at Dillard’s they all split up and went to different make-up counters. Ashley got hers done at the MAC Counter and others were at either the Clinique, Origins, or Prescriptives Counters. Then a little before noon we headed to the church where Adam arrived to get ready and Ashley showed up shortly after. As I waited I had a little time to grab a few shots of Ashley’s beautiful, timeless dress she found at Reni’s Bridal Boutique. As Ashley came in the bridal parlor a gift from Adam awaited her in a long skinny black jewelry box. It was a bracelet made of pearls with diamonds as the clasps he had picked out from Zales. Ashley’s gift to Adam was a silver money clip from Tiffany’s with his initials engraved on it.

Ashley and Adam’s colors were bright red and lime green and their flowers were green Hydrangeas and orchids.

The ceremony was gorgeous with a foam backed white runner that lined the long aisle. Before guests were seated the runner was pinned in place and red and white petals were evenly dropped on either side of the runner.

Ashley’s dad, Dave, escorted her down the aisle to give her away to Adam. Adam was all smiles to see his absolutely stunning bride for the first time. After the ceremony guests were handed a handful of white rose petals to shower over the couple as they headed through the parted sea of people to the white stretched Excursion limousine. The couple drove around the block and came back for more pictures with family and the two of them. Before heading to the reception they wanted pictures in a park and with urban brick buildings. We went to a park in Old Town to shoot and down an alley for some fun shots. Then one shot that Ashley definitely knew she wanted was the bridal party lined up walking towards the camera in the street. We were able to get out in the middle of Douglas street when cars weren’t coming. When we came to the intersection the light turned green but we kept walking and they laughed and had a great time. This made for some really cool shots and probably got some laughs and smiles for the people in the cars as they waited. After the photo session it was time to head to the reception that was held at Adam’s parents house in the country near Hillsboro, Kansas.

Everyone gathered under a huge white tent that overlooked a beautiful pond. As the evening got darker Ashley and Adam wanted pictures on Adam’s Harley Davidson driving away. Deanna and Jason with Today for Tomorrow Videography had Adam rev his bike’s engine to work into their video later. Then shortly after we heard a big boom that started the light show of fireworks that were shot off over the pond. Jeff got some killer shots of Ashley and Adam as they watched the fireworks.

Adam and Ashley, we want to thank you for allowing us to document your wedding as the “poppies” that we were nicknamed at the salon by the bridesmaids and was carried through the day. We had a great time and we hope you have a blast at the Sandal’s Resort for your honeymoon. Take pictures because we want to see them when you get back!