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Jen and John’s Wedding at The Stanley Hotel

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Jen and John were married at The Stanley Hotel July 30, 2011.

I’d never met Jen and John until moments before they had a private reveal in the gazebo several hours before their wedding. They wanted to have time to drive up into Rocky Mountain National as they are both huge hikers and back packers and in fact they named each table at their reception in The MacGregor Ballroom after different National Parks where they’ve hiked.

One of the defining sequences of moments of the day started with a tap on my shoulder while I was kneeling in photograph flower girl Mahayl, niece of the groom. The ushers were rolling out a runner. I moved over and they continued as Mahayl walked up tossing flower petals and stepped though the runner pull cord without missing a beat and then join her mother where she paused to wiped her brow as Jen and her father were coming down the front steps. She was cool, comfortable and calm just like Jen and John.

Jen’s father Rev. David Stewart performed the ceremony which included everyone singing several hymns. He did a great job of moving around so he could sing with the family and friends who were seated in front of the historic hotel, then turn around and speak directly to the couple. It really was a beautifully orchestrated and personal ceremony.

Cheers, Kent

Jen and John were married at The Stanley Hotel July 30, 2011.

I’d never met Jen and John until moments before they had a private reveal in the gazebo several hours before their wedding. They wanted to have time to drive up into Rocky Mountain National as they are both huge hikers and back packers and in fact they named each table at their reception in The MacGregor Ballroom after different National Parks where they’ve hiked.

One of the defining sequences of moments of the day started with a tap on my shoulder while I was kneeling in photograph flower girl Mahayl, niece of the groom. The ushers were rolling out a runner. I moved over and they continued as Mahayl walked up tossing flower petals and stepped though the runner pull cord without missing a beat and then join her mother where she paused to wiped her brow as Jen and her father were coming down the front steps. She was cool, comfortable and calm just like Jen and John.

Jen’s father Rev. David Stewart performed the ceremony which included everyone singing several hymns. He did a great job of moving around so he could sing with the family and friends who were seated in front of the historic hotel, then turn around and speak directly to the couple. It really was a beautifully orchestrated and personal ceremony.

Cheers, Kent

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Scott and Amanda

Scott and Amanda were married at the Maroon Bells Amphitheater near Aspen August 7, 2010.

My first stop was at Salon Tuillo where Amanda was having her hair and makeup done. Then it was on to the Jerome Hotel to meet up with Scott getting ready for their morning wedding. By 11AM everyone had arrived at the amphitheater.

Scott and Amanda had arranged not to see each other before their ceremony and it worked out perfectly. Scott caught his first glimpse of Amanda as her father walked her up the path before about 35 of their friends and family. Amanda’s dog, Tonka, a boxer made a great ring bearer.

It was a beautiful summer morning with a few clouds passing over the ceremony which was following by a luncheon reception at the Pine Creek Cookhouse one valley over in the upper Castle Creek Valley near the silver mining ghost town of Ashcroft. The Pine Creek Cookhouse is legendary in the Roaring Fork Valley as a rustic restaurant with great food.

After the reception Amanda and Scott wanted to go play around and take a few pictures at Ashcroft which still has about 7 buildings standing.

We finished the afternoon off back at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen with cocktails in the world famous J Bar.

Cheers, Kent

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Darcey and Jim’s wedding at Keystone

Darcey Matthews and Jim Lewis were married last Friday at Timber Ridge on top of Keystone Mountain followed by a reception in the Alpenglow Stube. Keystone Weddings These expatriates live and work in Paris and chose this beautiful mountain top location for their Colorado destination wedding. Click here is see a short slideshow of their...

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