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Molly & Jared are the stars of one of my favorite engagement shots ever:

From their Autumn Engagement session on the Cherry Creek Bike Path near Downtown Denver

And their recent wedding at Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club in Aurora was so well planned and thought out that it really was a pleasure to photograph.  As everyone knows, we’ve had one of the hottest summers I can remember in a long time and their big day was definitely a scorcher so we opted to be indoors for as much of it as we could.  Molly & Jared totally took care of their guests too.  They had the most fabulous band playing along with a fun photobooth and even a chocolate fountain.  But the icing on top of all that is that they had Basic Kneads Pizza Truck come on out late in the night in case any of the guests worked up an appetite from all of the dancing.  Talk about taking care of their guests needs!

Molly & Jared,

You two are perfect together:)  I hope you have a lifetime of making wonderful new memories together.

Congratulations!!!

April

Dress Designer (both Molly’s gown and her bridesmaids’): Watters and Watters

Dress Shop: D’Anneli Bridal

Shoes: Molly bought her white rhinestone flats from DSW, but she’s had her cowgirl boots from Shepler’s for a long time: http://www.sheplers.com/

Jewelry: I should have known Molly’s ring was a Ritani (bought from Trice http://www.tricejewelers.com/) because I was totally admiring it and when I first started looking at rings to hint at for my husband I was completely in love with the Ritani style rings:) http://www.ritani.com/

Molly also told me that all of the pearls worn were purchased and strung by an independent wholesaler from a jewelry show.  Molly’s pearl bracelet and her gorgeous cocktail ring were from her family.

Hair: Montana Salon (Molly’s hair was done by Nicole) 

Makeup: Trish McEvoy

Cake: Mulberries http://www.mulberriescakeshop.com/

Chocolate Fountain provided by Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club

Flowers (including those on the cake): Fleur de Liz 

Cocktail Hour Pianist: Lance Garrett (a good friend of the family)

Band: Boogie Nights a Moment’s Notice Group 

Stationary and Signage: All of those pieces were created by Molly & Jared themselves:)

Officiant: Ken Tankersly

Molly and her mom get ready.

Molly’s bridesmaids make sure her dress is ready to go.

Molly gets ready before the ceremony.

Molly wore this lovely family heirloom

I was telling my husband that Molly reminds me of a beautiful country singer like Carrie Underwood so I found it very fitting that she brought her boots to wear at the reception:)

Jared waits for the ceremony to get started.

Molly’s parents help her put her jewelry on as the ceremony start time approaches.

The beading on her dress is so pretty.

Bridesmaid bouquet

Yeah I know I don’t usually show the ring this much…but it’s a pretty one so I can’t resist:)

Molly’s gorgeous mom

Molly’s super pretty bouquet

First look

Jared looks great!

Of course, so does Molly. (And how fun is it that her Watters dress has pockets?)

Molly chose to have her mother as her matron of honor and her best friend as her maid of honor.

The ceremony set up before it started.

Fleur de Liz did such a great job with the flowers. I really liked all of them! These were the aisle flowers for the ceremony.

Molly’s dad starts to trek to give his daughter away

How pretty is this scene? Put a gorgeous bridesmaid with some pretty flowers and greenery and it’s hard not to come up with a stunning photo like this:)

Vows

Molly & Jared get a little private time at their ceremony.

Yay!

Jared makes it official:)

Molly & Jared hired a great piano player to keep everyone entertained during cocktail hour.

Love these!

The room all set up.

Mmmmm….chocolate!

The two best men and maid of honor give speeches

Their cake was from Mulberries and had their initials in that top tier.

First Dance

Such a cute shot of Molly & her dad:)

Boogie Nights

Party time!

The bands singer came out into the crowd to serenade.

Basic Kneads showed up late in the reception to take care of the late night munchies.

I am so happy that I was able to convince Molly & Jared to leave their reception after dinner for just a few minutes to get these sunset shots! Hopefully they are too and think it was worth taking just a 10 min break from the party:)

Be sure to head over to the WEDDINGS area of my website if you’re looking for information about wedding photography.