A wedding in the mountains

Yesterday, July 10th, we were honored to be a guest at Phillip and Lauren Brown's wedding.  It was held at the Wild Basin Lodge located in the Rocky Mountain National Park.  It was beautiful!  The wedding was held outside and it had many personal touches by Phillip and Lauren.  They wrote their own vows and instead of lighting a unity candle - they planted a tree with soil from both Birmingham (his home) and Chicago (her home). 

After the ceremony, they had the photographer take a picture of all the guests with Phillip and Lauren.  As a guest book, they had their logo (a tree with a bike against it) printed.  We used a stamp on our finger and left our fingerprint as the leaves on the tree.  Below our fingerprint, we were asked to sign our name.  They plan to hang the poster in their home. 

We had a cocktail hour and appetizers, including bread baked at the bakery where Phillip once worked, followed by a sit down dinner.  Another unique touch to the night was that we each had a rock with our name on it.  Under the rock, it had our table assignment.  For dinner our choices were pork, chicken or vegetarian.  After several meaningful speeches, both sets of parents and Kym (Phillip's sister), it was time for cake.  A friend made their cakes for their gift.  She made carrot, chocolate and vanilla.  Delicious!  It was a lovely night and it was a wonderful treat for all of us to be their to celebrate Phillip and Lauren's love!  Check out some pictures from the evening.

Me and mom

Mom and Dad

3 of us

Ron and Ann (groom's parents)

Kym (groom's sister) and Josh

Phillip and Lauren wedding site

our rocks :)

emotional toasts

Just Married !