Kasey and Adam

Kasey and Adam were married on our Barn lawn on June 2, 2012.  We met Kasey about 13 weeks before her wedding.  Some things had happened with her previous ceremony location causing her to look for a new location in what should be the final stages of planning.  It was a pleasure to meet her and her family!  We quickly went to work planning her wedding for our Barn!  She was to be our second wedding in the Barn.

On the day of the wedding the normal thing started to happen (the part I always look forward to) items started arriving such as:  the cake, music, decorations and the flowers, oh the flowers!!  I have NEVER in my life seen so many flowers!!  They were beautiful!  I don’t have a picture (yet) of the inside reception space, but there were flowers everywhere.  She also added a very nice touch and brought in old fashioned oil lamps for every table, I adored these!  All of these things that are brought in really make a wedding unique.  As of this day (at this point we have had four Barn weddings) EVERY one of them have been unique.  Sure some things have been similar but they are all so different, as different as each Bride is.  One thing that seems to stay the same is the first dance has always been on the patio under the strung lights.  Every one of the first dances has left me with a tear in my eye.  The bride and groom danced to the song "The Greatest Sum" by the Avett Brothers.

Kasey and Adam chose to have their head table outside on the Patio.  This turned out to be one of my favorite details about this wedding.  It was the perfect backdrop for speeches as you will see in the pictures below.

I asked Kasey what her favorite moment of the day was and she had the following to say:

I don’t know if I can pick just one because everything was SO perfect. It was better than anything I could have expected. Exchanging our rings was funny because we both couldn't get them on each other. The best man's speech was HILARIOUS! (pic blow as well) I was not expecting Adam to break down dancing when he took off the garter, everyone was cracking up laughing. So many special things happened that day, I wish I could do it again 

 

Our First Barn Wedding at Chaumette

Katherine and Dustin's Barn Wedding

I first met Katherine in January of this year.  She came to speak to me about having her wedding at Chaumette.  She had no idea that there was even a possibility of having a Barn wedding.  Actually the idea of using our Barn for weddings was still very new to us.  When I mentioned what we were thinking of doing with the Barn she got very excited.  She said that she had wanted something like that, but didn’t think it was something that she could find.  Needless to say she was happy to book our Barn for her wedding!  She was to be our first Barn wedding!  It was fun to get to know Kat, she is a beautiful person, inside and out and sweet to work with. 

Once all of the decorations started to arrive for the reception it was confirmed that the Barn was the perfect place for her to have her reception.  She brought in rolled barbed wire, saddles, long horns, and even a horse and buggy!  (very cute for pictures, by the way!)

Kat and Dustin had their ceremony on the lawn in front of our Barn. It was a beautiful ceremony.  Kat walked down the aisle to one of my favorite love songs from the movie Hope Floats, “To make you feel my love” by Garth Brooks.  As the ceremony was going on, Chef Adam was busy finishing dinner in what we are calling “the chef shack”.   The guest had to be ready for dinner after smelling it being prepared.

The guests then proceeded into the Barn for dinner.  Katherine wanted her entire wedding party and both her and Dustin’s parents to be seated at one long table in the middle of the Barn.  She had name cards for each guest at the head table that were hand written by our own calligrapher; Joann, we call her "sister" as she is Hank's sister.  She added a cute horseshoe to each one, which made for a very nice touch. 

Our Bride and Groom had their first dance on our patio under strung lights.  They danced to the country love song “Cowboys and Angels” by Dustin Lynch.  I watched from inside the barn, it was so sweet, and romantic!  The band, Drama Party, set up on the patio.  They were great!  They kept the guests entertained.  I will say that after dinner the patio was the place to be. 



Ceremony / Reception Venue: Chaumette Winery | Photographer: Simpli Photography |

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