Now on to the Kim Rock- Clayton Harvey reception held July 22. The reception started with light music playing and hors doevres being passed. After the bride and groom were announced, dinner was served! Monarch also catered this event and, as always, brought their A game with the spiced chicken and cheese tortellini. Kathy’s Bakery did the brides cake and for the groom cobbler was served. The music was soft until after we cut the cakes, then we dimmed the lights, turned up the music and everyone got on the dance floor! The colors were yellow and navy blue. The ballroom tables were draped with ivory cloths and navy runners. The center pieces were white hydrangeas with yellow roses. There was also lemon accents in some of the vases and around the cake table. Kim looked beautiful in her white dress. She had her little braids pulled back in her hair. She was so beautiful. Clayton is a lieutenant in the air force so he wore his service dress (which coincidently matched the blue runners perfectly.) Everything about this reception was so much fun all the way until we said our goodbyes. The bride and groom made their exit to a sea of lit sparklers being swirled by their family and friends.
July 23 we changed it up a little bit here and instead of the normal wedding we usually have on Saturdays, we had the great pleasure of hosting the United Regional “Playing it Safe” sports banquet. This event was geared toward parents of student athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers to help keep kids from getting sports related injuries. They had physicians from United Regional that primarily deal with these types of injuries speak and there was also a guest speaker. Now if you are a Dallas Cowboys fan I am positive you have heard this name plenty of times... Bill Bates. He is a former Cowboy, and was a member of the 1992, 1993 and 1995 Super Bowl Champions team. He was a line backer, safety, and a member of the special teams. What an honor it was to have someone with three super bowl rings in the building! He is such a nice guy! He signed lots of footballs, jerseys, and United Regional pinnets for everyone who came out. After the presentation ended, there was a complimentary bar-b-que dinner provided by the hospital and prepared by Monarch. For dessert we had cupcakes in the shape of a giant stadium that were baked by the Ganache Girls. They were sooo yummy! As much as I love receptions this was a nice change of pace! It was so cool getting to meet Mr. Bates and listen to all of the different things that each speaker had to say! I already can’t wait to have this event here again next year!
Now back to what I know is everyones favorite: the ceremonies and receptions! The next weekend on July 29 our building transformed into the “big city” for Holly Morgan and Jason Scheller’s ceremony and reception! Holly is a Jersey girl who relocated to Chicago and then to Wichita Falls. The city is a big part of who she is and she really wanted to incorporate it into her wedding. Every table had its own name and then a description about that table. There was a Central Park, Penn Station, and Union Square table just to name a few. The foyer table was covered in Chicago’s famous Garrett popcorn and the sweetheart table sat in between two skyscrapers. There was a photo booth set up with a city skyline back drop. The colors were red, black, and white because Jason graduated from Texas Tech and he wanted that tied into the wedding as well. I really love how this couple had thought of so many personal touches to add to their wedding. Ann with Mystic Floral did an amazing job on the centerpieces and turning our C Ballroom into a very romantic ceremony spot. Holly did not have a flower girl so Ann created an “S” in rose petals on the floor for Holly to walk through. After the ceremony I was trying to gather the wedding party so we could do a reception line and everyone could say their “hello’s and thank you for coming” and I noticed Jason and Holly in the corner doing a secret handshake. It was so cute; I knew I had to mention it in the blog. We had a cocktail hour were the signature drinks, cosmopolitans and skyscrapers were served, then at 8:15 we opened the ballroom doors and everyone stepped into the “big city.” As soon as everyone was seated, the always delicious Bistro Express served dinner. For dessert there was a candy bar and wedding cake of course! The cakes were prepared by Kim Pirtle. Holly’s cake was a white cake with buildings all around it and Jason’s cake was Star Wars inspired. Everything about this night was original. I think Holly did a great job of planning this out and really making the building her own. (Hey Holly you got this! You're gold girl!)
The next day we did one of the things we do best and we turned the building into Jordan Bailey and Bradley Carvers dream reception. Now we did not do this on our own. Most of the credit needs to go to Bonnie Hill and Ginger Schaffner of Creative Elegance, where details really are their specialty! They showed up at 8am ready to decorate and by 2pm this place looked totally different. The board rooms were transformed into a candy bar and appetizer station. The ballroom was absolutely amazing with all different shades of brown, gold, green and purple. They used some of their designing secrets (which I will never tell!) to really give Jordan the fall inspired reception she hoped for in July! Jordan and Bradley are both Aggies (Whoop!) so instead of doing a bride’s cake and a groom’s cake Aunt Glenda’s Bakery did an Aggie cake for both of them. This reception had a lot of things worth blogging about like when DJ Joe Martin played the Aggie war hymn or I could write about the cute slide show that played on the north wall all night, buuuut the thing I really want to tell everyone about is the dance than Jordan shared with her brother, Taylor. This started off like any other dance, sweet and slow. About half way into it the music starts to skip and of course everyone turns to the DJ like “what is going on?” then out of nowhere the music turns into Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” and they begin to do the dance! Then it turns into NSYNC’s “Bye, bye, bye” and they nailed that dance too! They also incorporated the “Oops… I did it again” by Britney Spears and Soulja Boy dance. Then with a little help from Jordan’s mom and junior bridesmaid (Jordan sat this one out for obvious reasons) they let everyone know they needed to “Put a ring on it” like Beyonce said. After the dance medley the music turned back into the slow song and they ended with Taylor dipping Jordan. If it is not already on YouTube, I am sure it will be soon! When it goes viral be sure to give the Wellington its credit! Haha! At 11:00 we called last call at the bar then Jordan changed into her leaving dress and the couple made their exit! I hope you two are having a blast on your honeymoon cruise!
To Mr. and Mrs. Ballard, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Scheller, annnd Mr. and Mrs. Carver THANK YOU for letting us be a part of your special days. You have made July of 2011 one I will never forget. The Wellington wishes you a lifetime of happiness and the best of luck on your futures together as husband and wife!
I would like to give another special thanks to United Regional and Bill Bates for trusting us to accommodate one of your biggest events of the year. And also to all of the photographers, caterers, planners, cake makers, and DJs that helped July 2011 turn into such a successful month for the Wellington. We appreciate each and every one of you!
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