Bethanne and Solomon were married by Bethanne’s father in his church where she grew up. The couple actually met in the basement of the same church at auditions for a movie being filmed in Bigfork. Bethanne was helping out with reading lines and Solomon was there to audition.
The Couple used assorted china and silver form the bride’s mother, had raspberry jam made by the groom’s sister as favors and assembled with assistance from his neice. When it came to the flower girls, there was no way the bride could choose from her 13 nieces so she just enlisted all of them (According to Bethanne, "There was no way I could choose which nieces of mine were going to be in the wedding and which ones weren't. I love them all SO much! I am the ninth child of ten, which means I was an aunt at a young age and our family is continuing to grow!"). The bride’s mother no doubt stayed very busy sewing each and every one of the flower girl dresses … as well as the vests for the ringbearer. After the ceremony, the flower girls attended the lemonade stand where guests could drop a donation in the jar to help the couple with their honeymoon
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The picture outside the barn is of the bride’s family (only parents, my brothers and sisters and their spouses and kids), but two of my siblings and their families were unable to make it unfortunately so in the picture 10 people are missing. The bride is the 9th of 10 children, so this was really a wedding embraced by the love a big family brings.
Ceremony Location: The Little Brown Church (Bigfork, MT)
Photographer:
Marianne Wiest Photography - talented sister of the bride (it sure comes in handy to have a sister as a photographer!)
Flowers: Mum's Flowers (Whitefish, MT)
Makeup & Hair: Saretta Eash (Sousie & Sousie, Kalispell, MT)
Food: John's Angels Catering (Kalispell, MT)
Cake: Kaitlyn Shults
