On Sunday, Bambi and Mark had an awesome wedding in St. Petersburg. Mark is a Pastor at the church that Stacy of Meant to Be Wed attends. She got them in touch with dad and he had a great time photographing both their engagement session last month and the wedding!
Over a year ago, dad got to share in a very special day for Stacy and her husband. He was there for a First Breath session, capturing the emotion of the day their daughter was born! Dad had not seen their little girl since that day and was happy to see her at the wedding with Stacy. She was of course so much bigger, and so adorable!
Bambi’s day started at the Number 9 Salon where her sister styled her hair. Mom thinks it is really sweet that even Bambi’s getting ready on her wedding day was made more personal and meaningful by having her sister as the stylist. Keeping the day special and meaningful, the ceremony took place at the Lutheran Church of the Cross in St. Petersburg where Mark is a Pastor. The church was packed! The couple invited everyone to join them in the Fellowship Hall after the ceremony for dancing and cake and dad said there had to have been several hundred people there to celebrate with Bambi and Mark. How wonderful to be surrounded by so much love! Rob Sword of Sword Sounds did a great job as always as the DJ for the cake reception.
After the Fellowship Hall, dad headed outside with Bambi, Mark, and their wedding party for pictures before heading to Mark’s house where the group relaxed and had some really yummy pizza. That evening it was back to partying as they headed to Studio @ 620 in St. Petersburg for hors d’oeuvres and drinks. There was also an ice cream bar there that dad can not stop talking about! He keeps raving about their mint chocolate chip! Dad brought home a couple of the homemade cookies that Bambi and Mark gave out as favors and those were delicious too.
It was a laid-back day filled with the love of family and friends. Congratulations Bambi and Mark, and many blessings in your life together!
Mom loves Bambi’s shoes!
The flowers came from Publix in St. Petersburg:
Bambi and Mark had some truly kind people with them on their day. During the party at Studio @ 620, dad was talking to a mom there who had bought toy boats for her kids. After dad talked about his own boys at home, she left and came back with boats for dad to bring home to us! How nice is that?!! We hope she reads this because we want to send her a big THANK YOU! We love the boats and have already played with them lots!
But anyways CONGRATULATIONS to the SCHLENKERS!
by Jason Angelini
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