It was about four years ago, that’s when I met Eric and Briana for the first time. I was in Hartville, Ohio, (which is between Akron and Canton) on fall break with one of my college friends. He was nice enough to take a fairly large group to his home for the weekend. Little did I know what would blossom out of that one friendship and that first trip to the sleepy, beautiful town of Hartville, Ohio.
Looking back now it has been several years, That friend, Jared, is now my best friend and our wives are best friends. We have visited Hartville regularly ever since and have come to call their family, our family. All six of Jared’s aunts and Uncle’s share their homes and resources freely with everyone and it is truly a centered and special family to be considered a part of. They truly have and share the love of God freely with all they encounter and it shows in every aspect of theirs and their children’s, and their grandchildren’s, and even in their great-grandchildren’s lives.
Wow, I could probably keep talking about them, but the purpose of this post is to share the pictures of the wedding of Eric and Briana, the last of the Coblentz boys, to finally get hitched. He married his high school sweetheart, Briana after dating for several years! I was not the photographer, but had my fun nonetheless. Tom of Livigni Photography was very gracious and is an exceptional photographer! Check him out here: http://www.livigniphotography.com
So on to some pics!!
If you knew this family of boys, you would know that the wedding day had to start with some Basketball!
“Campy” – One of the 12 Crazy Groomsmen!
Here is Tom Livigni, working his assets…Nikon D700, beautiful piece of machinery!
Nancy, the beautiful mother of the groom, almost in tears watching her husband and four sons walking up the drive-way.
The Coblentz Family (Without Wives and Grandchildren)
The Groom did not have an ounce of stress the entire day, totally care-free and having a great time!
Probably one of my favorites of the entire day
The Stunning Bride Arrives!
The First Look! (And the other photographers covering every possible angle!)
And the Parents look on with pride and joy all over their faces!
How about some details!
The Best Man’s (Zach, the oldest brother) speech notes
At this point, I feel I should take an intermission and let you know that this will certainly be the longest blog post of my short blogging life, but could very well break a Guinness record, so get comfy, because we are just getting started.
The Guys
The Adorably Handsome Ring Bearer, Micah Coblentz!
Had to put this one in, look closely! Who is out of place in this picture? No, not the best man!?!?!? Is that a Cell Phone!?! HE WOULDN’T!!!
Adella with Grandpa
Accidentally shot this way overexposed and she looked like an angel, Love this Shot!!
Seriously!? This kid should be modeling for Calvin Klein at age 4!
Should be the cover for the next InStyle Wedding Magazine!
Adella and Makana (I think they are for hire as flower girls, probably go for 1,000 each per hour!)
After they got engaged, they did not kiss until this one right here! That’s 7 Months!!!!
It was a gorgeous reception at the Hartville Marketplace!
This cake had the verse from Song of Songs Chapter 3, that Eric used to propose to Briana in a bible with her new name on it, and was also their wedding theme.
This is such a great shot of Briana kissing her husband during the first dance…
Now on the Partay! In this picture, you can see three distinct conga lines, what you can’t see is that they were all connected! Longest Conga Line I have ever seen!
The dance floor was full and got crazier as the night moved along…see picture after this one for an example…
I swear it is not as bad as it looks!
A couple of the bride and groom getting their groove on!
Oh and Hey! Remember that time we almost set the sprinklers off cuz we lit the sparklers INSIDE!! (Brandon Triola…)
And the sendoff…
It was an awesome day!!!
