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in, grab a spot and have a drink before we tie
the knot,’” Jeff said. “We went to a wedding a
few years before where they gave you a cocktail
while you were sitting down before the
VENDORS
VENUE: SWISS ACRES,
TERRIL
CATERING: YESTERDAYS
FLOWERS: FERGUSONS
CAKE: HY-VEE BAKERY
PHOTOGRAPHER:
SHAELA GROSS,
SHAELA ELISE
PHOTOGRAPHY
ceremony and I thought that
made it so much more relaxing.”
After the ceremony, shuttles
took guests to The Waterfront
for cocktails and hors
d’oeuvres before coming
back to Swiss Acres for the
reception.
Dinner was catered by
Yesterdays and featured pork
tenderloin, chicken, carrots,
asparagus and au gratin potatoes.
Dessert was a four layer
cake, decorated sugar cookies and an Oreo
cake that Andrea saw on Pinterest.
“We did have a lot of dessert there, but we
have a lot of friends and families that love dessert,”
Andrea said.
Musician Danny Grouse provided the music
at the reception.
“He was amazing. Everybody danced,”
Andrea said. “We like to go out and listen to
bands so we decided to have live music.”
After dancing the night away, the couple
rode away in style in Jeff’s wedding present to
Andrea — a 1966 Mustang convertible.
“I’ve liked Mustangs since I was about 16
years old and I’ve always dreamed about having
a ’66 Mustang since I was that age,” Andrea
said. “I was floored when I walked out
and saw the Mustang and I realized that it was
mine.”
It was a wedding day that brought so many
of their dreams to reality. •
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