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Alright, Alright.  I normally title my posts with the couple’s first names, but I couldn’t resist the French-Italian poetic hyphenation of LeClaire-DeCelles.  Stephanie’s dad joked about the flowery nature of the combination of their two names in his toast, and I agree that it’s both notable, and nice to say.

Stephanie and Nick will be forever in my mind the Connie Couple.  Connie is short for The Constellation, a plane that has a special history in both of their families.  It is rare to meet a pilot of one of these planes, but both Stephanie and Nick had grandad’s that flew this plane.  We shot some stuff among these rare birds at their engagement session.

I was just telling Stephanie’s mom and dad tonight at the viewing party that every wedding has a couple of sub-stories that show up over and over during the wedding.  For me, one of the prominent sub-stories here was the bond between Stephanie and her older sister Nikki.  Over and over in the “film”, I found affectionate glances between the two of them.

Many of my favorite images from the day were of glances between Stephanie and nick during the ceremony.  They had their own language in these glances.  I picked one of Jewel’s but there were may great moments there.  Anyway….pictures!! Here you go…

one of those sweet moments with sister..Nikki practices her MOH toast silently to herself

Jewel’s photo below…Nick and dad get dressed

There were also lots of sweet moments between Stephanie and her dad.  Here he sees her for the first time.

At our final meeting, we talked about the fact that Stephanie’s grandmother would be much missed from the wedding day, but that she was a devoted member of the church where the ceremony was held.  Mom told me that grandma was especially close to the organist and soloist, so I knew that capturing their presence was a commemoration of grandma’s presence there.

Jewel’s shot below

The best man revealed in his toast that he and cohorts were the mystery villains who decorated Nick’s car while it was parked in the church parking lot for pre-marital counseling classes

Thanks guys!!