Eric & Melodie

10-10-10! What a popular date for a wedding and what an awesome day for Eric and Melodie to be married. Beautiful weather and wonderful family and friends to be around.

We had the most excellent honor of assisting our bride and groom in the planning of the reception but Melodie was absolute when she wanted the photo booth!

The reception was held at the Bonanza Inn where our bridal party entered to a personalized mix of “Let’s Get it Started” by the Black Eyed Peas. Being Oakland Raiders fans, Eric and Melodie had their grand entrance to “Back in Black” by AC-DC, they also designed their photo strip to the colors of the Raiders.

After the buffet dinner, the bride and groom cut their cake to “The Way You Look Tonight” by Rod Stewart.

For their first dance as husband and wife, Eric and Melodie celebrated to “Then” by Brad Paisley. Melodie followed with the traditional “I Loved Her First” by Heartland for the dance with her father. When Eric danced with his mother, he chose “A Song For Mama” by Boyz II Men. Then...open dancing began where the dancing was non-stop. To top the non-stop dancing, the bride and groom led a conga line of guests through the dining area, out to the main hallway to parts unknown and back to the tune of “C'mon Ride the Train” by the Quad City DJ’s!

Too much fun was going on we almost forgot about the bouquet and garter. But never the less, we accomplished these tasks with fun and vigor. Melodie was so ready to go, she threw the bouquet before I got to countdown or play the song! (“Single Ladies” by Beyonce).

Eric, on the other hand, took the garter off with football style. As soon as the NFL Football Theme kicked in for the removal, he took the garter off with grace and ease from his lady fair dainty’s leg.

Then with stern and command presence, he assembled all the single men to the dance floor. Eric took the garter, wrapped it around a football and with shotgun formation precision, threw it to the awaiting men, where one person caught it to claim victory above all others!

What a great evening we had! Good time, good friends, great music and good photo booth fun!