Deer-Cenzo Wedding Bigfork, MT

Friday - Sunday, August 28 - 30, 2015

When we arrived in the area, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that Tic's niece was getting married this weekend and we were invited to the event.

Turns out both the bride and groom are professional producers.  So the wedding is an event to say the least.

Friday evening there was a BBQ for everyone.  I heard one of the caterers say 160 people expected Friday evening.

The couple rented a compound consisting of a huge house able to sleep 40 people in 8 different bedrooms.  The compound had an additional building that was being used by the caterers.

These logs created a magnificent entrance to the compound.

This is the main house with 8 bedrooms with a large kitchen area and a large living area.  The front porch is fantastic also.

This is a closeup of the fountain area on the right side of the picture above.  See the tent in the background?  Several people pitched tents, some had RV's and most of the rooms in the big house were filled.  People came from all over the U.S. to attend, and one flew in from Europe.

The building you see was used by the caterers.  This was the setup for the BBQ.

This is Tic's sister and her husband.  They live near Newcastle. WY.

The wedding is at a different location called the Brumar Estates.

This building was where the ceremony was held.

This is the front of a separate house where the wedding party was getting ready. 

This was the setup for dinner after the wedding ceremony.  They even had a small orchestra (no guitars).

Here's Tic and his sister, Diane.

This is Mom (Diane) and bride (daughter-Lisa).  Quite a bridal gown!!

Randy (Diane's husband) and Travis (Diane's son) are with Tic.

Here's the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony.

Getting ready to cut the cake.  Wonder how they will treat each other when feeding each other a bite.

They were both very nice to each other.  No smearing of cake on either face.

We did not think to take a picture of the buffet line for dinner.  It was fantastic.  Dinner consisted of: salad; beet, carrot & jicama vegetable mixture; mashed potatoes with brown gravy; baked fish; baked chicken and prime rib.  There was a separate menu for the children.

As we were eating dinner, this was the sunset.  It was beautiful because of the smoke.

The sky got pinker as the sun got lower.

We left this event about 9pm after several people gave short speeches to and about the newlyweds.

Next there was a brunch for everyone Sunday morning about 11am.

The brunch setup was the same as the BBQ setup.

Early this morning the wind blew a small rain storm through.  It cleared the sky and we actually got to see sunshine for the first time in days.  Look, you can even see trees on the mountains.  This picture was taken from the porch of the big house.

We were excited to be able to see the green trees on the mountains.  This is on our drive home after the brunch.  The clouds seem to be building, so we might get more rain.  We sure pray the rain is helping with the wild fires.

On the way home we thought about getting a picture of this entrance to someone's home.  We especially liked the little bear on the top rail.

This wedding event was a royal production.  We felt blessed to be in the area at the right time and able to attend.