Martha

Dear Blake,

Once upon a time there was a girl and a boy and they both loved baseball. After several years of courting the boy asked the girl to marry him and she said yes. They decided they wanted their wedding to be a little different, so they chose a baseball theme. The colors were red and white; the colors of their favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals.

We were honored to be able to have your piano at the festivities. Out of respect for the service itself, photos were not taken during the ceremony with the piano; however several were taken in Bee Tree Park where the wedding was held.

A beautiful fountain sits across from the area that was used as the alter. There was even a hidden area where the bride waited for her musical introduction. After they exchanged their vows, pictures were taken in front of the mansion that is next to the area where they took their vows. There was also an overlook of the Mississippi River that provided a beautiful backdrop for some of those photos.

The reception was held under a tent outside the home of the groom’s parents. The table decorations were baseball cards and miniature red baseball caps filled with white carnations. The guestbook was a baseball jersey with the couple’s name and the year of their marriage. The wedding cake looked like a baseball and red gift bags for the guests included sunflower seeds, Cracker Jacks®, peanuts, and baseball gumballs. We dined on hot dogs, hamburgers, nachos, and pretzels...all of the wonderful things you can get at the concession stand. The couple toasted with their preferred drink...wine for her, beer for him...in their own special glasses.

At the end of the day, Mr. & Mrs. Ballard left to begin their happily ever after.