Broxterman - Armstrong

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Waking up to an alarm at 4:45 a.m., leaving by 5:45 a.m. and in Hutchinson by 7 a.m. was early for the T&J crew to start a wedding (Tyffany, Jeff and Netanya)! Even though it was early it was WORTH it! Becky and CJ's wedding was very personalized, unique, and creative. Becky and CJ ran a 5K with family, friends including bridesmaids and groomsmen. About 60+ people showed up to support the 5K and run with Becky and CJ. The run was quite the event for Becky and CJ to start their wedding day off together. T-Shirts were made along with personalized signs made by our former bride and groom, Melissa and Brian Tinklepaugh. "Run for your Life" was just one of the many signs that was made to encourage friends and family to keep running. Melissa's parents were at a check point to pass out water bottles to help cool down those who got tired. We followed everyone in our car to capture everybody running. Half way through CJ and his groomsmen had a plotted plan including taking a U-Turn detour to make the race shorter, then passing Becky winded and wore out- making Becky believe her groom-to-be was really running hard and fast. The guys had a car parked out of sight to hop into and they crossed at the finish line "going the wrong way!" As Becky approached the finish line CJ had another plan up his sleeve. This included a bucket of ice water hiding behind a mini-van. You can imagine what he did! Becky said the water felt good since she ran the whole race without any detours or short cuts... CJ wore a garter throughout the race and Becky took it off with her teeth at the end. The garter was tossed and CJ's mom, Sue, caught it. Becky put it on Sue's leg and she kept it on even while she was at the salon. At the end of the race it was time to hit the showers and head out to get all dolled up for the wedding. CJ and his groomsmen went to Carriage Crossing in Yoder, KS to have breakfast while Becky and her bridesmaids went to Heritage Place in Hutchinson to get hair and make-up done.



Sue was the beautician who did all the girl's hair including the mothers. Renee, a friend of Becky's, did an excellent job on all the ladies' make-up. Sue's beauty shop is located behind her house in a totally remodeled homey garage. In between hair being done Becky and the girls made Sue's backyard a fun place to hang out. Writing on the side walk with chalk, playing on a kids motorized John Deere tractor, swinging in the hammock, popping the cork to a bottle of champagne and chugging. When it was Becky's turn she had a unique vined, rhinestone comb that went on the side of her head to add to her sparkly personallity. After all the girls looked spectacular they headed off to Holy Cross Catholic Church to get into their dresses. Becky's colors were turquoise and chocolate brown. The bridesmaids wore brown chiffon tea-length dresses and carried little bags made by Becky's mom to have accessories when needed throughout the day. Becky also had given all her bridesmaids a charm necklace to wear customized to each of their personalities. The guys wore black tuxes with chocolate brown vests and ties. Becky wore an unforgetable beautiful dress made of scarfy chiffon. She also made sure that she had her something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue. She had a little pouch made from left over material of her moms dress. Included in it was a locket of her grandparents that her grandmother and mother wore during their wedding, a string of pearls and a broach.



The ceremony started at 5:00 p.m. and was absolutely beautiful with Becky's dad, Roy, walking her down the long aisle to CJ. Afterwards Becky and CJ ushered out each pew to give them a chance to say hello to each of their guests. Guests then lined up outside with bubbles as Becky and CJ headed to a get-away antique white T-top Corvette. This was a surprise from Becky to CJ. Guests headed to the Kansas Cosmosphere where they all watched an Imax show before Becky, CJ and the wedding party arrived. We were able to grab some photos on an old red brick road with Becky, CJ and the wedding party. Then it was time to head to the party.



The reception continued with the creativeness. The wedding party came down the staircase of the Cosmosphere while a personalized reading from dB Extreme DJ Service was read about each bridesmaid, groomsmen and lastly Becky and CJ. Dinner started at 7:15 p.m. with the wedding party and family going first. Following, guests at the tables had to come up with a song and sing it in the microphone before getting released to go to the food line. This made it fun and entertaining to say the least! Following was a video montage of Becky and CJ with a music video overlay telling the story of their life thus far together. The toasts were done by Melissa Tinklepaugh, maid of honor; Ruth Moritz, Matron of Honor; Peter Mann, Best Man; Roy Broxterman, father to Becky; Dennis Armstrong, father of CJ; and lastly Patrick Broxterman, Becky's brother, who had quite the speech including telling CJ to have a sit down trial right then and there. He said since he is now a trial attorney and Becky's big brother, his duty was to interrogate CJ on is sister's behalf. This brought many laughs to the room and was a unique way to give a speech but totally appropriate being that he is Becky's big brother. Next was the cake cutting with a tiered cake with each layer a different flavor- white, lemon, and chocolate. The cake topper was used on Becky's grandmother's and mother's wedding cake. This made it special to have on Becky and CJ's cake as well. The cake utensils were engraved and also used in grandma's and mom's wedding. Traditionally the bride and groom cuts from the bottom layer only but they wanted to taste all the flavors so they did a cut from each layer so they could try all three. With CJ being an architect the layers were evenly cut without a flaw and leaving no mess till it came time to feed one another! The garter and bouquet toss had a twist to it as well. Becky sat down to have CJ go after the garter and to surprise the guests CJ couldn't find anything on Becky's leg. Come to find out they swapped roles and Becky went searching after the garter on CJ's leg taking it off with her teeth. She took it with a K- State football to put it around and CJ grabbed the bouquet and they threw them off the staircase down to the crowd of both single men and women. The couple that caught each are boyfriend and girlfriend! Following was the grand march with Rick and Rondi, the DJs, at the lead.Then formal dances that included Becky and CJ's first dance as husband and wife, father/daughter dance and mother/son dance which had their own personal touches as well that as photographers we had never seen done before. Becky and CJ had personally recorded letters to one another and they were laid over the recording of the Rascal Flats song, "My Wish", played to express how much they mean to each another. Both families were very nice to work with and spend the day with. Becky you are such a sweet individual and really put a lot of thought into how you planned your day with everything going just as planned. We thought it was a cool fact that during the announcement of your entrance to the reception to hear that CJ sold his car to buy your engagement ring and now bikes to work. You both are such a wonderful couple and it is evident that you trully are IN LOVE!!! In fact the two of you have re-invented the word love. What a blast and keep in touch!

Tyff and Jeff