for hunting and the outdoors. The bridal party traveled to and from the wedding ceremony in a vintage 1969 bird’s egg blue Chevy pickup that belongs to Chelsea’s boss, Al Dohmen, of Monett. The wedding ceremony itself was another one-of-a-kind affair with traditional scripture readings combined with country music, a unity sand ceremony and vows written by the bride and groom. After Chelsea and Austin were announced as man and wife, the wedding party danced down the center aisle to the upbeat “Stuck Like Glue” by Sugarland. “I had a vision in my head for the wedding, and once it came together, I was just blown away,” said Chelsea. “Austin and I are not traditional in any way, and we didn’t want our wedding to be traditional. We tried our best to be different.”
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FEBRUARY 2013