Powell Tribune Bridal Edition

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Supplement to the Powell Tribune Thursday, February 26, 2015

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We asked Powell residents:

What marriage advice would you share with engaged/newlywed couples?

“You want to make sure he (or she) is the right one.”

— Corinne Zednick

“Never go to bed angry with each other.”

— Wilma Splitstone

“Communication is important. If you get in an argument, make sure you settle it. Both ought to work at their finances together, too.”

— Esther Wassink

“You each can have your own opinion, and you don’t have to agree on everything.

You can agree to disagree, but you don’t have to fight.”

— Kathy Emerson

“We were told to never go to bed mad at each other. And we never did.”

— Lucy Harvey

“Work hard to make your marriage last. You’ve got to work on it.”

— Glenn Howard

“Base your life on the Lord — life doesn’t go very easily without the Lord. The Lord is our stability. And bring your children up in it (faith), too.”

— Arlene and Philip Wilson “Make sure you know the person and the family well. It’s better to know them well.”

— Elizabeth Gould “Don’t ever go to bed mad — ever.”

— Greg Emerson

Collectively, these residents have more than 300 years of marriage between them.

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You spend countless hours planning the perfect event and when the day finally arrives, it seems to move in a fast-forward pace.

Preserving the memories from your special day can help you hold on to the feelings of love, support and excitement that accompany the wedding.

So whether you opt for photography, video or another method to record the day’s events, be sure to have a plan ahead of time so you’re not scrambling for ideas at the last minute.

PHOTOGRAPHER While quality photo equipment is becoming more widely available and affordable, it may not be such a good idea to ask your wannabe-photographer cousin to take the photos of your wedding with their digital camera.

A camera takes great pictures just like a kitchen makes delicious food. You need an expert operator to get great results.

Looking carefully for a professional photographer may be one of the best decisions you make.

They’ll not only be able to get spectacular images from your special day, but they’ll also add an air of professionalism and sophistication to your event by following proper etiquette.

VIDEOGRAPHER Video is a powerful option for preserving your wedding memories, as it affords you the opportunity to watch yourself walk down the aisle and remember your groom’s reaction. A professional videographer can set up multiple cameras to capture your wedding and reception from every angle, even in crisp HD format.

Be ready to shell out a big portion of your wedding budget for this option, though. Quality video technicians do not come cheap.

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Despite growing up in a hunting family, Gail was not proficient with a rifle. So, Dick “It still is,” Dick said.

In June 2006 they tied the knot at Chico Hot sent Gail to sniper school.

“I built her a rifle,” said craftsman Dick. t may be unbridled support for one anoth- Springs, Mont. They honeymooned in Key “Well, I didn’t machine it.” er, their exhilarating lifestyle or both that West, Fla., where they went scuba diving.

Of course Dick aimed to take the missus Dick keeps their romance fresh. make these two a perfect couple.

“I tell my wife I love her every morning,” on an African safari.

Dick and Gail Fennell of Powell have been “I shot a zebra with one shot,” Gail said. he said. married more than eight years.

They enrich each other’s “And, an impala. We’ve had a lot of fun adDick, originally from Newventures.” lives. bury, Ontario, Canada, met Even after nearly nine years of marriage, “The person I met,” Dick Gail in 2005 at Powell Mu‘The person I met said, indicating Gail, “made they still act like newlyweds. nicipal Golf Course.

“If anything, this is something to give me a better person.”

Gail, living in Billings at made me a better “Dick has encouraged me to people hope,” Dick said. the time, was in town visit- person.’

Both were divorced once. Gail has three do anything I want to do,” Gail ing her parents, Charlie and Dick Fennell said. daughters and Dick has two sons. They have Mary Sheets of Powell.

For starters, Gail learned nine grandchildren between them.

He asked her to dinner.

“I think we both really appreciate having a to ski at age 50. Since then, They dined at Hansel and they’ve skied in Canada, the United States, good marriage,” Gail said.

Gretel’s.

Dick also said they both have a good Dick has an Acroduster, a hot biplane built France, Italy and the Matterhorn, she said.

The Matterhorn, elevation 14,692, is a Christian background. Love must begin on for aerobatics. “‘Do you want to go for an airplane ride?’” mountain in the Pennine Alps on the Italian- solid ground.

“I think it’s something you nurture, but Swiss border.

Dick asked Gail.

“We actually skied around the Matter- you have to start with a good foundation,” She said yes. The plane ride segued into Dick said. horn,” Gail said. “Had cocoa at the top.” dating.

“We kind of courted off and on,” Dick said.

Dick took Gail for another spin in his Acroduster. He was maneuvering the plane, which can reach speeds of 200 mph. She loved it. “‘I want to do more,’” Gail said. “‘This is an amazing woman,’” Dick was thinking.

Dick wanted to meet her parents. He asked Charlie for his daughter’s hand in marriage while they were pheasant hunting.

“Dick, actually at 50 years, asked my dad’s permission to marry me,” Gail said.

Dick’s proposal was without parallel, but it worked. He sent Gail on a “treasure hunt.”

A series of letters left at various Billings business establishments directed her from one place to the next.

At the last stop, was Dick with a proposal, a diamond and another letter. The letter popped the question with heartfelt honesty.

Gail brought the letter when the couple met a reporter at the Fennell’s airplane hangar. “... I love you more that I ever dreamed possible,” read Gail, quoting Dick’s missive.

Both were a bit teary when Gail read those words and hugged.

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The White sisters had a joint wedding celebration in Powell on Dec. 12, 2012. Cassie (White) and Kevin Glenn are pictured on the left, and Charise (White) and Russell Rose are pictured on the right.

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Wedded bliss times two For the cake, Teecee Barrett and Evee Barrett George — sisters themselves — made a red velvet cake with white cream cheese frosting.

While they wanted to celebrate with family and friends, both brides wanted a simple wedding and reception.

“Neither one of us really wanted anything exBY TESSA SCHWEIGERT travagant,” Cassie said, noting that it wasn’t the Tribune Features Editor first wedding for any of the four.

The sisters said the wedding planning went n a December day, Cassie White stood as the maid of honor for her sister, Charise White, smoothly, as they both agreed on the details.

“It came together really nice,” Charise said. who married Russell Rose.

Each couple had a separate wedding ceremony Moments later, the sisters traded places. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Cassie became on Seventh Street the bride, marryin Powell. After ing Kevin Glenn, the weddings, a and Charise stood joint reception as her maid of took place at the honor. church.

“They got marWhen asked ried, and then a whether they few minutes later, ever thought they we got married,” would get marCassie said. “We ried on the same were married only day, both sisters minutes apart.” started laughing.

The newlywed “Not at all,” couples then celCharise said. ebrated with a joint “When Charise wedding reception. and I were youngThe sisters said er, we actually sharing their weddidn’t get along at ding day on Dec. all,” Cassie said.

12, 2012, was both The sisters are practical and fun. four years apart.

“And we loved “It wasn’t until the date — 12-12- Sisters Cassie Glenn (left) and Charise Rose (right) are pictured with their mom Ann White on their wedding day, Dec. we were older that 12,” Cassie said. we became close,” Kevin had pro- 12, 2012, in Powell. After both sisters were engaged around Cassie said. posed to Cassie a the same time, they decided to share a wedding celebration.

After the wedfew months before Charise and Russell got engaged. As the two sisters dings, the couples traveled in different directions talked about wedding plans, the suggestion came up for their honeymoons, but their paths ended up crossing unexpectedly. to do it as a joint wedding.

Charise and Russell went to the Big Horn MounIt would be practical for the White family’s outof-town relatives to only travel for one wedding tains to go snowmobiling for their honeymoon, and Cassie and Kevin traveled to Red Lodge, Mont. instead of two.

“We thought it would be easier for them,” Charise Both couples then ended up going through Billings, said. “Besides, how often do you get to say you got but hadn’t shared their plans.

They randomly ended up going to Red Lobster married on the same day as your sister?” for lunch at the same time.

Sharing wedding expenses also made sense.

“Kevin and I had just sat down, and then Charise “It’s a lot of work and a lot of expense, and we thought, we could consolidate that by going in to- and Russ came in, so we said, ‘Why don’t we just eat gether on the cake, flowers and all that,” Charise together?’” Cassie said. “We had literally sat down maybe two or three minutes before they came in.” said.

The couples have remained close over the They chose red and white for the wedding colors.

Since Charise’s maiden name is White and she years. They have enjoyed hunting and ice fishing was becoming Mrs. Rose, “I had to have white together.

The sisters have shared other special moments roses,” she said.

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oncerned that too many couples put more emphasis on their wedding than on their marriage, Chuck and Lila Hewitt help them put their focus back on their relationship, where it belongs.

The Hewitts, formerly of California, began a ministry 25 years ago to offer premarital counseling and marriage/family counseling.

That wasn’t something they planned to do; it started as a way to mentor their children’s friends, many of whom came from broken families.

“When our kids were in high school, they were very active in FFA and student leadership, and our son played football. Most of their friends came from singleparent homes,” Lila said. “When they got out of high school, they started getting married, and the friends of our children asked if we would mentor them. They really knew nothing about the basics of relationships.”

Many of those couples now have been married for 20 to 25 years now, and the Hewitts’ children have been married for 26 and 27 years.

Those statistics are in stark contrast to the fate of many marriages that end in divorce these days.

“It’s a sign of our times,” Chuck said.

“Marriage is disposable; family is disposable,” Lila added about the mindset of society today.

The Hewitts’ work grew naturally into a young couples’ ministry, sanctioned by their church in California. When they moved to Powell several years ago, their marriage and family ministry came with them.

“As soon as we got here, we started at First Baptist, and it wasn’t long at all that the pastor started referring couples to us,” Lila said. “We started a marriage and family ministry, so most of our premarital couples come through our pastor.”

They work with the church’s Marriage and Family Ministry, consisting of David and Vel Pool, Roy and Kelly Eckerdt, Kim and Ron Yount and Val and Terry Swenson.

In addition, the Hewitts also offer premarital counseling through several other local churches in the community.

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Chuck and Lila Hewitt of Powell use blue and pink megaphones to illustrate the differences in the way men and women think, speak and hear. The Hewitts have been providing pre-marital counseling and marriage/ family therapy for 25 years. Tribune photo by Ilene Olson Lila Hewitt said. “Our pastor’s Prepare and Enrich.

“We are the only seminar vision and mission for marriage and family is to serve the com- directors in the state of Wyoming,” Lila Hewitt said. munity.”

When working with a couple, Besides having nearly 50 years of experience in their “We share what we wish someown marriage relationship, and one would have shared with us using God’s word, the Hewitts years ago,” she said.

They meet for six sessions are trained for the work they do with each couple, engaged or with couples and families.

To begin with, they used Gary married, then assess how things Smalley’s material on loving are going.

Because enrelationships. Now, gaged couples are they also work with looking through P R E P A R E / E N - ‘When a couple rose-colored glassRICH, an online es, the Hewitts folresource that pro- gets it — when vides assessment the light goes on low up with them six months after tools to help them the wedding to see guide engaged cou- and they finally how things are goples to prepare for get it — we just ing in their day-tomarriage, and to rejoice.’ day lives. help them work “They’re all in with married couLila Hewitt fantasy land when ples to enrich their couples coach they get married, relationships. but six months The bride and groom, or the wife and husband, later, they’re starting to realize fill out separate online assess- that someone doesn’t squeeze ments that “provide us with a the toothpaste right,” Lila said.

When they coach a couple full view into their relationships and help us to identify the areas struggling with their marriage where we can speak to; areas for and family relationships, “We improvement,” Lila said. “We speak the truth to them, and have a clear picture of the rela- sometimes, they’ve never really had someone speak the truth to tionship.”

Without those assessments, them about their behavior and “It takes weeks to get a real attitudes,” Lila said. “By the picture of what’s going on,” she time we get through those six weeks, you can tell whether it’s added.

In addition to counseling having an effect.”

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“Most young marrieds have no idea what they said when they gave their vows,” he said.

“Our society says, ‘Well, it didn’t work out.’”

But most marriages can be successful if a couple is willing to put the effort needed into making it work, Chuck said.

“If I see a couple are contemplating a divorce situation, and they have children and it’s a selfish situation, I tell them it’s their children who are going to lose,” he said. “Their children are going to suffer because of their selfishness. Ninety-nine percent of the time, that does the trick.”

Many times, problems can be relieved by viewing situations and relationships through the other person’s perspective, and that often doesn’t come naturally, Lila said.

“A lot of what their conflict is, it’s not Chuck and Lila — it’s male and female, speaking and hearing in pink or blue,” she said.

To illustrate that men and women hear and speak differently, the Hewitts use a pair of miniature megaphones, one pink and one blue.

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Chuck and Lila Hewitt offer the following tips to enrich your love relationship: • Select a home church together.

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• Consider taking the test to discover your spouse’s love languages. This knowledge will enable you to communicate with each other at the deepest personal and spiritual level. Access the document from the website at www.powellfbc.org • If your communication is strained and you are finding it difficult to be kind to each other, look into the 40-day Love Dare Journal. Learn how to empower each other through love and respect while building a loving relationship. Access this document from the website at www.powellfbc.org • Check out The Romance

Quiz and receive Dr. James Dobson’s practical insights on how to take your marriage to the next level of romance and intimacy. Access the document from the website at www.powellfbc.org • Set a specific time together to talk about any unforgiveness in your relationship either with each other or others. And forgive!

• Date each other frequently and talk about your relationship/future/family.

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Several churches in Powell have certified facilitators who can help you navigate through the inventory and talk to you about how it can enrich your relationship. Locate a facilitator at www.prepare/enrich.com.

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Chuck said they have noticed different relationship challenges for couples in Wyoming than the ones they witnessed in California.

“I think what we have is a bunch of warriors in Wyoming” who want to provide for and fight for their families, he said.

“It’s a good thing; they just don’t know how to translate that love to their wives.”

Lila said hunting is more prominent among men in Wyoming, and that often means wives spend a lot of time alone.

Chuck added, “A lot of times they don’t know how to blend their marriages and their families” with their enjoyment of hunting and their love of the outdoors.

He noted that farming often creates similar separation challenges, with a husband spend-

ing many hours away from the house each spring, summer and fall, while the wife is home alone or with their children.

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services to deal with problems beyond the scope of what they are able to work with. Those can include depression and thoughts of suicide as well as physical or mental abuse.

“If we’re not qualified to help them with an issue, we refer them to an agency that can help them,” Lila said. “If we see there are barriers to healing the relationship, then we get them to people who can help them.”

Some marriages can’t, and shouldn’t be saved, the Hewitts said. But in most cases, they can, and once couples get beyond their struggles, they realize what they would have given up if they hadn’t persevered.

For the Hewitts, working with couples is a rewarding volunteer labor of love.

“We love to do this,” Lila said. “Let us help you avoid unnecessary loss of peace. Why do you want to be miserable when you have the power to change? It’s a choice.”

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eeting the right person, falling in love and deciding to get married can all be a complicated, drawn-out affair, but the act of getting legally hitched is pretty easy in Wyoming.

Getting a marriage license here is about as simple as a trip to the county clerk’s office with some information about yourselves and $30 in cash, followed by a ceremony of your choice.

Unlike some other states, there’s no waiting period and no blood tests to go through before getting a license in Wyoming.

You will have to provide your names, ages, Social Security numbers, some information about your parents and should have an ID like a driver’s license.

After getting a marriage license, you have a year to “solemnize” the marriage in a ceremony.

While what you say in your vows may be important to your spouse-to-be, it’s not to the state.

Wyoming law says that “no particular form is required (in a marriage ceremony), except that the parties shall solemnly declare in the presence of the person performing the ceremony and at least two attending witnesses that they take each other

as husband and wife.”

Any ordained minister of the gospel, bishop, priest, rabbi or other qualified person acting in accordance with any religion, denomination or religious society can perform the ceremony, as can any district court judge or court commissioner, circuit court judge, magistrate or supreme court justice.

As just one example, people can call the Park County Circuit Court office and schedule a time during work hours for a ceremony to be conducted in the circuit courtroom.

Judges can also give attorneys a temporary court appointment so they have the authority to conduct a marriage ceremony.

The person who performs the ceremony does need to complete a certificate with the names, ages and addresses of the couple and two witnesses and the time and place of the wedding, which is then provided to the county clerk’s office.

Individuals who are 16 or 17 years old need written permission from their parent or guardian to get a license and anyone younger than 16 needs the approval of a judge to go along with that of their parents.

A Park County webpage, at www.parkcounty.us/countyclerk/marriageinfo.html, con-

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK REQUIREMENTS A special use permit is required for ceremonies performed in Yellowstone National Park, unless the wedding takes place at the Mammoth Chapel. Couples must complete a permit application and send it with a nonrefundable $50 application fee to Visitor Services Offices, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. For a copy of the permit, email yell_visitor_services@ nps.gov or visit www.nps.gov/ yell/planyourvisit/weddinginfo. htm.

The permit application must be received at least two weeks before the wedding.

Either a Wyoming or Montana marriage license is applicable for a wedding in Yellowstone. For couples getting hitched near Old Faithful, Canyon, Lake or Grant Villages, a Wyoming license is preferable. A Montana license is more practical for couples getting married in the north of the park near Mammoth Hot Springs.

The bride and groom, as well as all wedding participants and guests, must pay the park entrance fee upon entering Yellowstone. The fee is $25 per vehicle for seven days in Yellowstone.

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BY TESSA SCHWEIGERT Tribune Features Editor

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his is the first time I’ve written for the bridal edition as a Mrs. About 10 years ago, I started writing for this section in the Tribune. At the time, the news staff mostly consisted of men, and it made sense to assign the stories about flowers, cakes and dresses to a bright-eyed teenage girl.

Not that I was overly eager to begin planning my own wedding at that young age.

It would take another decade, travels beyond Wyoming and an unexpected return home before any of those wedding tips in my stories would be useful for me.

In years of writing about weddings and marriages for this newspaper, I never imagined I would meet my husband in this newsroom.

Yet this place, where CJ Baker and I have told so many stories, became the starting place for our own.

I remember the day I first met CJ in the newsroom. It was August 2008, and I had just returned from England, and CJ had recently graduated from the University of Wyoming.

We quickly became friends, but it took a while before our friendship turned into something more.

When we began dating, our relationship just made sense.

He’s my favorite person, and I knew early on I wanted to share my life with him.

Fast forward through a few

years of dating to May 2014. CJ proposed on a beautiful spring day in Yellowstone National Park. Of course I said yes immediately.

We decided to have a short engagement and chose Oct. 4 for our wedding date. After searching for a unique venue, we found a beautiful little

CJ and Tessa (Schweigert) Baker were married on Oct. 4, at St. Olaf Church near Red Lodge, Mont. The couple first met in the Powell Tribune newsroom. Photos courtesy Carla Wensky, C. Wensky Photo & Design

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As I planned my own wedding, I soon appreciated how many details must be considered — venues, food, invitations, pre-marital counseling, an officiant, flowers, dresses, music, decorations, photography, a marriage license and the list goes on.

Thankfully, CJ and I are blessed with incredible family and friends who helped arrange so many of those details.

We kept our wedding simple, and I never had a meltdown nor morph into a bridezilla. Part of that is because I knew the end goal was worth any momentary stress. But I only stayed calm because of the constant support of family, generous help from friends and the grace of God. A lot of prayer went into our engagement, our wedding and our marriage. Over the past year, we have seen God’s goodness and provision in so many ways as we became husband and wife.

Oftentimes in Bridal Edition articles, we ask couples to share advice on weddings and marriage. In answering that question, my advice is quite simple: Make the wedding your own, and don’t get so distracted by planning and details that you forget why you’re getting married.

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Utah woman seeks world record for catching bridal bouquets at weddings SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman says she has smashed the world record for catching bridal bouquets at weddings and now is seeking recognition for it.

Salt Lake City’s Jamie Jackson submitted an application on Feb. 11 to Guinness World Records, saying she has caught 46 bouquets since 1996 and has the documentation to prove it.

The current record of 11 bouquets caught by Stephanie Monyak of Pennsylvania has stood since 2004. Jackson said she has attended as many as 100 weddings because of her family’s connections to musical theater and their church. She jokes that what started out as a hobby has turned

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She said she was happy to learn very strategic where you place yourself,” she said. “My strategy 44 of the 46 brides were still married. “I consider is to be right up myself a good in the front because a lot of ‘I’ve had many, many luck charm,” she said. time the brides catches where I’ve Jackson has don’t know how dispelled the far they are go- had to jump for it.’ myth that a woming to throw it.

Jamie Jackson an who catches a “A lot of times bouquet catcher bouquet will be it will hit a ceilthe next to get ing, it’ll hit a chandelier ... I’ve had many, married. She said some people many catches where I’ve had to joke that she’s purposely staying jump for it. And I’ve hit little kids single to catch more bouquets, but she insists that is not the case. by accident.”

“It’s just been a fun process Before she could apply to Guinness, Jackson had to track down over the years,” she said.

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