When it comes to entertaining 250 of your closest friends and family, no one does it quite like Whitney White and her sister Jamie Levescy. Most wedding stories are about how the bride and groom met and fell in love, about antique engagement rings and details of the proposal. These things are stories in their own right, but they would just convey the same sort of comfortable love that the wedding itself personified.

Around the same time Whitney and John Junger were falling in love and making plans, Jamie and her husband Tom were buying a new house for their expanding family. They found an old farm house in the middle of Oklahoma City, perfect for hosting large gatherings; the Levescys graciously volunteered their home for the wedding.

John and Whitney have a generally easy and laid-back style, so a formal wedding didn’t seem fitting. Whitney designed an elegant garden celebration, while maintaining a level of casualness that reflected the personalities of both the bride and the groom.

The ceremony began at dusk, just as the heat of the day was starting to wane. The bridesmaids trailed from the house carrying parasols opened to the side to shield the bride from the view of the guests and her waiting groom.

As they stood on the stairs of the home’s back porch, the bridesmaids each wore a dress in their own style of varying shades of green. Their footwear

ranged from formal high-heels to cowgirl boots. Whitney wore a 1940’s inspired dress of silk crepe by Watters Brides, complementing the feel of the vintage-modern atmosphere.

Not only was the ceremony a tribute to friends and family, it was conducted and orchestrated by friends and family as well. Jenn Bounds, along with her maid of honor duties, played cello with her rock string quartet. Local musician, Lisa Curl sung the couple a love song. Whitney’s oldest friend, Kayla Bonewell, performed a custom and personal ceremony. Family friend, Reverend Marvin Nelson made the official pronouncement, and the couple kissed to The Stringents playing Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.”

Prepared by the bride’s brother Bryan, southern fried-chicken and a myriad of homemade salads set the tone for the evenings festivities. And in lieu of wedding cake, Whitney’s father baked and filled over two hundred cream puffs!

The most important aspect of planning their wedding was making sure they found just the right photographer that suited their easy going lifestyle. Whitney and John found just what they were looking for when they met wedding photographer Josh McCullock. Completely unobtrusive, practically blending in as guests, Josh and his wife Katie captured every moment that day to stunning effect.

photography • Josh McCullock Photography

Mr. and Mrs. John and Whitney Junger

WHITNEY WH ITE + JOHN JUNGERMay 31, 2008Jo

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LAURA D I L LARD + KYLE YOUNGAugust 23, 2008Jo

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Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Young

accommodations • The Skirvin Hilton | bridal accessories • Bridal Showroom | bridesmaids’ attire • Bridal Showroom | cake • Amy Cakes

catering • Cheever’s Cafe | decor & rentals • Marianne’s Rentals For Special Events | entertainment • Box Talent Agency | florist • Morrison Floral

ice sculpture • Ideas In Ice | lighting • Innovative Entertainment Solutions | photography • Josh McCullock Photography

reception venue • Oklahoma Heritage Museum | rehearsal Dinner • Deep Fork Grill | tuxedo • Tuxedo Junction

Wedding Jewelery • B.C. Clark Jewelers | wedding planner • Sacha Patires - Whimsical Weddings

Kyle Young and Laura Dillard met by chance at the Bishop McGuinness High School Prom in 2002. Each attended the prom with a friend and by the end of the night, a date swap had taken place. The couple stayed together as they finished high school and dated throughout their time at the University of Oklahoma. In 2007 Kyle and Laura moved to Austin, Texas, as Kyle pursued his MBA and Laura attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School. During a New Years vacation with friends and family in Aspen last winter, Kyle finally proposed.

The couple wed on August 23, 2008, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Oklahoma City. The groom attended grade school on the premises at Rosary School 10 years before. Presiding over the ceremony was a great family friend and current pastor of Saint John Nepomuk in Yukon, Oklahoma, Father William Novak. He also served as the chaplain during the groom’s tenure at Bishop McGuinness High School.

The bride wore a pearl gown of silk taffeta designed by Ramona Keveza. The gown was fashioned with a sweetheart neckline and a rouched bodice that bellowed into a ball gown skirt before extending into a cathedral-length train. This couture gown was accented with a cathedral-length lace trimmed veil and a bouquet of large calla lilies. Bridesmaids wore black dupioini silk dresses, custom made by Bridal Showroom and carried bouquets of bright pink lilies.

A reception for friends and family immediately followed the ceremony at the Oklahoma Heritage Museum. The reception carried the classic black and white theme throughout, but brought the party to life with pink accents. Color was brought to the room primarily by pink lighting and flowers, giving a unique atmosphere that caused excitement and joy to fill the room.

The arrangement of the room was very unique, not looking like just any other reception. The bride and groom came up the grand staircase and through draped curtains as they entered the room. The entrance included textured lighting and an ice sculpture showcasing the letter “Y.”

Round tables grouped into three, with a bistro table in the center, created more seating at clover-shaped large tables. Black linens draped the tables where pink rose-petals framed the table centerpieces. Each bistro table had a larger centerpiece consisting of willow branches, orchids and calla lilies. Guests also

enjoyed lounge furniture throughout the room, which added to the elegant yet relaxed atmosphere.

The black and white checkered dance floor is where most guests spent their night. The Groove Merchants, an eight piece ensemble including guitars, keyboards, drums and horns, entertained until after 12 a.m.

Food at the reception consisted of delicious hors d’oeuvres including mini beef Wellington, sherried-crab mushroom caps, bacon wrapped scallops and individual key lime pies. Best of all, and most popular with the guests, were the late-night snacks that were passed around by waiters around 11 p.m. Snacks included grilled cheese sandwiches, soft pretzels, sliders and root beer float shooters. Nothing says party like a late-night snack.

The four-tiered wedding cake featured pearlized fondant with an imprinted pattern. Between each layer laid a row of vibrant denrobian orchids. The groom’s cake was two layers with an argyle pattern designed after his wakeboard.

Fabric draped columns created an entire separate seating area for quests, known as the “pink room.” This room featured lounge furniture, pink lighting and even more exciting to guests, a photo booth. The photo booth was equipped with a wide array of costumes and props, which entertained the guests all night. After taking their picture, guests had the option of leaving photos in a scrapbook with a message for the bride and groom. This was a great non-traditional favor for the guests and an instant guestbook for the couple.

As the party came to an end, the last song was enjoyed by all. Everyone in the room belted out Rod Stewart’s “Forever Young” as Kyle and Laura Young enjoyed the last moments of the reception before heading out to begin their life together. Guests lit up the exit with sparklers as the couple ran out to a 1965 Mustang convertible, the same make and model the groom’s parents used to exit their wedding.

The couple cruised around Bricktown and reflected on the day before heading back to their suite at The Skirvin Hilton hotel. The following morning Kyle and Laura flew to Belize for an adventure-style honeymoon. They trekked through the jungle, went scuba diving and relaxed on the beach for ten days. The couple now resides in Austin, Texas.

JESS ICA S I LVERHORN + DUST IN LOPEZSeptember 27, 2008Jo

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Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Alan Lopez

cake • Rosebeary’s Designs | catering • The Dominion House | florist • Trochta’s Flowers | ice sculpture • Ideas in Ice

photography • Josh McCullock Photography | reception venue • The Dominion House | wedding venue • The Dominion House

In April 2000, Dustin Lopez and Jessica Silverhorn danced the night away at their Piedmont High School prom. Eight years later, fate had them dancing to the tune of husband and wife.

In high school, Dustin was friends with Jessica’s twin brother, Josh, and they frequented each others homes often to work on high school calculus. It didn’t take long for Dustin and Jessica to establish a friendship and eventually romantic feelings for one another. However, fate had different plans for the two ... at least for now. Dustin moved back to his hometown of Santa Cruz, California, to attend college at UCSC, and Jessica pursued her career in modeling with Elite Model Management and traveled abroad. They spent a couple of years apart when Jessica’s modeling career took her to Los Angeles, California, where she and Dustin would rekindle their flame and move in together in a modest apartment near the beach in Santa Cruz. In 2004, Dustin and Jessica moved back to Oklahoma City where they still preside today.

On August 30, 2007, Dustin took Jessica to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, hiked atop Quanta Parker Mountain, went down on one knee and asked Jessica to take his hand in marriage. Dustin gave Jessica his great-grandmother’s wedding ring which is still in its original antique illusion setting from the 1930’s. Dustin had secretly brought along two wine goblets that belonged to Jessica’s late great-grandmother and a bottle of David Bruce wine that dated back to the year 2002, which signified the year Dustin and Jessica began their courtship together.

It wasn’t long after their engagement that Jessica and her mother Gigi began searching for the perfect wedding dress. Jessica was certain that she had found the dress for her at David’s Bridal until she visited Alfred Angelo’s store. The second designer dress she put on there, which her mom and friends jokingly referred to as “The Chandelier Dress,” became the one for her. Jessica desired that her wedding ambiance be romantic and charming and she yearned for a classic feel to go along with her vintage ring. So naturally, they decided on The Dominion House in Guthrie to have their ceremony and reception. The dark mahogany wood, chandeliers in the ballroom and the historical charm of the building went well with her fall wedding colors of cinnamon, dark chocolate, deep purple and celadon green. It was the perfect place for Dustin and Jessica to pronounce their love.

To complement the couple’s fall theme, Trochta’s Flowers put together a breathtaking bridal bouquet consisting of mango/orange calla lilies, green cymbidium orchids, kangaroo paw, purple dendrobiums and purple hydrangeas wrapped with ivory ribbon and rhinestones. For the bridesmaids bouquets, Jessica and her mother gathered silk flowers of dragon lilies, roses and hydrangeas

at Hobby Lobby and had Trochta’s bundle them together with a soft green silk ribbon. The groom wore a white mini calla lily with a green bloom added to make it special while the groomsmen displayed mini mango calla lilies. Rosebeary’s Designs in Baking used silk flowers that Jessica and her mother had bought from Hobby Lobby and assembled them around the three-tiered cake that was embossed in an oak leaf design of cream cheese icing. Dustin went with a unique two-tiered rice krispie cake covered in dark chocolate and strawberries and topped with a chocolate “L”.

Shortly after the couple’s wedding rehearsal, Dustin’s parents hosted a lovely candlelit rehearsal dinner at Twelve Oaks Restaurant in Edmond. The restaurant and gazebos were covered in bright white lights and certainly complemented the engaged couple’s classic wedding theme.

On Saturday September 27, 2008, Jessica and Dustin professed their love for one another in front of nearly 150 guests in The Dominion House’s outdoor wedding garden on a gorgeous sunset eve. The pair recited their own wedding vows and decided upon a unity sand ceremony in lieu of the traditional unity candle ceremony in which they created a beautiful sand memoir that will be displayed in their home forever. Friends and family traveled from as far away as California, Florida and everywhere in between to celebrate with the couple. DJ Connection kicked off the reception with Norah Jones romantic melody “Come Away with Me” for the couple’s first dance as husband and wife and “Simple Man” by Lynard Skynard was the choice for Dustin and his mom Cathy. The “dancers” of the night, Jessica and her father Jeff, swayed to “Little Miss Magic” by Jimmy Buffett and immediately engaged the audience into joining them on the dance floor with Black Eyed Peas’ “Let’s Get it Started.” The boogying continued until it was time to see Mr. and Mrs. Lopez off. The crowd gathered outside with fiber optic wands that flashed an array of bright colors. The newlyweds proceeded down the rainbow filled aisle of lights and drove away in a classic Bentley. The driver took the couple to their honeymoon suite in Bricktown where they joined up with friends and family who were ready to continue celebrating until the wee hours of the morning. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day.

Dustin and Jessica want to give special thanks to their friends and family for their enormous amount of help and support that they have received throughout the years and especially throughout their engagement. Their wedding day wouldn’t have been so special without the generosity and support of their loved ones.