“Well,” Pat interjected, “It was muddy and I was
really tired, so it wasn’t quite a drop …”
“That’s true,” she replied. “OK, he almost dropped
to his knee and proposed.” Then she added, “It was
perfect…”
The two received lots of advice on wedding plan-
ning, ideas and what to avoid from their friends who
had been married in recent years. They also relied a lot
on the expertise of Brian Harrington of BHP Imaging,
their photographer. “We didn’t know anything!” Pat
exclaimed with a laugh. “Brian was so patient. We’re
really laid back, and he is too; but then sometimes he
helped us realize that we needed to not be quite that
laid back when it came to planning things. He helped
us figure a lot of stuff out.”
Their outdoor wedding, held on August 26, 2017
in the Snowy Range, was filled with family, friends
and the mountains that were so familiar to them as a
couple. The décor featured the sheds they had collected
on their trips, including an arch handmade by Pat.
“Amanda had no faith in me whatsoever to build
that thing,” Pat laughs.
“It just looked so wobbly – I was wondering if it
was going to stand up …” Amanda added, laughing.
“Yeah, but it did – and then I gave it my step-
sister to use in her wedding, and today it’s still in her
backyard … standing there very solidly, thank you!”
Pat finished, the two dissolving into laughter together.
The two were married under the arch at Snowy Range
Lodge, to which the party shifted after spending time
getting ready at Centennial’s Mountain View Hotel.
Amanda’s brother officiated their ceremony, and they
appreciated the family and friends who joined them
on their special day. The kids also appreciated the
addition of an army’s worth of Nerf guns brought by
Amanda’s family, plus some Ring Pops that turned
lots of little mouths bright colors. “We had all sorts of
colors in our family pictures,” Amanda laughs. “And
we loved it.”
Pat and Amanda live in Casper now, where Pat is
an attorney with Chapman Valdez & Lansing, and
Amanda is the Director of the Casper chapter of Big
Brothers Big Sisters. I have no doubt that with these
two, the laughter, stories and outdoor adventures will
continue for years to come. n
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