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REAL WEDDING: Kyle & Christopher Aucoin-Melohn

from NOW Weddings Magazine June 2021 PRIDE Issue

by NOW Weddings Magazine

from NOW Weddings Magazine June 2021 PRIDE Issue, page 54

Article from: NOW Weddings Magazine June 2021 PRIDE Issue

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IN AN INSTANT

NOVEMBER 2, 2019 | NEW ORLEANS, LA

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THE INSTANT “So many people have said to me that when something big or life-changing occurs, you’ll know in that instant that it’s happening. I was on lunch in my classroom, standing behind my desk, tidying things up, waiting to have a sit down meeting with the director of the new performing arts center in our school district...anxious to share my ideas about my newly developing program at school and curious about this new performance center, I was looking forward to this meeting.

A knock on my door interrupted my organizing and my supervisor walked in. Following her was a handsome, tall, blonde, blue-eyed gentleman, who had the most genuine smile on his face. The kind of smile that you can’t help but smile back at. The kind of smile that incites an internal giggle that just almost makes it out. When they talk about knowing it the moment it happens, it really is true. I knew right then that this person, whose name I still did not know, was going to be someone immensely important in my life. I didn’t know how or why, but I knew that he would forever be a part of my life’s journey from that moment forward.” -Christopher Aucoin-Melohn

THE CEREMONY The couple shared their wedding vows in New Orleans City Park with family and friends looking on. “I was so excited to be able to have one element of surprise for Kyle,” shares Christopher. “He asked a few times if there could be a way to incorporate our four dogs into the the wedding. I would remind him of the logistical nightmare it would be to get four dogs to City Park and have someone get them back home...and on and on. All the while I was working with my amazing cousin, Crystal, to make the impossible possible. She, along with a few of her closest friends, were able to show up and surprise Kyle so much that he didn’t even realize they were our dogs when he first saw them!”

THE CAKES “Since we did not go with a traditional tiered wedding cake, we were thinking of ways to display the five doberge cakes...yep...FIVE!” shares Christopher. “We settled on obtaining plates, platters, and cake stands from both sides of our families to display the cakes. It became a symbol of our families coming together on one table to celebrate our union.”