The Wedding Ceremony for Kristoffer Aaron Hallmark McGuffey and Michaela (Kaela) Elaine Chandler - McGuffey
The wedding ceremony took place on May 25th, 2002 at 7PM. The Church was the First Baptist Church downtown Austin Texas.
Dr. Gary Gramling performed the ceremony beautifully and everything went as planned with no problems.
After the candle lighters (Steven McGuffey, Ashley McGuffey and Scott Yoakum) entered and lit the main candles in the sanctuary, the mothers were ushered in by their husbands and then the bride and groom's mothers (Laura Chandler and Anita McGuffey) lit the two sides of the three candle unity candle.
Boadicea by Enya started to play on the booming speakers in the sanctuary as the bridesmaids entered. Then the Minister (Dr. Gramling) the groom (Kristoffer Aaron), his best man (Bo) and the groomsmen (Ben, Mike and Aaron) all entered and took their place at the front.
The ring bearer (Devan Yoakum) then entered with the flower girl (Emily Martin) proceeding the vision of elegance and beauty that was the Bride - Michaela Elaine Chandler.
After the father of the bride (John Chandler) gave his daughter away, we had a prayer led by Dr. Gramling. He gave a short message and then we had the special song "The Lord's Prayer" sung extraordinarily by the groom's father (Jerry McGuffey). After the song, we exchanged our vows and then we lit the unity candle with a piano rendition of "Can't Help Falling in Love" playing in the background.
We then exchanged our rings and after Dr. Gramling pronounced us man and wife, we lovingly kissed and then the wedding party exited the sanctuary with applause and tears erupting from our friends and family that were in attendance.
We were rushed into a small room to have a few moments by ourselves to let everything sink in while the rest of the wedding party and the people in attendance went on to the reception site at Onion Creek Country Club.
PICTURES
(Wedding Party and Family)
-More pictures of Friends and Family can be found on the Reception Page and Wedding Party Biographies-
The Groom's Family Kristoffer Aaron's - (from left to right) Sister in Law Yvette Yoakum, Brother Shayne Yoakum, Sister Deann McGuffey, Nephew Scott Yoakum, Father Jerry Mcguffey (top), Mother Anita McGuffey, Niece Taylor Yoakum, Groom Kristoffer Aaron McGuffey, Nephew Devan Yoakum, Bride Michaela McGuffey, Nephew (top) Steve McGuffey, Sister in Law Melissa McGuffey, Brother Lynn McGuffey, Niece Ashley McGuffey
Bride's Family Michaela's - (in groups from left to right) (The Martin's) Aunt Paula and Uncle in Law Paul Martin with cousins Kimber, Beth and Emily Martin. (The Hendrickson's) Aunt Holly and Uncle in Law Mike Hendrickson with cousins Hayley and Jay Hendrickson. (top) Brother Aaron N. Chandler. (Grand Parents) Fathers Side Reba and John "Jack" Chandler, Bride and Groom, Mother's Side Grand parents Margene and Ben Wright. Uncle Todd Walker (mother's brother). Mother Laura Chandler Father John Chandler. Aunt Gloria and Uncle in Law Richard Rollins (fathers side).
Hobert McGuffey - The Groom's Great Uncle Hobert is an amazing fellow. He is the groom's oldest living relative to date. Hobert is his Grandfather's (Alfonso McGuffey, deceased) older Brother. Hobert is a young at heart 93 years old. He is still very active running and bicycling every morning up to 20 miles. He is a kind and wise man that was in law enforcement helping mankind for over half a century! We were very blessed to have him in attendance. He is pictured here with his only daughter Karen MacCurdy.
The Bride's Grandparents - on the right we have the newlyweds Ben and Margene Wright. Margene is Kaela's Grandmother on her mom's side (Walker). Ben and Margene met after Margene's husband and Ben's wife had passed away. They were married earlier in January of this year and are very happy with each other. Margene has two other children, Kaela's aunt and uncle Holly and Todd.
On the left we have Grandma and Grandpa Chandler, John "Jack" and Reba Chandler. Kaela's Grandparents on her father's side of the family. They have been happily married for almost 60 years. They have two other children Kaela's aunts Paula and Gloria.
Both sides of the grandparent's live in Okalahoma.
The Mothers - On the Left we have the Bride's Mother Laura Chandler. She currently works at Houston Grand Opera as the Publications Editor in Houston Texas.
On the Right we have the groom's Mother, Anita Hallmark McGuffey. She currently works at C.A.R.E., Inc. in Brownwood as the resident social worker. Like her son and new daughter in-law, she attended and graduated from Howard Payne in Brownwood Texas.
The Fathers - On the left we have the groom's parents. Kristoffer Aaron's father Jerry Dean McGuffey, owns and operates C.A.R.E., Inc. Nursing Center and Retirement Apartments in Brownwood Texas. He is a long time member of the Lions Club and is very active in the community. He is also a respected advisor and advocate for Texas Health Care in the Texas legislature.
Michaela's father John Chandler, took an early retirement from his long time job at ARCO. oil company to pursue his life long dream of becoming a professional actor. He has been in over 100 plays during his lifetime and has recently worked in numerous professional stage productions in the Houston area. He also enjoys working on building sets and designing the set lights and audio.
On the left we have a picture of all the groomsmen.
On the right, all of the Groom's nieces and nephews.
On the left we have a picture of Kaela's Uncle Todd Walker.
On the right, all of the Walker (maiden) Women.
On the left we have a picture of Kris Aaron's brother (on mom's side) Shayne Yoakum and his family
On the right, Kris Aaron's sister (on father's side) Deann McGuffey.
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The Mothers - On the Left we have the Bride's Mother Laura Chandler. She currently works at Houston Grand Opera as the Publications Editor in Houston Texas. 
