Jacquelyn Koerber | Alex McClure
did my invitations said, ‘I will be happy to do this,
but I just wanted to let you know this is kind of
a faux pas,’” Koerber recalls. “My father is just as
much a part of this wedding as my mom is. … His
name should be on the invitation.”
Rather than offering guests a traditional, tiered
wedding cake, Koerber asked her aunts to bake
their famous desserts. “Anytime you go to a
Koerber family event – my dad was one of 12
kids, grew up on a farm and there’s now over 40
people – everybody brings their famous dish. I
wanted my wedding to have that family feeling
because it is a family event. … I had carrot cakes
and apple pies and all kinds of different desserts,
and I had labels made with who made it. …
“I’m not a (traditional) cake eater, anyway.
I don’t even like cake. Why would I pay all this
money for cake? I would much rather eat a piece
of my aunt’s carrot cake or a fudge brownie. I got
so many compliments for doing that because who
doesn’t want a slice of homemade pie?”
Koerber and McClure also displayed wedding
dresses from Koerber’s family, including those
from her grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
But her own mother’s dress wasn’t among them.
Instead, Koerber cut the gown short and wore it
the night of her rehearsal dinner.
McClure’s favorite part of their wedding? “Being
surrounded by all of the people we care about
most as we celebrated our special day,” he says.
“We both have family and friends from all over
the country, so to be able