A Bentonville, Arkansas couple couldn't bear not having their best man at their wedding. When he was deployed, the couple came up with one inspired idea to make sure he was present by their side.
Robbie Wells was supposed to be Kelsey and Travis Blankenship's best man before he was deployed to the Middle East right before their October 24th wedding.
“There was just no way we could move anyone into his spot, or replace Robbie. You just can’t replace someone’s best friend,” Kelsey told KFSM.
But when the couple joked about photoshopping their friend, who is in the Army National Guard, into the wedding pictures, they realized that it was actually a great idea. Travis had a picture of his face and edited in the rest of his body, and placed the entire, life-sized portrait on cardboard.
Luckily, their photographer had a sense of humor, and went along with the couple’s joke! The couple says the the life-sized cardboard cutout is in at least 60 to 70% of all of their wedding pictures.
But having a cardboard cutout at the wedding didn’t get Robbie out of his best man duties. Kelsey had him record his best man’s speech for Travis!
“Getting to hear his voice and getting to hear he had to say about me was something very special,” Travis said.
Now, the cutout is with Robbie's fiancé in Iowa.
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