This is getting to be a pattern... me coming on here and saying I'm back I'm back and I'll get better...but I haven't gotten better. Shame on me. I've been working like a crazy woman on the Spring Fling at Anthony's school and everything in my life got put on hold to get it done. I mean everything. I should have some pictures that one of the parents (and my mom) took for me up soon as soon as I get them and you can see how much work I did!! But, back to this whole blog thing.... I do better with some accountability...so once again I'm going to promise to blog at least 4 days a week for the month of May. Since it's Wed....the week will start on Wed and end on Tuesday. If you "catch me" not blogging, you must be the first one to email me after midnight on Tuesday and you'll receive a free photo session or $50 in print credit.
So, back in April I held on a contest for free wedding coverage. I gotta say I'm pretty bummed at the lack of participation but I did get 2 very deserving entries. So, please read their submissions below and place your vote. Voting will end on Tuesday, May 12th and I'll announce the winner on Wed, May 13th!
Dori and Dean
This is how our story began:
Dean and I met at church. He was going through a divorce and I had already been there. As a Christian, I did what God lead me to do and that was to encourage him that this will pass. I had to encourage him that God was working in him through this trial and that the reward on the other side was far better than what he had previously had. Little did I know that would be me. I continued daily to encourage him and let him know that he had people there for him. Our relationship grew stronger the day that we were in church and I went to him to pray with him. God revealed to me that was the man that I would marry. I saw so vivid the image that I had longed to see in my husband. That image was my entire family in church, praying together and worshiping God. Dean and I had our first date on 08/Mar/08. It was my daughters birthday. That is the day that began the rest of my life. Dean and I have already gotten married, but we plan to have a ceremony hopefully in July or August. Our wedding will be small, but sentimental. We have four kids between us and they all are excited about being in the wedding. My dad and son will walk me down the aisle and give me away. My daughter and niece will be the flower girls, my step daughter and niece will be junior bridesmaids, and my step son will be the ring bearer. It will be a special day for us all.
Girl you know why I would want to work with you. We go back to the lovely days at Kohl's, your mom helped me get where I am, you take gorgeous pictures, and then when others ask who took them, I can say Katie Mathews.
Emily and Stephen
The Story of Emily and Stephen:
I would venture to say not many people can say that they planned future children with their spouse before they actually met, but we can. Even fewer people, I suspect, can openly point to a specific day and time when God opened a new window of possibilities and then promptly pushed them both through it; into a future together. I know this sounds crazy. But truthfully, Stephen and I can. Its not been the easiest or simplest endeavor of our lives but this is our story - Our perfectly imperfect love story to tell our grandchildren one day.
See we are members of a swiftly dying breed of couple-dom who met and have survived high school, college, and many other pitfalls together. Not always in the same zip code, not always eye-to-eye, but always together in every sense of the word that truly matters. I called Stephen a friend long before I called him anything else - we had similar musical interests (yep total band nerds), similar packs of friends, and similar classes. It was there in 10th grade biology where we wound up genetic lab partners asked to draw pictures of our offspring based on our traits. Funny how life works, huh? He was the eternal nice guy, never in the spotlight yet always managing to find a little. And until our stars aligned I never thought of him as a possibility. We truly lived right under each other's noses for the better part of a year, interacting periodically but ultimately dating other people.
Then came God. I was utterly frustrated by my experiences in love a few months later after letting boys, well one specifically, ruin my heart. I found myself humbled and broken before my church's alter on my knees. I knew no where else to go. I was tired, broken hearted, and very angry for letting people waste my time. I pleaded to God to send me the person I was meant to spend the rest of my life with because I was fed up with wasting my time on people who didn't matter. The next day Stephen White asked me to prom. True story. That along with the subsequent trials and tribulations of the past 7 years are the testament to why I believe we are blessed to have each other.
Our story may sound epic on scale but truthfully it is just the easy natural progression of us, walking through life together. That's why on our wedding day, our outdoor ceremony will be just that. An easy, breezy affair smothered in candlelight, fall colors, and music to dance to, while surrounded by everyone we love. And based on Katie's beautiful photography we think she is a perfect fit for our day. We're working on planning our life together and that life, especially post college and some grad school, has not come without a price. So to have this gift that captures the essence of our day together would mean the world because that's exactly what Katie's photography does - it seals a moment in time. And who wouldn't want that?
Yes, we ended up going to separate colleges 200 miles apart. But that didn't stop us. No, it hasn't always been simple or even conventional. But that didn't stop us either. And as a testament to our love, on September 26th, 2009 I will marry neither my sweet high school boyfriend, nor my beautifully well-intentioned fiancee - I will marry my person. Because that is what he is in every way. We are not completed in each other. We are two whole people who wake up everyday and actively choose us. Us as a goal, a priority, and a future.
Now it's time for you and your family and friends to vote on who you think deserves to win wedding coverage from KMP. Only one vote per person. Thank you!
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