Blush Bridal Consultation Group
Contest winner for FREE wedding photography!
Last week we teamed up with Anne Nunn Photography and posted a contest where couples could enter their most touching and inspirational love stories in order to win free photography for their big day. Well, we’ve made a decision and wanted you to be the first to know! While it was a difficult one since we received a number of great entries, ultimately we decided that Julie & Matt’s story really touched us so we’re excited to announce that they are the lucky winners and will receive FREE photography on their big day!! Here is their story for you to enjoy. Congrats on your engagement you two! We are very excited for you both and wish you all the best! Also, a huge thank you to Anne Nunn Photography for their most generous donation…we know Julie & Matt will LOVE their wedding photos thanks to you!!
Ours is a story of fate like none other. Matt and I met 8 ½ years ago, through my sister Kelli and his friend Ben (who are now married to each other). We instantly fell for each other, I remember thinking to myself, THIS is the man I am going to marry someday. Matt is one of the most kind, gentle, strong, amazing people I know. He loves me, even with all my flaws, and I love him despite his flaws as well. Probably one of the neatest things about us is that I grew up on Cone Ave. in Eugene…just so happens that street was named after his grandpa, Ed Cone who use to be mayor of Eugene. As soon as I found out his last name, I KNEW it was fate that we met. Not to mention, we both grew up in families that are hard core Oregon State fans-hard to find in the Eugene area. We have grown so much together as a couple in the past 8 ½ years and I know we will be together forever. He waited almost 8 years to ask me to marry him, I guess he wanted to be sure J. I do a lot of work in the animal rescue world, I have been involved in it for the past 3 years, Matt has always been supportive of my volunteer work and has always been there for me when it got rough for me. I went on a trip to Ohio to see my “puppy friends” and do some animal rescue work with the local high kill pound in Highland County . I was gone for a week, and I guess he really missed me because when my flight got in at 12am, he was waiting there for me…all by himself with the most nervous look on his face. I thought to myself “oh how cute he missed me” then he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. Of course I said yes! The ring that he presented me with was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. The diamond in my ring was his grandpa’s diamond that he wore in his tie tack almost every day…I’m very glad that the ring has so much meaning behind it, I never got to meet his grandpa and I feel like I have a part of him with me every day now. Matt and I are getting married May 22, 2010 at Cone Chapel on the Willamette University campus in Salem, Oregon. I have waited so long for this day and I know it’s going to be the most special and important day of our lives. It will be the day I get to marry my best friend.
March 1, 2010 on 10:40 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments