The rock

Bre met Jon Taylor at church. She and a friend were organizing a film group there, and he was interested.

They learned that they shared a love of British comedies.

“He gave me his card, and we just started emailing constantly over that next week and started hanging out,” Bre Taylor says.

They were engaged three weeks later. Three months after that, they wed.

When you know, you know, she says.

“My family was kind of like, ‘Wait, what? Who is this?’ But yeah, it was awesome,” she says.

He quickly won them over with homemade lasagna.

Their son Jack was born about three years ago in a birth center.

And with baby Liv on the way last year, they decided to have a home birth.

“Jon was my rock during both of our children’s births, but especially with the home birth with Liv,” she says. “He was the best coach and encourager I could ask for.”

The Nelsons, who live near Kidd Springs Park, were professionally photographed by Rebekah Greenawalt. The photo, taken shortly after Liv was born, shows the family relaxed and happy. You can see the love.

“I think it’s his eyes and his smile … and just this contentment,” she says. “He has these eyes that I just fall into, and he’s just got the kindest heart, and he’s just my rock.”