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Kayla + Jon Kerr June 19, 2020
I FEEL LIKE I COULD WRITE A NOVEL on the story of us and the journey to getting married in the crazy year that was 2020, but I will spare some of the details. Jon and I met during our freshman year at University of Arkansas at a sorority function. He proposed in the summer of 2019 in the Dominican Republic after 6 years of dating. We were on vacation with his family and I knew that a proposal would be coming at SOME point in the next year or so, but I never thought that he would do it without my family there. I am an only child and super close with my parents and he knew I couldn’t picture a big day like that without them there. But he managed to pull off the greatest surprise and flew my family out to the Dominican for the proposal. I will never forget the feeling of seeing my parents running down the dock after Jon got down on one knee. It was such a sweet moment.
I didn’t waste a single day after getting engaged before I started planning the wedding. I remember waking up the next morning at 6:00 because I couldn’t sleep from excitement. I started emailing vendors about setting up appointments as soon as I got back from vacation. Before getting engaged, I thought I wanted a long engagement to give me time to plan a big wedding but once I had the ring on my finger, I was ready to get the show on the road! I was having the best time planning the details and really saw my vision coming together. We had a date set for April 25th which couldn’t come soon enough. Then March 2020 happened…and we all know what happened in March of
2020. I moved my wedding date to June 19th and scaled down my wedding guest list due to the pandemic. Even with everything that happened leading up to the big day, it was still the best day I could ever imagine. My husband gifted me with the coolest neon sign with our last name on it that we had as a photo opp at the wedding. It is now the best conversation piece on our back patio. After finding my wedding dress that I LOVED, I knew I needed more of a party/dancing dress to change into for the reception and I found the most stunning sequin number that really made a statement. Most importantly, all of my people were there and made me feel so loved and special and that’s really what it's all about!
Photography Kristen Herrington Venue Sassafras Springs Vineyard and Winery
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