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Logan and Madison Blalock were married September 19, 2020, at their parents' home. Flowers were designed by Samantha's Garden (pg 5) and photographs by Emily Ross Photography (pg 5). Madison is pictured on the cover with her flower girl, Lilly.
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Logan and Madison Blalock SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
LOGAN AND I FIRST MET IN KINDERGARTEN at Vandergriff Elementary School in Fayetteville. We were in the same class and had huge crushes on each other. My family had to move mid school year to Virginia. We had a going away party where apparently (I don’t totally remember this) Logan kissed me on the cheek and I cried. He also gave me an angel figurine that I still have to this day. After the move, our moms swapped addresses so that Logan could write me a card (which I also still have). Fast forward to college, I am back in Fayetteville to attend the U of A. We met again our freshman year, but nothing really happened until our senior year. Completely out of the blue, he asked me on a date (February 2017). We got ice cream and went out to Drake Field to watch airplanes take off and land (he was learning to fly at the time). It was the best first date of my life, and we have pretty much spent every day together since! On August 31, 2019 my parents were hosting their annual Labor Day / birthday celebration for my dad. We always got together with extended family, but Logan’s family even agreed to make the three-hour drive. We all gathered out by the pool to take a family photo, and everyone started to scatter back inside. Logan pulled on my arm to stay out and talk to him. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! It was as good as the day could’ve been – I didn’t have a single clue, both families were together, and they flew in my best friend from Colorado. I remember thinking it was so special that I’d always have our proposal memory at my parents’ forever home.
Wedding planning was difficult through Covid. We initially booked Venue 718 in Rogers, which was a new venue set to open in May of 2020. Three months before our wedding day, we got the call that the venue was closing for good. In an absolute panic, I spent the next week calling all over NWA trying to find a plan B with no luck. I went home to visit my parents the following weekend where my dad pitched the idea of hosting it at their house. He had carefully thought through every detail. The more he walked me through his vision, the more beautiful it became. We stuck to our date and on September 19, 2020 I married my best friend in my parents’ backyard – the same place he proposed, the place we continue to visit, and the place that I know our children will be running around someday. The weather was perfect and we danced the night away under string lights and stars with a little over 100 of our closest friends and family. All of the last-minute changes came together perfectly, and I constantly say that there’s a divine reason we chose Venue 718 – we were supposed to get married at my parents’ all along, and this was simply the roadmap that got us to our most perfect and meaningful day.
Photographer // Emily Ross Photography Florist // Samantha's Garden
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