love is in e air

It’s a small world, and that has a big meaning for Andrew and Andie Perham. After college, Andie moved to Spain and then to South Korea, teaching in an Englishbased kindergarten program. Andrew was also in South Korea, stationed there as an officer in the Air Force. The pair met online while both lived in South Korea, and they soon realized their shared roots, having both lived in Valdosta, Georgia years before — at the very same time! Andie, formerly Andie Krispin, was born and raised in Valdosta, while Andrew’s family lived there during his kindergarten and first grade school years when his dad was a flight commander at the 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron at Moody Air Force Base.

The happy couple knew very quickly into their relationship that they had found the one, and a new assignment for Andrew in Germany sealed the decision to get engaged and married before that big move! Andrew planned a special night out at the Korean National Ballet in Seoul, which seemed like the perfect date for an engagement. However, hoping to surprise Andie when she was least expecting it, he proposed in her living room earlier in the day! Andie shares, “He told me he didn’t want to spend another minute without me as his fiancé.” Inside the ring box was a shared joke from a few weeks before: a Taco Bell hot sauce packet reading “will you marry me?” Andie recalls with a laugh, “Thinking it was a prank, I rolled my eyes and laughed at him, but then he pulled the real ring out of his pocket. He so perfectly incorporated our inside joke and still managed to make the proposal a surprise for me. I love most that the proposal was goofy and fun, while still being sincere and emotional. It shows off all the best parts of Andrew’s personality and our relationship.”

Her family was instrumental in planning the event, as Andrew and Andie were planning from South Korea and needed “boots on the ground” in Valdosta to make all of their dreams come true. Paige Krispin, her mom, shared her tireless attention to detail and immaculate planning and organization, and her Aunt Kristin McLane let them use Park Place for the ceremony venue and had the fantastic idea of using Gud Coffee for the reception. Kat Krispin, Andie’s sister and Maid of Honor, was also a huge help, as were countless other people who volunteered to step in. The list goes on and on of their local support for their big day.

In fact, one of Andie’s favorite memories of their wedding was a special addition from her father. As an avid car fan, she can name any make and model on the road, and her dad made arrangements for their getaway car to be a 1955 Chrysler Windsor convertible. She shares, “It was such a great moment seeing that car!” A nod to Andie’s mom’s side of the family, originally from western Pennsylvania, was a longstanding tradition to have a cookie table at the reception. Guests enjoyed cookies with their wedding cake, and the treats also served as a small wedding favor with provided boxes to take them home after the wedding. Family connections are such a special part of weddings, and Andie wore her cousin’s veil, and her signet ring is a family tradition they’ve had for three generations.

Andie shares her advice for future brides: “It really does go by faster than you can imagine, and as you get older, the moments where everyone you love is together become fewer and farther between. Let yourself have time to savor the company of those closest to you on your big day! Having everyone that Andrew and I love together under one roof to celebrate our special day was the best feeling in the world. Especially when we live so far from home, there’s nothing quite as special as being together.” | VM

“IT REALLY DOES GO BY FASTER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND AS YOU GET OLDER, THE MOMENTS WHERE EVERYONE YOU LOVE IS TOGETHER BECOME FEWER AND FARTHER BETWEEN. LET YOURSELF HAVE TIME TO SAVOR THE COMPANY OF THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU ON YOUR BIG DAY!”