Sometimes life throws us a little surprise when we least expect it. And more often then not, that surprise is a wonderful, beautiful thing. It’s all in your interpretation of the twists and turns and how you treat each unexpected bump in the road that makes the difference…
One afternoon in September Catie’s friend, {also named Katie} got a call from an event coordinator last minute asking the two girls to go to the airport and pick up some of the band members from KJ52. After grabbing some coffee for the drive, they headed to SFO. In the airport, Jamie and his buddy were a bit bummed that their ride was coming sooner then they’d expected. They’d been planning on waiting for the rest of their band members to arrive and being able to catch the game while they waited. But they grabbed their bags and went to the curb to wait, not yet knowing how good it was their plans had changed.
As the girls pulled up beside the men on the curb, Catie noticed Jamie and and Rich exchanged a look, and then, ever so slowly, Jamie pulled down his sunglasses as if to say game on. At least that’s how she interrupted it. Little did Catie know, that’s exactly what he was thinking. The boys were used to being picked up by youth pastors and their little kids in mini vans, not two pretty california girls in an SUV. That unexpected surprise was a very good thing indeed.
As they drove to the hotel, Rich became Jamie’s wingman, helping to get the girls to laugh. And because the girls had the same name, Jamie naturally nicknamed them number one and number two. Naturally.
As they drove around the city trying to find an In-and-out, Jamie started to notice that number two had an incredible laugh and a beautiful twinkle in her eye. She was sassy too. Just his kind of girl…
….that night at their show Jamie searched the crowd for Catie. Wondering if she had made it. And then, he spotted her. Laughing. And dancing to every song. To say he was smitten would be an understatement. So, as the night came to a close, and Jamie had gathered his courage, he approached the pretty California girl and handed her his phone. When she looked up at him, he simply said “your number goes here.”
And just like that, their love story started…
…the rest they say, is history.
On the fifth of June in the late afternoon they were wed in a beautiful little backyard wedding, surrounded by an intimate gathering of friends and family. And as Catie walked down the aisle to her groom, feathers floated into the air and danced in the wind. The tall pine trees looked on with majestic eyes, never taking their eye’s off the couple, for even though they had seen much in their long lives, nothing compared to the love they witnessed that day…
Catie and Jamie,
I am so glad you found your soul mates in each other, and Jamie I am so glad you are part of our family now.
Here’s to empty highways and a life full of adventure with your love riding shot gun.
Enjoy. the. ride.
xxoo
{Sorry couldn’t help the puns! }
Jamie is now a band member in the group seventh Day Slumber, and they tour all over the country in this big old bus… So, of course, we had to include the bus in our photos!
And, as always, TO VEIW THEIR SLIDESHOW AND MORE FABULOUSNESS, CLICK HERE.
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