David & Liz, Lexington, SC Lake Murray Quarantine Wedding

I think it’s safe to say that 2020 was not what everyone expected. No one expected the massive effect that the virus would take on the entire world. We were quarantined, business’s were shut down and shaking hands and giving a hug for a greeting is now a thing of the past. So how about planning your wedding? Scratch everything that you planned and everything that you expected and everything that you had hoped for and dreamed of….

Start over. And we all did. We started to rethink what was important and what we took for granted. Just like David and Liz who actually were diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. After they were tested negative, they decided to go forward with getting married even if it meant not being able to go to Virginia where Liz was from, to have the wedding that they had planned for.

David and Liz met in 2016 while she lived in Texas and he was in Savannah. Liz became a special agent and David was a task force officer and criminal investigator and became a cooperate security agent.

They bought their first home together on Lake Murray in Lexington, South Carolina. Six months later, Dave asked Liz to marry him on Denis Beach in St. John's while on their first vacation together. They have since welcomed their new fur baby Ranger, to the family.

Larry & Jessica Wedding Spartanburg, South Carolina

Larry and Jess met on a very snowy day in Spartanburg. The school was closed because of the weather but Jess was supposed to meet someone for pathophysiology tutoring. USC Upstate had closed its doors due to the snowy weather for student and staff safety. Jess was supposed to be meeting a man named Larry at the library for her first tutoring session. Unfortunately, since the school had closed their doors, Jess was worried that she wouldn't get to the tutoring session. So, she suggested that they head to Panera Bread. Jess had been looking for a man with a patho book, when she came across a handsome man with the most blue eyes she had ever seen. She introduced herself and said "You must be Larry." Jess sat down and began talking with Larry, not mentioning patho one bit. The employees approached Larry and Jess and informed them that it was closing time. Not realizing that they had been talking for so long, Larry invited Jess back to his apartment to continue their conversation.

They got to his apartment around 9:15 PM, and talked until 1:30 AM! Jess had 5 missed calls from her family who were worried sick - "it's not like her to not answer the phone when we call." Jess returned their calls and informed them that she had just met the most amazing man. Larry and Jess continued to talk for a week & on February 28th of 2015, Larry officially asked her to date him. She, of course, said yes and so started their love journey! In March of 2017, Larry & Jess purchased their first home. On May 3, 2017, Jess graduated nursing school and moved in with Larry. She began her first nursing job in July 2017.

What a wild ride they have had!! Larry proposed Christmas of 2017. Jess said “I was working night shift and had to work Christmas Eve, Christmas, and the day after Christmas, so when I got home on the morning of the 27th of December, 2017, Larry and I had our Christmas celebrations. He had 4 gifts for me, well technically 5 if you count the ring. Each was a picture of our Christmas lights on the tree with 4 different words on each gift. The gifts were little 20 piece puzzles. They were labeled in the order of which they had to be opened as well. I opened them and put together the first one which said "Will," followed by "You," "Marry," and "Me?" He was so stubborn and wouldn't let me answer until all four puzzles had been answered. I gave him an out before I put the last piece in the "Me?" puzzle, and he said he's in it for the long run. I said yes, and we began planning our wedding”.

Of course the venue was special because it was supposed to have been where they would first meet but due to weather, they met at a restaurant instead.