On New Year’s Eve, Emily & Nick were married in her family church in Iowa City. The irony is that Emily & Nick both grew up in in town, but never met until they were in medical school together at the University of Iowa. They now live in Minnesota for their residencies, but came back […]

Leading up to the day, the chances of Emily’s dream winter wonderland wedding were looking good. She was hoping for “nice weather with a light quiet snowfall right at 5:05pm.” The chances of snow were 60%, but the closer the wedding day got, the colder the temperatures crept. Saturday arrived with bitter winds, a barely […]

He was DJing; she requested a song. “I got pretty busy and hadn’t gotten to her song yet (something by Bloodhound Gang). I had a pretty packed dance floor and didn’t want to kill the mood that her career-ending request,” he said. She continued, “After what I thought was more than enough time to hear […]

After talking online for a month, they decided to meet in person. They picked a halfway point between them, which ended up being in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and met over Easter weekend. “We had talked about meeting [later], but instead, I spontaneously asked her to meet me halfway for the weekend. We watched movies, ate great […]

They first met at her cousin’s wedding. During the reception, he says he got the courage to ask her to dance. She adds, “I didn’t notice him until that night when he asked me to dance and I couldn’t keep my eyes off of him.” It was not long after that he knew she was […]

I can’t tell you the temperature, but my toes felt numb for about 4 hours after we got home. (Although, that might also be because I was wearing non-waterproofed boots and only one pair of socks. Rookie.) We got out of the house for a bit, both armed with cameras and explored a bit of […]