Wedding Wednesday

 

There is two..okay three things about our wedding that Matthew and I have known for a long time. It was not even a question to us when it became time to “officially” plan and that is where the ceremony will be, who will marry us, and who will do the music.

The ceremony – First Baptist Church of Fort Walton Beach, this is the church that Matthew was raised in and played and major role in my life in both middle school and high school.

Who will marry us? – Shaun Ellis. Shaun was the youth pastor at FBC and now is the lead pastor at Beachside Community Church. He was “our” youth minister and impacted both of our lives in tremendous ways. We like to say we have traveled the world with Shaun…India, Mexico, various states…and through him we have been able to experience some life changing events. He is so very dear to us and we honestly could not imagine anyone else doing such an honor.

(Shaun and I in India riding in some form of a rickshaw, or maybe a camel?)

What about the music? – again… not even a question. Shawn and Katie Sandlin are dear friends of ours. We met Shawn when he interned for the summer at FBCFWB, he went on to marry his beautiful wife Katie and they currently live in the Birmingham area – being in school just 40 min. down the road we try and meet them for dinner or hang for a weekend – But the best part is they are both incredibly talented musicians…check out their website here. Look how cute they are.

 

All of these places and people hold very special places in both of our hearts and we are ecstatic knowing that they will be a part of this special day!