Eric & Jen: Wedding

If rain is a sign of blessings on your wedding day, Eric and Jen will have plenty of them in their marriage. Pouring, all day long. No chance of outdoor pics, but we had so much fun inside. I met Jen almost 10 years ago when I was a student at Messiah College. I was on the youth staff at a local church called Daybreak and she was a high school student. We hit it off right away and began a great friendship...even recorded a few songs together in our friend's basement studio. Our last names then were Howard and Landis, so we affectionately called the album "Howdis" combining our two names. Clever, I know. Today, our last names are Nagle and Martin. I was thinking maybe doing a remix and calling it "Margle". What do you think? Has a nice ring to it.

The wedding. It was wonderful! Full of fun little details such as the guest sign in that you'll see below. Everyone put their thumbprint on the tree and signed their name by it. Most creative guest sign in I've ever laid eyes on. And the reception...details galore. I had done their engagement pictures back in the fall and they put their names with one of the engagement pictures on a Hershey Bar for each guest. My favorite reception detail easily had to be the cake. Jen said that she despises going to weddings where you get only a small sliver of cake. So instead, each guest had their own personal individual cake, complete with white chocolate shavings and white chocolate mousse inside. Are you drooling yet?

Eric and Jen are surrounded by so many people that love and support them. It was so fun for me to reconnect with different families from Daybreak again. Jen's two younger brothers were also in the youth ministry when I was on staff. They are all grown up now and in the band Stellar Kart. Jon is lead guitarist and Joey is the road manager. Eric and Jen, Eric and I were honored to be a part of your wedding day. God has an incredible future for the two of you together. Laugh often, love much.