Venues Blog
The Wedding Story of... Meryn & Max Dahlquist
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015Literature and poetry brought this couple together and their favorite poems became their vows. Meryn, an aspiring writer who majored in English and Creative Writing at Indiana University, met Max when he was visiting from the University of Southern Indiana, where he was majoring in English and Geology. When she first saw him, she was so overwhelmed by her feelings, she tried to quickly get out of the dorm room and got trapped between a table and a wall. Months later, they shook hands and proceeded to talk about literature and poetry for several hours, ignoring everyone else.
The Wedding Story of... Matt & Kelly Kalin
WeddingDay | March 3, 2015When two people grow up in the same town, go to the same school and their last names are Kalin and Klank, there's a pretty good chance they'll become acquainted. "In 8th grade homeroom, we sat alphabetically.
The Wedding Story of... Margaret & Travis Kraick
WeddingDay | March 3, 2015If you would have asked Margaret Kraick three years ago if she believed modern day love stories existed, the then 31-year-old would have laughed in your face and promptly told you no. Even when Travis, a co-worker she’d blatantly ‘checked out a time or two at work’ called to ask her out, her response was ‘Are you kidding me?’
The Wedding Story of... Jessie & Bryce Matteson
Jessie Matteson | March 3, 2015My husband Bryce & I met about a year and a half ago. I had moved to Colorado in September of 2009 and did not feel at peace at all about my decision to move there, so I ended up moving back a short time after and began working as an intern at a church in Mishawaka, IN. Little did I know, my future Mother-In-Law was the secretary at the church I was working at.
The Wedding Story of... Vesna & RJ French
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015RJ French saw Vesna Popovic walking down the street at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland when both were freshmen in 2005. It was love at first sight for him, but she appeared not to notice him. He made a habit of walking the busy route, hoping to get her attention. When they were finally introduced by friends, he seized the opportunity to ask her out. They began dating and continued all through college.
The Wedding Story of...Danielle & Andrew Fiega
Amanda Norell | March 3, 2015When Danielle Klotz and Andrew Fiega met through mutual friends in December of 2007, they both realized that the timing wasn’t right. Neither of them were looking for a serious relationship, so they went their separate ways. Little did they know they were fated from the start.
The Wedding Story of... Sable & Matt Shew
Kathy Jonas | March 3, 2015Sable and Matt fell in love with surgery as medical students at Indiana University School of Medicine. They became friends and an important part of each other’s support system – through hard rotations, difficult exams, and the trials of learning to be a doctor. During the four years of intense training, the two realized their love went far beyond post-op.
The Wedding Story of... Kyle & Samantha Hunsberger
WeddingDay | March 3, 2015When Kyle Hunsberger and Samantha "Sam" Lewis entered into the union of marriage, they did so with passion, friendship and a long line of love as their foundation. Forever marriages seem to run in their families. Both Sam and Kyle's parents, as well as all four sets of grandparents, have enjoyed long marriages-a total of 288 combined years to be exact.
The Wedding Story of... Julie & Tom Vanderheyden
WeddingDay | March 3, 2015Life for Tom and Julie VanderHeyden is hectic. Between his job as a gastroenterologist (a “stomach doctor”) and hers as an occupational therapist, they don’t get to spend a lot of time together.
The Wedding Story of... Heather & Kevin Gaalaas
Amy Conroy | March 3, 2015The relationship between Heather Higgins and Kevin Gaalaas began when they were only six years old. Having recently moved to Bloomington, Indiana, Kevin and Heather became classmates in the first grade. “I like to think I knew Heather was ‘the one’ in the first grade – she was my first crush!” Kevin says.