Even though they were in the same ward for church, Corey and Jessica were basic acquaintances for a while at the beginning. The dynamics of a bunch of single college kids is sometimes interesting, and Jessica thought Corey was immature, so she didn’t think much about him after her first impression.
But one day he’d prove her wrong. . . . or she’d bring out the better side of him. . . either way you want to look at it :)
Jessica was lucky enough to have a friend who was dating Corey’s friend, and who was able to convince Jessica to give a second glance over at Corey despite her first thoughts towards him.
After that Jessica decided to turn the flirting on towards Corey because he needed some convincing that Jessica liked him. After fun crepe parties, movie nights, and lots of tennis watching, Corey finally asked this beautiful girl in his ward to go on a date, and that girl just so happened to be Jessica! Even though she was first sold immediately once she saw his manly truck, later she came to appreciate and love much more about Corey.
Corey noticed a depth of character to Jessica, something deeper than her cute irresistible freckles and smiles, and Jessica found a very cool, quirky but fun Corey, aside from his sea-blue eyes that she also fell in love with.
“The rest is history!” Jessica said after describing their first days in their courtship. Love happened the sweet normal way that it always does . . . the way it molds and changes you, yet brings out the best in you in a way you never thought possible due to that special person next to you, holding your hand the entire way through life.
Another really fun part of this story for their engagements, is that I got a call from a “very special person,” who wanted to surprise these two with paying for their engagement session with me. Yes, I love being in on surprises and secrets. And yes Jessica and Corey were just as thrilled as I was. And yes this special person is totally and completely awesome for doing this, and I seriously couldn’t think of a better gift to give to a very much in love couple. Especially if you’re anything like me who thinks photography for a wedding is one of the most important things ever . . . and like Jessica who also has high ambitions to go into photography too!
So a huge thank-you to that person . . . you totally rock!!!
Thank you also to Jessica and Corey! You know what my favorite thing is about awesome people like them? Is that we may be complete and total strangers before the session, but afterwards I feel like we’re long lost friends! and that may have something to do with the fact that I’ve totally showed my true quirky personality, and am hoping they find that endearing somehow so I don’t feel completely stupid at the fool I made myself while running circles around them during the whole session :)
But I seriously get to work with some of the most awesome couples and I honestly think they are the best! And Jessica and Corey totally fall in that group! So thanks!
Hope you enjoyed the pictures and leave this couple some comment love. Have a fabulous day!
These two are now married! In some ways, the weather was less predictable on their wedding day vs. their groomal session, but like I predicted, they were tremendously happy and we were able to get some really beautiful moments around the temple which they were married in. It was still bitter cold, and somehow I ended up catching some head cold, and since then I'm just starting to get over it (which is why I've been slacking at blogging), but not even that deterred me from fully enjoying their beautiful (yet cold) day! This happens to be my favorite temple. The angles and lighting always seems to be perfect, but it also maybe has something to do with the fact that I got married here as well . . . . both of those reasons put together makes for my favorite :)
