They met during Mandy’s freshman year at JMU on a bus headed to William & Mary for the JMU football game. Running late for the bus meant she had to sit on the front seat. As fate would have it, beside the Grad Assistant of the Duke Club, Taylor, who mainly talked while Mandy & her roommate giggled. “I had a crush on him by the time we got to William and Mary”. Taylor invited the ladies to attend church the next morning, quickly becoming best friends thru sophomore year until he asked her to be his gal on the steps of Wilson Hall. They sealed the deal at the “Kissing Rock”, just to make sure they didn’t jinx the legend of marrying the one you kiss on the rock. No longer the girl that he came to when he needed girl advice, instead she was THE girl for him. And she had been there all along.
Taylor still makes Mandy giggle, just as he did on that first meeting on the bus. Heck, they make me giggle. It’s so obvious these two are head over heels in love, sharing a sense of humor, obsession with the Dukes, sweet doggy June & devotion to God. Mandy you are absolutely gorgeous with a contagious smile that makes Taylor’s eyes sparkle as bright as your incredible engagement ring! (doesn’t she remind you of Kristen Davis aka “Charlotte” from Sex & The City? Katie Holmes too). Taylor you did good! And your connections that got us private access to the football field are golden (now if I could just get that for VT…). I am so super excited & honored to be photographing their wedding this summer, the perfect mix of southern elegance with school spirit. Go Dukes!
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Congrats again!!
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