1/10/09 Johnelle and Scott Opal

Waaay behind in the blogging duties but this story needs to be told.

Johnelle found me online at weddingcompass.com while she was stationed in Iraq. I have dealt with brides that were planning their wedding out of town but this takes the prize for longest distance. Her wedding was in Simi Valley which is so close to my home town of Oxnard. Since New York wasn't too far away Simi Valley isn't too far away. Most of Johnelle's wedding was planned online, I think she definitely liked my online planning site.

I finally got to meet Johnelle and Scott a couple weeks before the wedding and I instantly fell in love with both of them. They are just this couple that you feel good knowing that they are together. They are High School sweethearts that followed each other into the Army, Scott is in Intelligence and Johnelle is in the medical corps. Johnelle has a good portion of her family with Latin heritage which means a lot of people dancing to Elvis Crespo. I love Suavemente, so much in fact that when Johnelle's mom asked me to play it again at the end of the night I was more than happy to oblige.

At the end both Scott and Johnelle were extremely happy and that makes it all worthwhile. Scott and Johnelle are being transferred to Washington so they won't be going back to Iraq. I don't know if I ever thanked them for risking there lives so I could keep the profession I have chosen.