WE MET ON HINGE – LIKE ALL GOOD LOVE STORIES THESE DAYS. AFTER A FEW EARLY DATES (WITH MARC PATIENTLY OVERLOOKING EMILY’S OCCASIONAL LATE ARRIVALS!), WE QUICKLY FELT SOMETHING SPECIAL. BUT SPARKS TRULY FLEW WHEN WE BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER AT THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER. SITTING SIDE BY SIDE, WE LAUGHED THE WHOLE NIGHT, AND IT FELT LIKE FATE WAS TELLING US WE WERE ONTO SOMETHING GOOD.

IN OUR EARLY MONTHS, WE LOVED EATING OUT, VISITING EXHIBITIONS, AND TAKING LITTLE TRIPS AROUND ENGLAND. MARC FOUND SO MUCH JOY IN EMILY, AND EMILY DEEPLY VALUED MARC’S FIERCE LOYALTY TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

LOOKING BACK OVER THE LAST (ALMOST) FOUR YEARS, WE’VE GROWN TOGETHER AND BUILT A STRONG FOUNDATION. WE’VE TRAVELLED ON DREAM ADVENTURES TO NEW ZEALAND AND PERU, AND WE’VE BEGUN CREATING OUR HOME. MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE’VE BECOME EACH OTHER’S SUPPORT, ADVOCATE, AND BIGGEST CHEERLEADER.

MARC PROPOSED ON HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY IN THE PERFECTLY ROMANTIC SETTING OF PROVENCE, FRANCE. EMILY WAS COMPLETELY SURPRISED (AS THE PHOTOS PROVE!) AND COMPLETELY OVERJOYED. WE SPENT A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND TOGETHER BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO CELEBRATIONS AND THE FIRST STEPS OF WEDDING PLANNING.

NOW, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE OUR SPECIAL DAY WITH YOU – OUR FAVOURITE PEOPLE. EACH OF YOU HAS PLAYED A MEANINGFUL PART IN OUR STORY, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU WITH US AS WE BEGIN THIS NEXT CHAPTER. SEE YOU AT OUR WEDDING!!!