LET'S GET READY TO PARTY!

We met the good old fashioned way, at a bar in the wee hours of the morning. Laura *allegedly* walked up to Jimmy after making eye contact with him from across the bar. Jimmy will say it was his magnetic energy that drew Laura in, but Laura will say it was the lone life rope she grabbed onto in hopes of escaping an unwelcomed advance from a not so subtle stranger....you know...the old "oh there you are! I've been looking for you!" move. If we're being honest, one of us doesn't have much memory of the meeting after those first few words were exchanged, but the next day when Laura learned she had given this so called "Jim - we met last night and I'd like to take you out sometime" both her real phone number AND real name, it was decided he must have made quite the impression. After some serious persistence on Jimmy's end, we finally met for drinks. It took all of about thirty seconds and three words out of his mouth for Laura to realize what it was that had made her divulge her legitimate contact information...THAT VOICE. And thus, here we are...nearly four years, hundreds of sarcastic exchanges, thousands of smiles and millions of laughs later....AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!

Most of you probably know this story by now, but we think it does a pretty good job of summarizing what we believe will be the key to our wedding, so we'll go ahead and jog your memories here. We think you'll agree, it's an understatement to call both of us competitive. Early on in the relationship, we both talked a big game about our own dance moves, assuring the other that 'my skill level is far superior to yours and you'll just have to wait and see when the time comes'. Well that time came. It was one of the first events Laura brought Jimmy to, a wedding for one of her coworkers (shoutout to Batts & Kara!). The dance-off started and it started early. Both left it all on the floor that night. About halfway through the night, Laura, coming out of her dance daze for a brief moment looked around to see Jimmy had clearly given up. Understandably so. She walked over to their table where he sat, looking defeated. As she was about to gloat...for the first time in her life...he opened his mouth and said "I split my pants. Bad. Like back belt loop to front zipper bad." Did we pack up, wish the couple well and head for the hills? God no. Instead, Jimmy tied his jacket around his waste, brushed the beads of sweat off his forehead and went back out to that dance floor to teach everyone there how to Dougie. And THAT is how important a good dance floor is to us. For our entire adult lives, we've had so much fun dancing the night away at all of your weddings. We truly cannot believe it's our turn to repay that favor! The most important part of our wedding, minus both of us feeling so blissfully full of love for one another, is that our guests have the time of their lives. We are so excited and blessed to get to share our day with all of you and we promise to make it one giant party! So come prepared to laugh, love, cry (if you're name is Laura...or Peter) and dance!