Experience Magic

Back in the early 2010's, Lydia joined a small personal training gym called "Namaste Fitness", that had both personal training and group classes. She would go several times a week to workout with the lead trainer (who will be attending the wedding!). As part of this gym, there was a back room specifically for personal training clients. At this same time, Benjamin was working at Namaste as a group fitness instructor - specifically for bootcamp. On the days he taught class, he would pop into the back room to grab equipment for his classes, and that's when they first noticed each other. Lydia would be on the treadmill and see him come in and grab some weights. Ben would come in and see her, this seemingly angry, yet pretty girl on the treadmill. One day, Lydia was in the back room and Ben was preparing for class in the larger group exercise space. He started playing music, and the music was by a very specific French DJ (Madeon) that not many people knew about. Once Lydia heard the music, she ran into the main room and started talking to Ben about the music. From that point, Lydia started taking some of Ben's bootcamp classes, and one day they ended up chatting for about 2 hours after class ended, and decided to go on a date. They went on their first date about 3 weeks before Lydia was set to leave for business school in Spain. As you can imagine, the date was magical, and they decided to make the most of the time Lydia had left in the US and continue talking while Lydia was in Spain. And the rest, friends and family, is history.

Should you have any questions about anything regarding our wedding, please feel free to reach out to either one of us (email, call, or text is fine). Lydia: 510-847-6638; hemphill.lydia@gmail.com Ben: 510-712-2244; ben.ivyleague@gmail.com