The Seasons Lakehouse

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Our Wedding

Brigitte and I first met at college in 2009, introduced at a party through mutual friends. I&nbsp;was going through such an exciting time in my life. Every day brought fresh ideas, and I was exhilarated by the daily onslaught of new&nbsp;experiences. There was a sense of discovery in the air, as if all those&nbsp;around me were taking part in a great communal project, assembling themselves into bigger and better people, bit by bit.

I was all the more impressed by Brigitte, this cute,&nbsp;quirky, foul-mouthed, spritely little riddle of a human being, because she seemed like she&nbsp;had found herself ages ago. I felt like she knew exactly who she was, like it would've been unbearable for her to try to be anything else. She was and is so different; anyone who knows her well will tell you, she is like no other person on earth.































I remember&nbsp;she was wearing a black beret, the&nbsp;finishing touch to one of those adorable little costumes she still loves to wear. She was a&nbsp;paradox; one moment struggling to carry the world on her back, the next moment flippant and free, her eyes flashing. Sometimes&nbsp;I&nbsp;felt like I could see&nbsp;the sadness of the world in those eyes. She's always been an old soul.































We were dating other people at the time, and would continue doing so for years. I graduated Purdue and moved to Chicago to start my career as a graphic designer. Brigitte transferred away to study mortuary science. We were still friends, but only in the cursory way you keep friends in other cities, a kind of holding pattern set up in case your lives chance to intersect again. For us, ours did.































We both attended a kind of reunion for our group of friends at Purdue, and I remember seeing her in a completely new way. It felt like meeting her for the first time&nbsp;again. I remember sitting off in a corner of a party with her, talking about what kind of parents we wanted to be.































After that weekend, I was determined to keep her&nbsp;in my life this time, but I didn't know how to tell her my feelings. So I did what I often do when I'm at a loss for words -- I painted. I painted her the way that&nbsp;I saw&nbsp;her, covered in symbols and carrying a flaming sword, a brave warrior meeting her challenges head-on. When I showed her the painting, I&nbsp;think a part of her understood how I felt.































We've been together almost six years since, and our lives&nbsp;look&nbsp;different now, but we are still the same people we were back then. Every day we fall deeper in love, and together cast our lives into ever more perfect shapes. I still feel the excitement of new experiences and ideas, but now that is our project, our lives the fruit of each other's labor.&nbsp;She is everything to me, and I can't imagine my life without her.

Our Story

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Kelly Meyer

Allison Zimpfer-Hoerr

Angela Jane Zimpfer

Kevin Romanak

Matthew Palmer

Alex Sperellis

William Moorman

Elise Gonzales

Zachary & Brigitte's pet dog and all-around cool guy

Bruiser Scott

Dorothy Rogers

Layne Rogers

Wedding Party

Registry

Q + A

Just call 317.653.1854 and ask for the Scott-Malwin wedding block to make your reservation! We have standard king and double-queen&nbsp;rooms blocked out for Friday Oct. 12 & Saturday Oct. 13, at a locked-in rate of $124

Brigitte & Zachary

Brigitte & Zachary

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