Mediterranean Cafe

Rehearsal Dinner

Wedding Day

Holland Avenue Baptist Church

Ceremony

Chickawa Outdoor Center

Reception

Chickawa Outdoor Center 

Fall

Our Wedding

Hannah's Story: "Ouch!!" This was my first thought when John and I met for the first time. Mostly because he stepped on my toe during tackle training at the karate dojo we both attended. I remember going back to my family that day and telling them that a big oaf broke my toe at karate. While most girls say they can't stop thinking about how their man looks or how attractive their voice is, I couldn't stop thinking about John because of the pain I felt in every step I took for a month. It wasn't until he first came and talked to me (to ask me whether I preferred Marvel or DC superheroes) that I started catching feelings for him. In these earliest of times, there was one day that really stood out from the others. We were getting ready to spar one another when all of a sudden, time seemed to slow to a stop and everything in my vision blurred except for John. It was in this moment that I knew I loved him and that I would spend the rest of my life with him. Not long after this, we went on our first date! He wanted to take me to the movies to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As we were both still very young, both of our parents had to drive us and just for the fun of it, we decided to add the rest of our families as well. I had never seen a family take up an entire row in a theater until that day! After that first date, the years flew by and our time together became filled with amazing memories and incredible experiences. We continued to fall deeper in love with each other every passing day and after what felt like an eternity of dreaming and praying, I turned around to find him on one knee telling me how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and asking me to marry him. After almost eight years together, my lifelong wish of saying "I do" and having someone to call my husband is coming true and I wouldn't have it be anyone else but Johnathan Lolar.

﻿Johnathan's Story: Being the new kid anywhere is tough but having to physically interact with people you do not know is even harder. This was the case when I first joined my karate studio and after only a few weeks from joining, I got paired with the only girl my age (Hannah) to do tackle training. It did not take an expert to see that both of us were very uncomfortable having our faces so close to each others...Southern Borders. As someone who physically cringes at the slightest hint of awkwardness, it only took the one tackle session for me to work up the nerve to make the first move and talk to her. We quickly got to the point where we would spend literal hours after our karate trainings talking and I remember wishing the crappy "waiting room" style chairs we sat in did not have arm rests so that I could sit closer to her. While our first date was certainly a memorable one, the night that stands out to me the most was the night of our second date where she invited me to attend a concert called Winterjam with her. After the concert was over and we were on the bus ride back to her church, I remember being overwhelmed with emotions for her that I leaned into her ear and asked if I could kiss her. This was the first time that we kissed and although I was young, I still remember the feeling of everything else in the world disappearing and being in that moment with just her. Not all nights were as magical as that one though; there have many bumps in the road that we have paved together. If you summed up all of the days that we have spent with each other in-person, you would only get a fraction of the almost-eight years that we have been together. However, through it all, our love has endured and I cannot thank God enough that we have made it to the point where I no longer have to watch her walk into her parent's house knowing that I would not see her smile or hear her laugh again for weeks. Now, I get to give Hannah Arnold my last name and start building the foundations for the family and life that we have always talked and prayed about.

Hannah & Johnathan

Hannah & Johnathan

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