St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

Wedding Day

Wedding

Coffee Creek Ridge

Reception

Our Wedding

You will have to ask Eric for all the details.. on how he found me. However, he started sending me messages online. He had asked me to go out to dinner, but I was a little hesitant. I really didn't know anything about him, except that he was from Rushville. Before I agreed to go on a date with him, I asked my friend from college if she remember him. I had become really good friends with Brittany Dodd (Sharpe) while in college at USI. She grew up in Rushville.. and could vouch for Eric. For our first date, we met at Applebee's in Shelbyville, Indiana.. the rest is history!

The Beginning

The Ring: It all started with a few white lies. Eric had told me that he was spending some time hanging out with Scott. Yet, Eric had told Scot he couldn't hang out because he had to go to the north side of Indianapolis to look for a replacement piece for my dishwasher. I called him when I got off of work, and he told me that he was still at Lowe's.. (He started to get his lies confused!) I asked him why he was at Lowe's, and he made up an excuse about how Scott needed something.Bruce's Blessing: I took Eric to Terre Haute to a cookout for my nephew's first birthday party. While I was doing something inside, Eric tried to take advantage of all the noise outside. So he sat down on the porch to talk to my dad (Bruce). Kayla (my little sister) saw the expression on my dad's face, quieted everyone, and made sure that the focus shifted to whatever was happening between Eric and my dad. So my entire family knew Eric planned on proposing when we took our first vacation to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Gatlinburg Trip: On the entire drive down to Tennessee, Eric was a wreck. In his defense, we drove threw rain the entire trip. I thought he was just nervous because of the road conditions! Unfortunately, it only stopped raining long enough for us to walk down the strip of downtown Gatlinburg to find a place to eat. On on our walk to dinner, I had taken a picture of the Skylift Wedding Chapel. I made a joke with Eric that I wanted to send a picture to my sisters just to mess with them. He tried extremely hard to keep me from sending that picture.. he was afraid their response might ruin his plans. Luckily, I got distracted because we had to start running to get out of the pouring rain.The next morning (July 8th), I made Eric get up very early. I wanted to do a hike to Grotto Falls. As we were driving up into the mountains, Eric was getting very nervous again. I kept reassuring him that we were not going to be eaten by bears. While we were driving up the one lane road, I became convinced that we had missed the stop for the trail to the waterfalls. Eventually we came upon an overlook, and I asked Eric to stop so I could take a picture.Eric's plan was to propose by the waterfalls, but since we were not sure we would find them.. Eric took advantage of the privacy of the overlook. While I was walking around taking pictures with my phone, Eric got down on one knee behind me. When I turned around... I was in shock. I knew I had said yes, but I wasn't even certain that he had asked the question. It was perfect!

Kevi & Eric

Kevi & Eric

Wedding Party