Wedding

While studying couples Gottman found he could predict within five minutes and he has an accuracy rate of 94% if a marriage was going to thrive. According to Dr. Gottman, “Happy marriages are based on a deep friendship.” He adds, “The couple knows each other intimately and is well versed in each other’s likes, dislikes, […]

Glorify the struggle All couples go through hard times. When you ask happy couples about the story of their relationship, they tend to “glorify the struggle.” They talk proudly about how they’ve overcome their challenges together. There is a strong sense of “we-ness” in the relationship. When you ask unhappy couples the same question, they tend to […]

What a complete joy it was to be a part of Amanda and Tyler’s gorgeous wedding at Grace Episcopal Church this past summer. It was wonderful to work with this sweet and down to earth couple leading up to their wedding day. Grace is the church where Rev. Pat works as the wedding coordinator, so […]

  We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant – Pat is perfect! We cannot say enough nice things about Pat, and we are so happy that she was part of our wedding day. Pat is kind, genuine, and hardworking. She did an outstanding job capturing how we felt about each other, and it created […]

I could not have described this wedding couple any better than Kalli from Kallidoscope Photography did in her blog post about Laura and Matt’s wedding. Even I was teary eyed and had to work hard to keep it together during the ceremony.  (For more photos from this wedding be sure to click on the link above to her blog […]

Thank you, Laura and Matt, for sharing with me these very kind words… “Thank you for being a special part of our wedding day. We cannot say enough nice things about you! The ceremony was truly perfect and our favorite part of the entire day. We felt that Matt’s dad Pat and our grandparents were […]

Gottman says, ““Happily married couples aren’t smarter, richer or more psychologically astute than others. But in their day-to-day lives, they have hit upon a dynamic that keeps their negative thoughts and feelings about each other from overwhelming their positive ones.  The more couples are able to understand, honor, and respect each other and their marriage, […]

Thank you Amanda and Andy for writing such a nice review for me on Wedding Wire.  I’m blushing at your words of praise and am so grateful to have gotten the chance to have worked with both of you.  May your marriage be blessed with as much abundance of love, joy, and happiness that we felt […]

How was your day, dear?Learning to cope with pressures and tensions outside your relationship is crucial to the long-term health of your marriage, according to research by Neil Jacobson. The most effective way to do this is to reunite at the end of the day and talk about how it went. We call this the “How […]

If you remember the 1991 movie “Father of the Bride” with Steve Martin and the beautiful backyard wedding he threw for his daughter (Kimberly Williams) you will get a small sense of what this wedding on the shores of Lake Winnebago was like.  What an incredibly gorgeous wedding that Amanda and Andy planned for their […]