(Just a preliminary word of caution to any husbands reading this, Marc may have ruined it for all of you. He is currently at large and a prime target of loser husbands worldwide.)
In my line of work I’m very fortunate to work with young couples in love and really just beginning their lives together. It’s less often that I run across a couple like Marc and Sandy Priska, married for 18 yrs. and just as in love as the day they met. Or maybe even more so.
Marc has raised the bar on anniversary planning, starting with the fact that he rounded up, and just considered his 18 yr. anniversary to be the 20th yr.. He contacted me a month or so ago, excited like a teenager about his top secret plans. If there was anything else he could have added to his vision, I really couldn’t think of it. Beginning with the white Rolls Royce (customized Priska plate) picking Sandy up @ work, check. Single red rose, photo framed picture, a box of tissues, and an ipod with his personal message to listen to laying on the seat, check. Sandy in tears after listening to his message, check. Jaspers restaurant in The Woodlands, check. Rose petal trail leading to private dining table in a room filled with roses, check. 4 piece orchestra playing all Sandy’s fav.s , check. Customized menu, check. (see pic.s of the food on my facebook page.) Seriously tip of the iceberg folks, he even had sent her out a few weeks before to buy an outfit, anything she wanted and then had it waiting for her @ the restaurant to change into. In between dinner courses, Sandy was duly shocked when Marc got down on one knee, reproposed and then gave her a newly designed old wedding ring that hadn’t fit right for many years. Even more shocking was when she said yes. Just kidding, of course she said yes!!!
After dinner, we went outside to take some fun and romantic pic.s in the area. They had never done this before as they had eloped to Las Vegas the first time around, and now their 2 adorable little kiddos get most their camera time. Just as we began the shoot, it started to rain, but never fear, as Marc had apparently arranged for a rainbow to appear too. That’s some serious planning. After Marc and Sandy brought out their inner model freaks for awhile, we wound up the shoot on the penthouse suite balcony @ The Woodlands Waterway Marriott, with an amazing sunset in the background.
One might think the story ends there. But after almost 20 yr.s , it’s really still just beginning. Plans for the rewedding in 2010 in Las Vegas are in the works and I for one wouldn’t miss it…:)