Amy + Timothy | Iron Mountain Michigan Wedding

Posted on July 9, 2015 | 1 comment

Amy stepped away from spending time with her family while visiting them in Michigan and checked her phone. A surge of butterflies swept up inside of her when she saw a message from Timothy. He was from California, where Amy had been living, and the two of them had been talking daily since connecting through a dating website they both had made profiles on. With each new message she eagerly responded and waited for another, until she was finally back in California and read the words from Timothy, “Do you want to grab a cup of coffee?” “COFFEE!” Amy thought, being an avid coffee lover herself, “This guy is already a winner!” And the date was set, starting with a concert at San Jose State followed by coffee at a favorite cafe.

But Amy and Timothy’s first date almost didn’t happen. When Kevin, Timothy’s brother, said he was coming into town and wanted to hang out, Timothy nervously debated canceling his date. “Dude, you can’t do that!” Kevin said, urging him to go meet Amy at the concert. So Timothy went, and boy was he glad he did. They enjoyed live music from a symphony and continued on to a cafe where they talked for hours over coffee. It naturally continued into a second date, and a third date, and before they knew it, they were spending each year together falling more in love.

Memorial Day Weekend rolled around, and Timothy was trying to keep his calm as they were stuck in traffic. It was supposed to be a romantic day re-living one of their favorite dates they have ever had together – driving down a gorgeous California road and catching the sunset. The road, effectively named “17 Mile Road,” winds between the most gorgeous forest and ocean views along Carmel, California. Timothy hoped to make it to the same point they visited on their original date in time to watch the sunset, but Amy sat in the passenger seat looking up tourist spots and gift shops hoping to make a stop along the way. When they finally made it to their spot for sunset viewing, Timothy looked around frustrated. “This isn’t it,” he said with certainty, “this isn’t the spot!” “Oh but it is, babe, look!” And Amy pulled out her phone with photos from their first time there still saved, confirming they were exactly where Timothy wanted to be. He set up his tripod to take a picture – where he planned on surprising Amy with a ring right before the camera snapped the photo, but nerves and giddiness over took him, and Timothy ended up falling on the rocks as he went to run into the frame. Hiding scrapes all over his elbows, he brushed himself off and casually tried it again, this time perfectly running into frame and surprising Amy with a proposal. She – of course – said yes!

Amy and Timothy incorporated Filipino tradition into their ceremony, including the items you see in the photo above: Unity Coins which symbolize prosperity, a white veil to symbolize purity or the presence of the Lord, and a knotted cord to symbolize the couples bond.