Real Wedding: Elisa & Lance

It was Christmas morning when Elisa’s dad asked her oldest sister to grab a camera. Looking confused and having no idea what was going on Elisa world was about to change…

Lance walked over to me and said, “I know that we weren’t supposed to get anything for Christmas for each other, but this is for you.” I was rather surprised and started to tear open the wrapping. It was an orange Nike box and I got excited, “Lance! Is it the shoes I want!?” (I’m a shoe freak, I’ll admit it.) Lance just told me to open it and see. So, I opened the box to find the shoes that I have wanted for some time. Lance’s and my favorite restaurant is Hu Hot (where we had our first date) and after we ate dinner there, we usually would go and walk around Dick’s Sporting Goods, next door. I would always point out those green shoes to Lance and tell him all about the colors. He gave me the green ones, my favorite color.

My Dad said, “Try them on.” So, I opened up the right shoe to see if there was any paper inside the new shoes, although there was a red box inside.

My mouth dropped and I gasped for words and looked at Lance. Lance then got down on one knee and pulled out a piece of paper, which he wrote a poem for me. He started to read it as I started to cry. I couldn’t believe it. He was proposing!!!

I LOVE SHOES! I love how I got to wear two different shoes and ended with the green Nike shoes he proposed with for the reception. A plus for this, my feet weren’t hurting by the end of the night or the following day.

We are both huge KU fans and it played along throughout our relationship, so I really liked how we got married on the same day KU hosted Kansas State and how we got married in Lawrence. I had a KU garter, KU Jayhawk painted on my toe and we gave our flower girls KU Jayhawk backpacks for gifts and the ring bearer a K-State Wildcat.

I wanted our flowers to be simple but meaningful. I went with white roses, which mean true love. The hydrangea stands for friendship, devotion, and understanding. My florist dyed the hydrangeas an ice blue color to follow our wedding colors.

I looked through thousands of pictures for the look of cake I wanted and of course we had to have a KU Jayhawk for the Groom’s cake. I loved how easy it felt when Donna would help me choose the flavors of the cake and fillings, I felt like I was at home and at ease. We had vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavored cakes and then the Jayhawk was Chocolate cake with peanut butter filling.

Photography: Prairie Fire Images

Pastor: Verdell Taylor, Christian Psychological Services – 785-550-0133

Music & Video: Complete Music DJ and Video

Cake: Donna Wege, Cake (Donna’s Cake and Catering) – 785-393-1686

Venue: The Eldridge Hotel

Flowers: University of Flowers – 785-232-4012