Spokane Wedding Photographer: Tony & Stephanie's Old-Time Style Foxwood House Wedding
20 years ago I met Tony. He was kind, thoughtful, loved sports and was always positive. He worked hard and always had pride in his family and what they did. It wouldn't be uncommon to hear about what his Dad was doing, or what they had started to do. We played basketball together. Then life happened. Tony did his thing, I did mine, and while I never once though of him as not my friend, we were both working on this thing called "life" that seemed so complicated back then, but we never really knew what that meant. Fast forward roughly 19 years I get a call from my friend Tony (yes, I still had his number in my phone). Turns out, he was getting married to an incredible and beautiful woman named Stephanie.
And I say incredible and beautiful because that is exactly what I mean. The thing is, I don't just mean the way she looks on the outside, but on the inside. She's someone with an incredible smile and joy, where she is kind and loving, and so willing to help. She was someone I absolutely loved getting to know over the course of their wedding. But I remember standing there, watching them dance as their wedding day came to an end thinking "wow. 20 years ago I was running back and forth on this court, I was going to class with Tony, and now I'm here. Now I'm here watching my old friend say to this incredible woman 'I love you more than anything, and there is no one else I want to spend the rest of my life with, I only want to spend it with you.' It's an amazing thing, and I loved it. I loved the fact that I could be there and capture something of my old friend, capture that moment in his life. I will always remember our times together, and I'm so privileged to be able to be there at such an amazing point in my old friends life again. What an honor it is for me to share these images with you.
