Lauren and Russell

Russell and I met while attending worship at The Gathering in Surf City, NC. We love to spend time enjoying the beaches that surround our home. In April we decided to take a chilly walk on the beach at Serenity Point. Russell bent down to pick up what I believed was a piece of seaglass and instead bent down on one knee and proposed. We had an intimate ceremony in September on a friends back porch overlooking the Topsail Island Sound, and later joined the rest of our friends and family for our reception in Holly Ridge, NC.