Leslie & Kevin; The planning process...

I was shopping (at Wal-mart, unfortunately) when my phone rang and I heard this great Bostonian accent on the line. My first contact was with Kevin Rocha.  He asked me a number of questions, and then told me that Leslie would be calling soon.  They lived in Massachusettes, but would be getting married on a ranch in Stephenville and would need a fairly comprehensive planner to lead them through the process.

Leslie called a few days later as I was shopping again (alas, this time at Dollar Tree), and I had the chance to talk to this wonderful, straight talking, transplanted Texan. We chatted some more about her wedding plans and the package I had proposed, but she said there was one more person in this equation: her dad.

I drove out to the Stephenville ranch quite early one Saturday morning (I was there by 8 a.m.) to look over what would be the ceremony and reception sites.  It was a beautifully planned area (laid out by the late Susie Coan, the bride's mother, specifically for this event) that had great potential.  We shook hands and the planning went into full swing.

The website went up, the appointments were made, and the emails began to flow back and forth.  It is such a joy to plan across the miles when technology is at our disposal. I had been given two days near Thanksgiving that Kevin & Leslie would be in town, so we booked up those days from sun-up to sun-down with meetings of mostly local vendors.  The Coan's are prominent members of the community, and they enjoy suppporting the community that has be supportive to them.