MEET KIMBERLY & MICHAEL WHO ARE SAYING I DO NEXT MONTH IN ARIZONA!
Kimberly is one of our destination brides who we are looking forward to meeting and celebrating with Michael and her on their special day.
Name Kimberly Sibley
Fiancé Name Michael Lopez
Wedding Date
/Location April 27, 2013 / JW Marriott Starr Pass
Resort & Spa
Engagement
Date /Location June 2012 / GM Marriott Renaissance
Center on the terrace of Forty Two
Degrees North and went on the terrace
How you met your fiancé Michael and I met three years
ago when he and his sister, Linda came into the Fitness Gym I was working at on
a Sunday to get membership pricing. I actually thought his sister was his wife
and was not "checking him out"...
Michael says he was drawn to me from
the beginning. His sister Linda
shares that at the end of our conversation when she announced that Michael was
her brother that my eyes LIT UP! :) After spending about an hour convincing him
to buy a membership for his nephew, we parted ways.
Michael states
"Unfortunately for my nephew and for selfish reasons, I started to
anticipate my Sunday workouts just to go see Kimberly." He asked me to
train his nephew (I think to get one-on-one conversations with me) and that
committed us to seeing each other more times throughout the week. There was a
pivotal day that we both recall... one that he was actually on the bench press
and I was visiting with him (or acting like I could spot him - HA!). The conversation leant itself to
speak about our dreams, inspirations, and faith and we connected in a profound
way that day!
Favorite
Date Night with your fiancé? My fiancé really is consistent with taking me to surprise
dinner locations, he’ll ask me to get all “dolled up” and take me to a classy
restaurant. I don’t know if I have an all-time
favorite because truly there has been many. He is a gentleman with ordering for me at the table,
surprising me with flowers, and his latest that he has done is to take me into
Swarovski and having me try on different necklaces and earrings… then telling
the associate to “ring it up”.
What has
been the best part of planning your wedding? My fiancé has played a huge role
in planning with me. He has been
very hands-on with the Ceremony & Reception layout, song choices, picking
out gifts and favors, etc. Another
fun aspect has been ways of putting meaningful touches into the ceremony &
reception… some known and some that will be a complete surprise for our guests.
What has
been something you won’t miss about planning a wedding? Spending
money. Our budget has popped and
it will be nice to be done purchasing items and start saving and having “extra
fun money” again!
What tips
would you give a fellow bride about starting the planning process? Include
your fiancé and don’t control the entire process. Get creative with incorporating your heritage and
traditions. I used an online
(free) website that was awesome with organization for the entire event. www.Weddingwire.com which
also let us customize a website for our guests and friends: http://www.weddingwire.com/MKLOPEZ2013
Wedding
Colors/Stlye of Wedding Sunset colors: Reds, Oranges and accented with Purple
and Yellow. We are having an outdoor ceremony with a
live Monarch Butterfly release that our Guests will release individual
butterflies as we exit from the ceremony.
We are also incorporating the “Butterfly” theme in our indoor Reception
with Table Cards/escort cards, wedding favors, cake, etc. The Monarch butterfly coordinates
with our color-scheme which is a nice touch.
What is your
something Borrowed? Nothing borrowed. We really put our combined touches on
everything and really don’t believe this is a MUST DO for us.
Specials
Song you have to hear at your wedding?
Our last dance we decided was going to be
Adam Sandler’s “Grow Old With You” (from the movie Wedding Singer). Our first dance will be a choreographed
Salsa routine that we have been working with a private instructor on for the
big day.
Chicken
Dance –Yes or No No. Our oldest sons are doing the CUPID SHUFFLE instead.
Where will
you Honeymoon? We have been relocated to Madison, Wisconsin for a
project my fiancé is running. So,
no Honeymoon until the project is complete. However, we will be heading to Milwaukee, WI (Corporate
Headquarter of Harley) to purchase a new Harley Davidson instead though!!
Any special
props you plan to use for your photographer on your wedding day? Butterflies,
Live Mariachi Band, and Folklorico Dancers. We are also doing a special wedding shoot on Monday
morning at the Resort at 6am, poolside.
This will be just the Bride/Groom – morning Tucson sunrise and we will
be dressed up (not in our wedding day attire, but other). There is some dramatic positioning with
the pool in front of the Resort we are utilizing. Should be interesting!
