Kimberly and Johnny are getting married at the end of July, and I am thankful to have met them.

Kimberly and Johnny, both raised in the Bay Area, have known each other since High School and have been dating since.  Kimberly, continuing her education to get her PhD, moved to Arizona with Johnny and their two dogs.  Both are a fun couple, they love their pets, and have grown much closer together since moving out on their own.  While they wanted to visit home, they would visit and drive back and forth from Arizona to the Bay Area to see their friends and family.

Back in November 2013, an unfortuante event happened – Kimberly and Johnny got into a very bad car accident on their way driving back from California to Arizona.  Kimberly was driving, and Johnny had asked her if she was doing okay.  She replied, “yeah, of course”, and she said she may have been in a different state of mind, because shortly after, she fell asleep behind the wheel and they drove off a cliff.  Kimberly broke her entire spine, neck, vertebrae, cracked a little bit of her pelvis, had a concussion, and a totaled the entire car.  Johnny on the other hand, didn’t have a scratch, but the unfortunate hospital bills took even more money than they were planning to spend… and they were planning to get married.  For a while, Kimberly wasn’t able to talk on the phone or go on the computer much because she wasn’t allowed to strain her brain, so much of my communications were through our mutual friend, Cassie.  (Thank you Cassie for bringing us together!!)

After finally speaking with Kimberly and Johnny over Skype, I immediately fell in love with the couple and now I’m so happy to be capturing their wedding.  Here’s a little mini engagement session for Kimberly and Johnny.  Now, Kimberly’s still in rehab, however she’s almost back to how she was prior to her accident.  I can’t wait to photograph their intimate wedding at the end of July in Woodside, California!!

❤ mn