Many of you probably guessed with our last post that we were sending you an update on our "Green Wedding" and alas you found the adventures of Katie and Willie Portland style instead. For those of you waiting, and those of you who do not yet know, we are going to fill you all in on our upcoming green wedding!
Our wedding adventure started less than a month ago when Katie's mom sent us a link to apply for a "Green Wedding Giveaway" at the Living Green Expo in St. Paul in partnership with the show Twin Cities Live on KSTP tv. We decided to apply, which meant we had to write an essay about how we live a "green" and "healthy" lifestyle, how we got engaged and why we want to get married on May7th at the Living Green Expo. To check out the contest more and our essay just click on this link: http://kstp.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=W&c=28532&s=7555442&i=1#SD
After we sent in the essay we waited, hoping to be one of three finalists out of the 24 contestants. This past Monday, April 3, we found out that we made the top three!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also found out we needed to head up to St. Paul for an interview the next morning.
We headed up to Katie's parent's house that day, and interviewed with KSTP, Twin Cities Live, and the coordinator from the Living Green Expo the next morning. They were all wonderful and made us feel so comfortable!
That same day, we headed back to La Crosse and each went about our day, Katie at work and Willie at meetings. When we met up at the end of the day we realized each had been struggling the entire day with focusing and not constantly thinking about the contest. Minutes before Katie was to go to Jazzercise and Willie was supposed to head to a meeting we got a call......
"Hello, is this Katie Johnson from Katie and Willie?" (Side note, there was another Katherine Johnson contestant, with her fiance looking very similar to Willie...).
"YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Insert intense amount of anticipation bubbling inside of Willie and Katie).
"I'm calling to let you know you won the Green Wedding Giveaway!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Now imagine Katie giving the biggest jump you could ever imagine (1.5 feet vertical), and both of us screaming our heads off, complimented by Katie repeatedly saying "I'm freaking out!!!!!!!"
Then we ran around the house yelling and screaming, while attempting to call family for about the next 15 minutes. During this time Willie called at least 4 people, and Katie spent the entire time pressing "redial" on her phone and not getting a hold of her parents or sister....
Once she actually got through, the 7 missed phone calls had given away the surprise, so much for self-control on "redial." Lesson be learned.
We won a green wedding to put on at the Living Green Expo in St. Paul, MN on May 7th, 2011. The wedding includes everything! You can check it out more at the website. In addition there are video segments that will be shown on Twin Cities Live, on KSTP tv in the Twin Cities. The segments will follow our green wedding planning, and eventually the actual wedding. We headed up to Katie's parent's house yesterday with Willie's parents to film the first segment in White Bear Lake. The first segment aired today, and you can watch it here: twincitieslive.com - Green Wedding Winners
We hope you enjoy our wedding adventure!
Love,
Katie and Willie
This is too cool you two! Congratulations!!! Way to start off with the Conservation Corps plug. You had me smiling through the whole video clip. I can't wait to keep track of your planning through the blog and the local media. You two are great!
ReplyDeleteDid you make it to Jazzercise? That's the real question. :)
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