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a real-life wedding
Michelle Laughlin and Steven Grant were "country" long before it
was a hot trend. Country passions brought them together and
when they planned their wedding, a true country celebration was
the obvious way for them to begin their married life together.
A mutual love of horses led them to a Myspace virtual
meeting. It would be three years before they connected face-to-
face. Michelle describes fond memories of that first real-life
encounter: "We had our first kiss. That kiss was the second best
kiss I have ever had, coming in just behind our first kiss as a
married couple". Sounds like a lyric from a country song,
doesn't it?
NATURAL PROPOSAL
Half-way through a canoe trip in Algonquin Provincial Park,
after an especially difficult portage, Steven complained that he
thought somebody had put rocks in his backpack--there had
been some joking threats from friends about that prank the
previous night around the campfire.
He asked Michelle to check. Sure enough she found a rock. It
was attached to a long string. She froze when she discovered the
string's end looped around a silver box. Steven got down on one
knee and asked his best friend to spend the rest of her life with him.
Michelle
& Steven
COUNTRY CHIC CELEBRATIONS--THIS
COUPLE GOES COUNTRY ALL THE WAY
PHOTOS: DAVID + KARA WEDDING IMAGERY