Sometimes it’s a really small world. Back in 98, when I was a senior in high school, I had a part time job working as a sales representative in the computer department at Best Buy. One of the managers in a separate department back then was a guy named Jeremy, and from what I can recall of my limited interaction with him, he was a pretty nice guy. Fast forward to 2007 and I’m in Destin, Florida hanging out with one of my best friends, Ryan, who coincidentally happens to be living with his older brother Jeremy whom I’m now just meeting for the first time. That’s the same Jeremy from when I was working at Best Buy back in high school. Sounds funny doesn’t it? We’ll I’ve got a perfectly good excuse for it as I met Ryan through my other best friend, Ron, at the end of senior year in high school a few years after he had moved to another town and changed high school along with it. So by coincidence, I just never happened to run into Jeremy simply because I barely knew Ryan back then.
This trip to Destin was also special for another reason. Jessica and Jeremy’s wedding also meant that I would be reuniting with two of my best friends, Ron and Ryan, together all at once for the first time in a few years. It’s amazing to look back and think that I first met Ron back when we were freshman’s in high school and that I eventually met Ryan through Ron at the end of my senior year. We’ve gone through a lot together and have had some crazy fun times together but the one thing I realize most is that as we get older, we have (to include 3 different deployments to two different war zones) and we will always be there for one another even though we’re now separated by thousands of miles between us. Or at least me anyways as Ron has recently relocated to Southern Florida while Ryan is still in Destin, Florida.
But that’s enough sappy stuff from me. Though before you skip on down to the photos, I just want to add that I attended this wedding as a guest and I only shot a limited amount of what I could without getting in the way of the paid photographer (whom I’m going to link to as soon as I receive her contact info) while still being able to enjoy the wedding as a guest. So because of that freedom I decided to play around slightly with the look of some of my photos so don’t be surprised if you see something different from me. Enjoy!
