Ariel Pearl Center

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Cocktail Hour

Dinner

Party Time!!!

Our Wedding

Lee&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;met&nbsp;on&nbsp;Match.com&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;pandemic!&nbsp;We&nbsp;exchanged&nbsp;numbers&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;app&nbsp;December&nbsp;of&nbsp;2020,&nbsp;spoke&nbsp;a&nbsp;couple&nbsp;times&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;phone,&nbsp;nothing&nbsp;too&nbsp;serious.&nbsp;February&nbsp;2021&nbsp;Lee&nbsp;texted&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;blue,&nbsp;seeing&nbsp;how&nbsp;'dating'&nbsp;was&nbsp;going......we&nbsp;both&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;ton&nbsp;of&nbsp;crazy&nbsp;dating&nbsp;stories.&nbsp;That&nbsp;day&nbsp;we&nbsp;spoke&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;phone&nbsp;for&nbsp;over&nbsp;an&nbsp;hour,&nbsp;just&nbsp;talking&nbsp;about&nbsp;dating&nbsp;in&nbsp;general,&nbsp;the&nbsp;things&nbsp;we&nbsp;were&nbsp;looking&nbsp;for,&nbsp;what&nbsp;we&nbsp;truly&nbsp;desired&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;mate.&nbsp;Within&nbsp;the&nbsp;week&nbsp;Lee&nbsp;asked&nbsp;me&nbsp;out&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;date...he&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;rule,&nbsp;he&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;talk&nbsp;to&nbsp;someone&nbsp;for&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;and&nbsp;weeks,&nbsp;build&nbsp;a&nbsp;connection,&nbsp;finally&nbsp;meet&nbsp;in-person&nbsp;and&nbsp;find&nbsp;you&nbsp;don't&nbsp;have&nbsp;chemistry.&nbsp;He&nbsp;also&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;big&nbsp;ask!&nbsp;Lol,&nbsp;in&nbsp;Lee&nbsp;fashion,&nbsp;go&nbsp;big&nbsp;or&nbsp;go&nbsp;home....he&nbsp;asked&nbsp;if&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;great&nbsp;time&nbsp;at&nbsp;lunch&nbsp;would&nbsp;I&nbsp;go&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;date&nbsp;that&nbsp;evening.&nbsp;I&nbsp;thought&nbsp;kinda&nbsp;of&nbsp;crazy&nbsp;but&nbsp;cute......I&nbsp;also&nbsp;thought,&nbsp;"if&nbsp;he&nbsp;sucks&nbsp;I'm&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;tell&nbsp;this&nbsp;dude&nbsp;no&nbsp;thanks&nbsp;to&nbsp;this&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;date!"&nbsp;I&nbsp;agreed&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;went&nbsp;on&nbsp;our&nbsp;first&nbsp;date&nbsp;Friday,&nbsp;February&nbsp;19,&nbsp;2021,&nbsp;we&nbsp;literally&nbsp;sat&nbsp;and&nbsp;talked,&nbsp;ate,&nbsp;talked&nbsp;some&nbsp;more&nbsp;for&nbsp;over&nbsp;3&nbsp;hours.&nbsp;So&nbsp;needless&nbsp;to&nbsp;say&nbsp;we&nbsp;went&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;date&nbsp;that&nbsp;evening........And&nbsp;the&nbsp;rest&nbsp;is&nbsp;truly&nbsp;history.From&nbsp;that&nbsp;first&nbsp;conversation&nbsp;in&nbsp;December&nbsp;we&nbsp;both&nbsp;felt&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;amazing&nbsp;to&nbsp;finally&nbsp;find&nbsp;someone&nbsp;like-minded,&nbsp;really&nbsp;looking&nbsp;for&nbsp;real&nbsp;love,&nbsp;connection,&nbsp;and&nbsp;happiness.Shortly&nbsp;into&nbsp;our&nbsp;dating&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;we&nbsp;both&nbsp;shared&nbsp;the&nbsp;feeling&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;finally&nbsp;met&nbsp;the&nbsp;person&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;spend&nbsp;the&nbsp;rest&nbsp;of&nbsp;our&nbsp;lives&nbsp;with.&nbsp;We&nbsp;talked&nbsp;about&nbsp;getting&nbsp;married&nbsp;and&nbsp;building&nbsp;a&nbsp;life&nbsp;together......I&nbsp;had&nbsp;no&nbsp;idea&nbsp;Lee&nbsp;would&nbsp;propose&nbsp;in&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;a&nbsp;year.&nbsp;On&nbsp;Thursday,&nbsp;July&nbsp;29,&nbsp;2021,&nbsp;Lee&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;restaurant&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;our&nbsp;first&nbsp;date&nbsp;at.&nbsp;I&nbsp;had&nbsp;no&nbsp;idea,&nbsp;he&nbsp;had&nbsp;already&nbsp;asked&nbsp;Elijah's&nbsp;permission,&nbsp;planned&nbsp;a&nbsp;family&nbsp;dinner,&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;an&nbsp;amazing&nbsp;surprise!&nbsp;We've&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;long&nbsp;engagement,&nbsp;allowing&nbsp;us&nbsp;to&nbsp;continue&nbsp;to&nbsp;grow&nbsp;closer&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;couple&nbsp;and&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;family.&nbsp; We rescheduled the first wedding date because we added our perfect flower girl!! We&nbsp;are&nbsp;excited&nbsp;to&nbsp;finally&nbsp;make&nbsp;it&nbsp;official&nbsp;and&nbsp;celebrate&nbsp;with&nbsp;family&nbsp;and&nbsp;friends.Please&nbsp;join&nbsp;us&nbsp;September 27, 2026, help&nbsp;us&nbsp;celebrate&nbsp;our&nbsp;Love&nbsp;Story!&nbsp;#LOVEJONES92726

Our Love Story

Our Story

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Our wedding party includes our children! We felt they were the right people to stand up with us on that day to truly represent our unity and our love for each other as a whole.And, we added a little helper, we decided we needed to have our own, personally created flower girl!Ms. Mariah~Lee Michaela Jones!!

Wedding Party

As you make plans to come celebrate with us, please reach out if you think of any questions.

Marla & Lee

Marla & Lee

M&L

Wedding Day

4:00 PM–4:30 PM

Ceremony

4:30 PM–5:30 PM

Cocktail Hour

5:30 PM–6:30 PM

Dinner

6:30 PM–10:30 PM

Party Time!!!