Moving into the 2024-2025 school year, the English department announces their summer weddings. One of the beautiful weddings was of Mrs. Jones. On July 26, a gorgeous sunny day in Nashville, Mrs. Jones’s wedding took place. It was filled with family and friends, and because of the setting, the guests were advised to attend in Western clothes. Mrs. Jones had an item with more significance than it seemed, a bouquet of roses. She had chosen roses as her flower as a symbol of her friend who had passed away last year. She held them during the ceremony and after in her wedding photos. She symbolizes her strong friendship with her friend. Mrs. Jones says, “There was just a bit of rain, a sign of good luck.” Rain on a wedding day signifies good luck by showing that your marriage will last forever. What makes this marriage unique from others is that Mrs. Jones and her husband were married to Elvis. Following the wedding, a small amount of family and friends went to a local restaurant called The Mockingbird where they celebrated the newlyweds and the start of an amazing new life together. Though they didn’t have a honeymoon, they plan to sometime in the future. Meanwhile, they continue to do their favorite activities together like reading the New York Times together, going on walks, and watching their favorite shows.
Summer Lovin had the English department a blast. Mrs. Christensen/ St.Clair tied the knot with her husband, Tim Christensen, a social worker at the University of Florida Health, on August 2, 2024. Their story began on Mrs. Christensen’s birthday, August 18, 2023. Mrs. Christensen was at Disney for the weekend with some of her best friends from college to celebrate their milestone birthdays together. Mr. Christensen, who lived in Gainesville at the time, was visiting Orlando for a health conference. They first started communicating via Bumble, an online dating network, for a while, before they decided to meet at a Chick-fil-A near Disney to see if they could connect in person, needless to say, they did. “ I knew Tim was the one during our first month of dating”, says Mrs. Christensen, “he is an incredibly kind, thoughtful, and loving person with great emotional depth and maturity”. Mrs. Christensen also states that since they “met a bit later in life with a good amount of lived experience between us, so we are very grateful for and appreciative of each other”.
Their heartwarming engagement soon followed this past June in the chapel inside the Morse Museum in Winter Park, which is where they had their 2nd date. With the help of Mrs. Christensen’s sister and mother, Tim surprised her with the beautiful moment. After their engagement, they celebrated by having dinner at Antonio’s, an Italian restaurant, on the roof. Then their family joined the celebration at Lake Lily where they’d planned dessert for them. Then the wedding festivities began! Jessikah Cook, Upper School math teacher, and a good friend of Mrs. Christensen, hosted a bridal shower for her in her home in College Park. Many members of the LHP family went to celebrate. Teachers including Amanda Jones, Miriam Campbell, Cindy Wray, Lauren Oliva, Jennifer D’Andrea, Jen Neldner, Desiree Allison, Lauren Fuhler, Angela Wohltman, Clara Velazquez-Levin, Lori Moore, Jenny Stein, Madeleine Glascock, and more.
With the help of Mrs. Christensen’s sister, Audrey, and her mother, the wedding was able to take place in August. Although they decided to have a smaller wedding, preparation still took a good amount of time. Audrey, her sister, actually played an immense role in the wedding, she officiated the marriage. The two shared vows at The Chapel at Hannibal Square in Winter Park, where only close friends and family attended. Including Mrs. Christensen’s high school English teacher, who wrote the couple a poem called “For Life,” and she read it during the service. Both of their mothers also read poems during the ceremony. “The ceremony was so special and intimate”, states Mrs. Christensen. Their wedding reception was at AVA MediterrAegean on Park Avenue. The newlyweds stayed at the Alfond Inn in Winter Park during their wedding weekend. They will soon be officially honeymooning in October, where they will be seeing the fall foliage and go hiking in Bar Harbor. They will also visit Maine, Woodstock, and Vermont. The whole LHP family is so happy for Mr. and Mrs Christensen and wishes them the best!
On July 26, a gorgeous sunny day with intermittent rain showers in Nashville, Tennesse. Mrs. Amanda Jones’s wedding took place. It was filled with family and friends, and because of the setting, the guests were advised to attend in Western clothes. Mrs. Jones had an item with more significance than it seemed: a bouquet of roses. She had chosen roses as her flower as a symbol of her friend who had passed away last year. She held them during the ceremony and after in her wedding photos. The floral arrangement symbolizes her strong friendship with her friend. Mrs. Jones explained,”There was just a bit of rain, a sign of good luck.” Rain on a wedding day signifies good luck by showing that your marriage will last forever and your wedding day is going to be memorable for everyone including family and friends. What makes this marriage unique from others is that Mrs. Jones and her husband were married by an Elvis impersonator. Following the wedding, a small amount of family and friends went to a local restaurant called The Mockingbird where they celebrated the newlyweds and the start of an amazing new life together. Though they didn’t have a honeymoon, they plan to celebrate sometime in the future. Meanwhile, they continue to do their favorite activities together like reading The New York Times, going on walks, and watching their favorite shows.
