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Thank you for visiting! We're so excited to be
sharing our story with you!
We put together this website to share a little of our lives
(and so
those of you who know only one of us can find out about the other).
We've divided the website into many sections that hold information
on
everything ranging from each of us to our future plans together
Jessica
Jess was born in Savannah, GA on December 5th
1977 to Susan Edenfield. She then moved to Seattle, WA and started school on the
west coast, but in the 1st
grade she moved with her parents to Europe and lived all over Europe
for the next 16 months. After this adventure they moved back to
Seattle and this is where her sister Zoë was born when Jess was 14.
In the 10th grade
Jess moved to Reston, VA to finish high school. While there,
she played varsity Lacrosse. After high school, she attended
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ( Virginia Tech
) in Blacksburg, VA to study interior design. After four years she
graduated from VT and moved to Raleigh, NC for her first real job at Phillips Architecture, PA.
in Raleigh, NC where she still currently works and loves it.
Kenneth
Ken was born in Mineola, New York on August 14th,
1975 to Lee and Marjorie Carter, who had earlier been living in
other parts of Long Island, NY. Shortly after his birth, Ken's
parents moved to Connecticut to raise him and his brother
Tom. Ken
attended Christian Heritage School in Trumbull, CT and played soccer
and was active in the student government ( yes, he was the senior
class Treasurer ). After High School, he attended
Campbell University
in Buies Creek, NC.
After university, Ken chose to move to Raleigh, NC and be closer to
his work.. After a few years he got very interested in 4x4's and
off-road vehicles which is his favorite hobby-
http://www.impaks.com
Ken is an active member of the Center North
Carolina 4x4 club
(
www.cnc4x4.org ) and United Four
Wheel Drive Association (
www.ufwda.org )
The Engagement - May
8th 2004
For those of you who know
me (Ken) well,
you can guess that the engagement was planned well in advance (and
down to the smallest detail)... I had picked out the ring about two
months before with the help of several friends and had it made at a
local jeweler to be ready just before she left for a short vacation
to go see her parents (who now live in Arizona). With some great
help from some friend's I found the perfect location (
Raleigh Rose
Garden - 301 Pogue St - Raleigh, NC )
--- Just to interject into the story.... Here is a
quick catch up for those of you that do not know how we met.... Jess
and I met at a bar called (
The Pour House in Raleigh, NC on Sept
22, 2000) I was playing pool and Jess was leaning against the wall not
looking very happy (found out later she was the DD) I finally
got the nerves to walk over and talk to Jess which then lasted 2hrs :) and
the rest is history... If you want all the details ask one of us
---Now back to the story--
Well the day had finally arrived and I told Jess that one of my
friends from work was having a b-day party at The Pour House at 8pm
so I took Jess out for a nice mid day dinner at 518 Glenwood Ave.
then after dinner I told Jess that a friend told me about a nice
place to relax and walk around. So I took Jess to The Raleigh Rose
Garden which turned out to be very funny because when we got
their, there was a wedding party taking pictures in front of the
flowers. Well after walking around checking out the flowers and the
beautiful garden I sat Jess down on a bench and I got down on one
knee and asked her if she would be my wife. Her answer was the
phrase every guy longs to hear...
...“Yes!, Yes!, Absolutely yes!”
After hugging, kissing and talking about all the planning and
misdirection that had gone into the surprise. We got into the car
and went to Starbucks so Jess could wipe off her face and fix her
makeup. Remember we still had to go to my friends
surprise B-day party (Jess was not exactly in the mood to go to
someone's party at this point). So we hung out at Starbucks for a while until
I decided it was time to head over to The Pour House.
When we got their, we went inside got a drink and then headed
upstairs to be part of the surprise, well little did Jess know but
I had asked all our close friend to be at The Pour House earlier
to surprise her and congratulate us on our engagement. So as we go up the stairs Jess finally started to realize as she
reached the top stair that wait a minute she knew everyone in the
room just as the group yelled congratulations.
All in all it was a very nervous and fun day for me but it turned
out great and we could not be any happier
-KC
Our Future Plans
Jess and
Ken bought a house in North Raleigh and plan to stay in Raleigh, NC
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