Meet Jessica and Scott Nelson, the winners of our Summer/Fall cover picture contest! The Nelsons, who live in Leonardtown, where married April 25, 2009 at Sacred Heart Church in Bushwood. Their lovely photograph was taken by Sandi Foraci Photography. You can read more about Jessica and Scott’s wedding day in our upcoming magazine!
For having their picture chosen by our readers, Jessica and Scott will receive a poster-size version of their magazine cover, a $100 gift certificate for dinner, and 25 skybox seats to an August Southern Maryland Blue Crabs game.
Voters won, too! Congratulations to Christopher Dixon of Hollywood — he also won Blue Crabs skybox tickets!
I just returned from the most kid-friendly wedding I’ve ever been to. It was a weekend-long wedding in Wisconsin, and as a mom of an 18-month-old boy, I appreciated the efforts my friends made to make kids welcome. First, they chose a hotel with an indoor pool — an instant hit. My son would have spent the whole weekend in the 7-inch-deep kiddie pool if we’d let him. Second, each event (welcome party on Friday, barbecue on Saturday, brunch on Sunday) was casual enough to allow kids to be kids. No one cared if they screamed, ran around, took over the dance floor, or cried. Third, they incorporated kids into their plans. Saturday afternoon, someone brought out sidewalk chalk and bubbles for little ones to play with. There were kids’ meal options for Sunday’s sit-down brunch.