San Francisco Destination Wedding: Kate & Scott

Kate on Scott:
When I first met Scott, I was interviewing him as a potential witness in a case I was litigating. I was in “work mode,” and though he struck me as intelligent and articulate, I was not yet looking at him romantically. When he testified, I was blown away by his honesty, strength, composure, and compassion; he was obviously an amazing person. When he asked me out a few weeks later, I was excited to have the opportunity to get to know him better.

Scott has only continued to impress me. I love that Scott is a strong, forthright person, but also loving and affectionate. He honors his family and parents. I admire how Scott is a dedicated, caring, and hard worker, who knows how to leave work at work. When we travel together, I feel as comfortable as I do at home – because he is with me. I love that Scott is adventurous, yet knows how to relax. He makes me feel safe; protected.

I knew Scott was the person for me when I realized how much I love spending my time with him. I have never been attracted to another person this way. He makes me laugh. He is honest, firm, disciplined, and trustworthy. He has taught me to be a romantic. I can depend on him to tell me what’s what. Scott is a fantastic best friend, partner and husband. I am so grateful we get to share our lives with each other.

Scott on Kate:
My very first interaction with Kate left me impressed with her obvious intelligence, poise, and beauty. However, we initially met under pretty formal circumstances…I was a witness in a court case, and she was the attorney conducting witness interviews. Not exactly a very romantic environment, but she left a strong impression on me. Kate was fairly official and businesslike during our first meeting, as would be expected in that situation. But on the day of the actual hearing, I got to see more of her personality shine through. Specifically, I got to see her smile and laugh during a pretty stressful part of the day. The instant that I saw her smile I went from being impressed by her to being blown away by her.

To this day, making Kate smile is very possibly my favorite thing in the world. I will always remember her exact expressions during that first smile, our first kiss, my proposal, and our wedding. All of my initial positive impressions of her remained true while we started dating, and many more qualities that I love emerged as well. She is classy but tough, fun-loving but driven. She has high expectations of others, but even higher expectations of herself. I admire her character. Traits like honesty, dependability, and selflessness often take a long time to accurately gauge in people. In Kate I could confidently sense those qualities and others very quickly. Whatever positive initial expectations I had of Kate were all constantly exceeded as we grew to know each other. She continues to impress me and makes me want to be the best partner I can be for her. I feel extremely lucky that we met each other, and very proud to be able to call Kate my wife.