Wedding Season!!!!

Wow, I see I haven't written in a long time....I have been doing a lot of organizing and detailing with my upcoming brides. It is really going to be an amazing season. Of course I say that every year. But once I begin meeting with the couples and see the ideas they have it gets really exciting. Steve's daughter Christa is getting married this Fall too so it will be a great time for her and her fiance Taylor. She graduates from Grove City College, PA in May and then already has a great job with Honda as a mechanical engineer! Taylor will be done with graduate school in Mississippi in August, just in time for the wedding and they will be living here in the Columbus area!

My photographer son, Jeff Konczal/jkonczal.com just left the Suburban News to pursure his own photography full time. Did I mention that he won an award for the best newspaper photographer in Ohio! I am so excited for him as he ventures out as a full time business owner. He has a great eye and is able to see and capture so much detail. He is so good at capturing the story behind his photographs. Of course I'm his mom and some could say I am prejudice but judge for yourself and check out his work!!!!

Easter is over so I can have my husband back! As music director of a church with a thriving music program he is so busy during the months leading up to Easter so now life is back to normal for awhile and I'm so thankful. His dad started and pastored a church in St. Charles, MO 50 years ago and it's the church that Steve grew up in. We are heading there the first weekend in May for a big celebration! I'm anxious to meet all these people I've heard so much about!

Steve Banks & David Tolley Concert!!!

http://www.snponline.com/olentangy_valley_news/front/So finally my husband Steve and another accomplished pianist, David Tolley are teaming up to do their very first concert on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at the Columbus Museum of Art's new theatre at 4:00 pm. They have been playing together for quite some time and everyone has been bugging them to do a concert together. They will play movie themes, popular, inspirational, and classical so it will be great for everyone. Hope to see you there!!!

Happy 2012!

Well here we go again - a brand new year - a clean slate and all the opportunities are mine. It's so energizing as well as intimidating! I am trying to reflect on the things I have learned over the last year...some good and some bumps in the road but all in all a great experience. Had a wonderful wedding season last year and reflecting on the brides, grooms and families I had the privledge of helping. It's amazing all the different personalities, likes and dislikes. From my princess bride in April to my bride with the biggest heart ever in November I was enriched by them all. They all have a story to tell and as much as my main purpose and mission is to see that their day is as close to perfect as humanly possible much of the time it's me that is affected by their love for each other and their families. By the time their wedding day is upon me I feel like they are family to me. The saddest part is that once their wedding is over, even though we say we will stay in touch we get busy and lose touch! It's always great when I am coordinating a close family member or friend of one of my brides wedding that I get to see them again.

This year my weddings beigin in March! Early season! I have made many friends already as the planning is underway for most. What's also very exciting is that this year my step daughter, Christa will be getting married! Her wedding is booked for September 9, 2012...soooo exciting! Taylor is a very wonderful guy originally from Ocean City, NJ-I spent 13 years of my childhood vacationing just a little north of his home. So Steve and I are planning a trip out there this coming summer. His family was here for Thanksgiving and we had a great time!
I have included in this blog some pics from this year. Steve's big 5-0, Christmas with my family and the 3 orphans from Lativa that my daugher, Amy has been hosting for the Christmas season, son Andy with the grandkids and daughter Jodi with her horse, Trance. Neither were able to make it home for the Christmas party this year. Watch my website for updates to my wedding pictures from last year! May God grant each of you the very best for 2012 and may your faith grow more each day!