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Bride | Sam + Courtney
Love through the Years -Liesel Schmidt While the term “childhood sweethearts” may not be fully accurate as a descriptor for Courtney Butters and Sam Ybos, the two have known one another since the first grade, when they both attended Our Lady of Lourdes in Slidell....
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PYSK | Kathy LeBlanc
Kathy LeBlanc, President of Cedarwood School founded one of the most successful and prestigious private schools in the region, and it became the first nationally accredited preschool in Mandeville, Louisiana in just the third year of its opening. “I believe...
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Bride | Travis + Chelsea
Both country fans, it seems that a meeting between Chelsea Loupe and Travis Hood at a Gretchen Wilson concert in 2018 was not chance, but written in the stars. “Neither of us were originally planning on attending, but nothing else was going on that night,” says...
SuperDad | Brandon Accardo
Looking back at past generations, dads have come a long way from the “hands-off” types who left all the child-rearing to the mothers and the men who stood outside smoking cigars in the waiting rooms while their wives huffed it out alone in the delivery room. These...
Bride | Randy + Elizabeth
Love and Marriage… -Liesel Schmidt There’s a certain order to things: Boy meets girl, they date, they fall in love, boy asks girl to marry him, girl says yes…and while Elizabeth Nader and Randy Tumminello may have followed said order for the most part, Randy may have...
Supermom | Megan Helwick
With her slogan of “Your Realtor, Your Friend,” Megan Helwick obviously makes building lasting relationships with her clients a top priority in her work—and she has that same incredible dedication to being a mom. An agent since 2014, Helwick was determined to be...
Bride: Jordan + Jenna
Bumbling into Love -Liesel Schmidt It only took a few months on Bumble for Jenna Luteman to see Jordan Folse’s profile and swipe right, and when the two of them actually met, they both realized they were a great match. “He was so cute, and I loved his sense of humor,”...
Supermom | Ashley Cash
After running her own business as a wedding planner and designer for almost a decade, Ashley Cash had to pivot in 2020 and meet the market where it was at. With events being at a standstill, Cash turned full-time to balloon artistry, creating beautiful balloon...
Supermom | Brittany DeVun
While technically a stay-at-home mom, Brittany DeVun has the best of both worlds, working a few days a week at DeVun Veterinary Medical Hospital in Mandeville on a part-time schedule that allows her to be there for everything her children need. Working side-by-side...
Bride | Mckenna + Daniel
Love Worth Waiting For -Liesel Schmidt As seventh graders, McKenna Veca and Daniel Crain could never have foreseen that they’d ever get together—much less that they’d end up falling in love. But after starting out as friends and then beginning to date four years later...