Amanda & Jared Hathorn
May 13, 2017
Story By SHELBI LEMEILLEUR
Photos by FIELDS OF HEATHER PHOTOGRAPHY
A
manda Fox and Jared Hathorn shared several mutual
friends. They decided to meet up on a blind date over
Memorial Day weekend of 2015. It was an instant connection,
and two short years later they tied the knot.
They had been dating for a year and a half when Jared
surprised Amanda with the perfect proposal at Wild Seed Farms
in Fredericksburg on New Year’s Eve 2016.
“He had it all planned and set up,” Amanda says. “We actually
have some friends who live in Fredericksburg, and they were a
big part of it. … We were doing wine tastings and he kept trying
to get me to go out by the fireplace. I never caught on until I
turned around and saw him on his knee.”
The couple started planning the wedding the next day while
driving home when they were able to look at their future venue,
Rock Lake Ranch. Both Amanda and Jared fell in love with the
venue immediately, as did Jared’s two young sons, Jaxon and
Kase. Now that they had a venue, Amanda was able to continue
the wedding planning, with some help from her wedding
coordinator Let Us.
“I knew what I wanted,” Amanda says. “I knew I wanted it
to be simple, but elegant and vintage. … I had it all in my head
and it’s hard to make it happen, but I knew I was going to need
a little help, and that’s when I got in touch with Let Us. … They
were amazing. I couldn’t have done it without them.”
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