Jada and Kaleb Jones

How you met
Kaleb and I met on a blind date at Zaxby’s. My phone died as soon as I pulled into the parking lot. So to make sure he could see me I pulled out of my parking spot to the front, unknown to me he did see me and thought I was leaving. Ha.  We were set up by Jason and Leah Sapp, his cousins. I hit him with a spitfire of questions, and he took each one with patients and laughter. Those questions included: whats your passion for life? Whats your five-year plan? And do you listen when Jesus is speaking to you? I tell people now that’s probably not the best way to start a conversation, but I just wanted to know the facts before a second date.

How you fell in love
We fell in love in the fall so we would get ice cream at Dari Delight then go walking at Sparkman park just to even things out.  At the time Kaleb would deliver water around north Alabama, and I would go with him sometimes. I loved seeing the way he treated and interacted with people.

How he asked me
I was going to meet Kaleb at a Christmas party that’s theme was 80’s, but he told me to stop at the church he grew up in. I opened the door, and he had my favorite song playing. He was at the altar on one knee next to a cross. He also built me wheat filed because it was a time of Harvest.  So there I was with my 80’s hair and bright blue eyeshadow saying, “Yes!!”

Your favorite wedding moments and details.
I loved seeing all the fantastic people God had placed in our lives to help us with our journey in the audience. When I threw my flowers at the end, I made sure they would separate so every woman would receive a rose. I wanted every woman to know God is madly in love you and wants to give you the desire of your heart.

How I knew he was the one
I realized something in my teen years; someone will always ask you how you met your husband. So I decided then to ask Jesus to give me a love story, so when people ask me, I can share of His faithfulness. About a year before I met Kaleb I just had a feeling I was going to meet him soon. So I asked the Lord show me in His Word about my husband. The only way I can explain it was three stories jumped off the page at me. Isiah servent met Rebecca at a well, Jacob met Rachel a well, and there were the women at the well. I said Lord, “what’s up with the well?” This is what I call a heavenly echo when the Lord says the same thing over and over. I heard the Lord speak to me and say,  “Child, I am the living water and as long as your thirst for me you will never this again, and this is where your love story will happen.” So after I picked my jaw off the floor, I wrote it all down in my journal and told my parents. Fastfawrd to Kaleb and I’s third date he wanted to show me what he did for a living. He took me to the middle of nowhere in Blount County and showed me a barn. He turned on the lights, and there was one of the most beautiful springs of water I had ever seen. He told me he owned a water company. My heart knew at that moment he was the one! Plus I prayed for hot, holy, hilarious and big, buff, and beasty and he was all of those. God is faithful!

Venue: East Highland Baptist Church

Cake: Becca Whitaker

Wedding Coordinator: Lillie Belle

Wedding Dress: Maggie Sottero Bernadette

Hair: Jana Tucker

Makeup: Kayla Brand Silver Stone

Flowers: Lillie Belle

Catering: Lillie Belle