Kaitlyn & Joel
Joel and Kaitlyn's Wedding
KaitlynBandy
&JoelWillis
May252025
Mount Airy, NC
Our Story
How We Met
Joel and Kaitlyn met at a small church in Elkin NC at the age of 15. Joel had been attending said church for about 2 years when Kaitlyn and her Family visited after moving from Jacksonville NC. Kaitlyn saw Joel jamming out on an electric guitar during worship, in that moment, she knew he was THE GUY. But Joel definitely didn’t know that yet. After what felt like FOREVER, Kaitlyn somehow was able to join a video gaming group Joel was a part of, without knowing anything about it. Kaitlyn pretended to know and love a game called Minecraft, which they played everyday for 4 months. After a long 4 months, Kaitlyn decided to confess her feelings towards Joel. When the day came to tell him, Joel stopped Kaitlyn in her path to tell her he liked another girl. WOW what a roller coaster of emotions that was. Kaitlyn was fed up and angry she waisted 4 months of her life trying to fake her way to this great guys heart. 2 days after the bad confession, Joel called Kaitlyn and told her he actually did have feelings for her, but had told her he liked someone else because he was scared in the moment. Now, Kaitlyn and Joel have been together for about 4 years, going through high school together, and growing up always laughing with each other.
The Proposal
One day, Joel decided to convince Kaitlyn that his aunt needed pictures for her online photography website. Kaitlyn agreed and the date was set. Little did she know Joel had bigger plans. The day arrived, and Joel secretly got miked up and ready as they left for their destination. They arrived at the site, and Kaitlyn was ready to take some “website photos”, when in reality, these were going to be her engagement photos. Photos were taken, and they were ready to wrap up. Joel says, “One last photo!” And Kaitlyn stands facing away from Joel. Apparently the code word was popsicle, because when Joel said that Kaitlyn turned around and saw that that boy was on one knee. Suddenly, a good friend (Dustin Serrano) ran around the corner with his recording camera that he had miked Joel up to earlier. Kaitlyn was SHOCKED. Everything was a lie!? These definitely weren’t for a photography website. After the proposal the two love birds enjoyed a gourmet meal at the local Taco Bell.