Lyndsey and Phillip Stutts originally planned to be married on a different day and at a different Lake Martin venue. COVID-19 restrictions got in the way of those initial plans, but as it turned out, they married at the perfect place and time and now have very special wedding memories to celebrate every anniversary.
The two met years ago at a wedding but did not start seeing each other until mutual friends set them up on a blind date.
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