Orion Metheny and Kaylee Schmidt (now Schmidt-Metheny) pretty much have the perfect all-American love story, meeting in their teenage years at their church’s youth group.
‘I was 15 (almost 16) and she was 17 (almost 18),’ says Orion.
‘We spent a few years long distance as she went to college in Nashville, Tennessee. I graduated high school and went to college in our home town of Morgantown, West Virginia. After graduating, she moved back.
‘We got engaged on our four-year anniversary and dated almost 5 and a half years total before getting married.’
The adorable couple even waited to move in together, with Orion living in the house that’s now theirs alone in the run-up to their wedding. But there was just one thing that hadn’t yet fallen into place.
Although Kaylee was excited about spending the rest of her life with Orion, she knew would miss her parents’ cat Nala when she left the family home.
She was desperate for a cat, but Orion had never had a pet before.
In a now-viral post, their wedding photographer Megan O’Dell detailed what happened next. She was in on the secret the whole time, as Orion planned to get Kaylee a rescue kitten and do the big reveal on their wedding day, surprising her with a furry new family member.
‘While Orion wasn’t the biggest fan of indoor pets, Kaylee was an avid cat lover and couldn’t imagine leaving her family cat when she moved to her new home with Orion,’ wrote Megan.
‘Orion had a change of heart and went to go adopt a new kitten at the shelter to surprise her with at the wedding, because she would definitely not be expecting it!
When the shelter turned him down because he mentioned give it as a wedding present, it was fate that two abandoned kittens were found near his home.’
Orion explains: ‘Kaylee didn’t move in until after the wedding. And we are renting. So it wasn’t that we couldn’t get a kitten, but I needed to make sure that we had the best environment to bring it home to.’
‘If it’s something that will bring Kaylee joy and give an animal a loving home then I thought it seemed like a win-win.’
His 92-year-old grandma Jean helped him, housing the new kitten – named Chloe – until it was time for her to go to her forever home.
When the big reveal happened, Kaylee’s face was absolutely priceless, and even through still images you can basically hear her saying ‘do I get to keep it?!’
Megan photographed the moment, capturing both Orion and Kaylee absolutely beaming – and eventually shedding a happy tear.
They had a wonderful wedding day, and according to Orion, Chloe is ‘super playful and loves to play with her toys. But she’s also very cuddly and likes to nap while you hold her and pet her.’
‘We are giving Chloe all the love and attention,’ he continues.
The new husband also wanted to clear up that the other rescue cat who was found has a loving home.
‘The second kitten found a home! I’d asked around if anyone had any kittens that needed homes,’ he confirmed.
‘A family had rescued both kittens but was only able to keep one. So that’s why I only adopted Chloe. I didn’t just leave the second kitten as people seem to be worried about. That’s not my heart to do something like that.’
Plus, he says, ‘Chloe seems to be adjusting great by herself! So no kitties were abandoned in any way during our story!’
Nope, just a brand new fur baby, and some absolutely cracking wedding photos.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/24/dare-not-cry-groom-surprising-bride-kitten-wedding-day-10971076/
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