Logan and Brooke Fernandes got married in 2003, but it was a very low-key affair with some family and close friends present. Ten years and two kids later, Logan wanted to do something special for their 10th anniversary, so he surprised his wife with the geeky dream wedding they couldn’t afford when they first tied the knot.
The couple, who were high school sweethearts, originally bonded over a shared passion of sci-fi shows and video games. Logan explained, “A lot of the shows we like, like ‘Firefly’ and ‘Doctor Who,’ we fell in love with as they came on and we discovered them together.”
Their love for all things nerdy even affected their kids, who they named Kal-El (Superman’s original name on his home planet, Krypton) and Harley Quinn (after a Batman villain).
So, when Logan came up with the idea to throw Brooke a surprise second wedding, he instantly knew that the theme would be geekdom.
“Her maid of honor, one of my closest friends’ wives, helped plan it and helped keep me on budget. I couldn’t have done it without her,” Logan said, on how he pulled off the wedding planning.
That friend told Brooke she was helping someone else plan a geek-themed wedding, and asked for recommendations about what to consider. She then reported back to Logan, who found ways to work Brooke’s ideas in.
Brooke, who thought she was going to be a bridesmaid at Logan’s sister’s wedding (which is non-existent), showed up at the event and saw all of her friends’ cars in the parking lot. Almost immediately, she figured out what was really going on.
Everything was properly taken care of, including a dress in her correct size, a tiered cake with different flavoured layers representing different geeky TV shows and centrepieces with action figures as well as models of the Starship Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’. The groomsmen also wore Green Lantern-inspired paper boutonnieres.
The wedding rings, labelled “Player One” and “Player Two”, were right next to a photo of Mario and the Princess from the Mario Brothers video games. Of course, her son Kal-El was the ring bearer and her daughter Harley served as the flower girl.
“It was a really good surprise,” says Brooke, tearing up. When her kids grow up, she hopes to show them the photos and say, “Look at this awesome thing your dad did for me.”
Logan proudly posted a few images from the wedding to Reddit and immediately, other Reddit users congratulated him and asked him for more photos from his memorable big day. The story then went viral and their wedding photos are now circulating across the Internet.
Despite the success of their geeky wedding, there’s one downside for Logan. “It’s not going to be fun next year when I say ‘oh, let’s go to dinner for our anniversary’,” he laughs.
What a lucky woman you are, Brooke!
Check out the photos from the couple’s geeky wedding:
