IEP Gives Presents: Rebecca + James

Boise Wedding Productions had the great honor to produce the video for the IEP Gives wedding this year.  IEP Gives is a program of Idaho Event Professionals designed to bless a couple or family struggling with extreme hardship, loss, or terminal illness.  This year we were able to bless Jim & Rebecca with the wedding of their dreams. Through the years, Jim & Rebecca’s six year old has had multiple hospitalizations due to her CASK gene mutation and a mitochondrial condition.  Through the many trials they have experienced, they have all along the way been dreaming of being married.  Each year they plan to have a small wedding, but it isn’t a possibility with Teariny’s health and the financial burdens on the family. They dream of sharing a happy, joyous time as a family and also make their lasting commitment of enduring love with their family and closest friends.

It was the great honor of Idaho Event Professionals to sponsor this family in celebrating their love and being married.  There have been too many hard times in this family’s past, and likely there will be more in their future. We are honored that we could bless their lives so they could share this union together with their children and cherish the memories in the face of future trials.

Together since 2008, Jim and Rebecca have experienced more heartache and challenges than most couples experience in a lifetime. They welcomed with open arms a sweet baby girl, Teariny, in July of 2009. Within weeks of her birth they learned that Teariny was not going to have the simple, enjoyable life that most young children experience. She was diagnosed with CASK gene mutation and a mitochondrial condition which has resulted in her global developmental delay, feeding problems, chronic bouts of lactic acidosis, pancreatitis and a suppressed immune system. Teariny is somewhat of a medical anomaly. The family was told by a top mitochondrial specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital that as far as he knows, she is unique in her particular gene deletions, making her difficult to treat. Rebecca and Jim have been told that her prognosis is uncertain and that her chances for a long life are unlikely, given her compromised immune system. Teariny has had multiple hospitalizations. Her most recent hospitalization at St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital lasted over a month during the Fall of 2014. During this time, Rebecca was also assisting her mother and father, both who suffer from chronic health issues, while caring for her other three children: William, 10 months, Zane, age 2 and Keighley, age 4. All the while, dad Jim was busy working extra hours to support his family and to pay for their many medical expenses. Through the many trials they have experienced, they have all along the way been dreaming of being married. Each year they plan to have a small wedding, but it isn’t a possibility with Teariny’s health and the financial burdens on the family. They dream of sharing a happy, joyous time as a family and also make their lasting commitment of enduring love with their family and closest friends. It is the great honor of Idaho Event Professionals to sponsor this family in celebrating their love and being married. There have been too many hard times in this family’s past, and likely there will be more in their future. We look forward to blessing their lives so they can share this union together with their children and cherish the memories in the face of future trials.

IEP GIVES: Rebecca + James

Venue: Honalee Farm Event Center Photographer: Vintage Road Photographers Videographer: Boise Wedding Productions Caterer: 3 Girls Catering Cake: Stevi Raff Cake Designs DJ & Lighting: Sound Wave Music & Lighting Design Officiant: David Lorenzo Decor: Bliss Events Floral: Just so. Event Floral Photo Booth: The FunBox Invitations: Paperie + Pen Gown: LaNeige Bridal Tux: LaNeige Bridal Flower Girl Dresses: Sweet, Sassy & Oh So Chic Boutique Gown Cleaning & Pressing: Clothesline Cleaners Hair, Nails & Make Up: Opulence Spa & Tanning Hotel Accommodations: The Hampton Inn Boise Downtown