REAL WEDDINGS ELEMENTS OF SURPRISE Jonathan & Kara Gudel September 30, 2006 By Jenn Thornton Photography by Sharpe Photography word-for-word on the back of a discarded envelope. S econd chances become opportunities – and in the case of Jonathan and Kara, an opportunity of a lifetime. After briefly dating in college, they decided to just be friends. They kept in touch, eventually reunited as a couple, and were engaged a year and a half later. For those that know them, Jonathan and Kara’s reunion wasn’t all that surprising, but just about everything to do with their wedding was, starting with Jonathan’s rocky hilltop proposal – a moment so memorable that Kara had her husband-to-be write down the proposal Premiere 2007 Sierrastyle Weddings 29