July 7, 2007

Eva Longoria & Tony Parker

One day after a Spurs Basketball game a beautiful woman and her father were invited to meet the team in the player’s press room. One of the handsome players, Tony Parker, was instantly enamored with the lovely lady and she in return was wooed by his sexy French accent. The woman was Eva Longoria, star of the television show Desperate Housewives, however this was not known by Tony who had never even seen an episode in his life!!!

This modest beginning soon turned into a high-profile Hollywood romance that would cause the tabloids to begin to wonder when the wedding would take place. Well, in November 2006, after two years of dating, Tony Parker proposed. The proposal apparently surprised Eva! Tony had just played a game of basketball and wasn’t even supposed to be in California and she had finished a long day of filming. He surprised her by showing up at her Los Angeles home and proposed to her on one knee!

On July 7, 2007, the two exchanged vows in a private ceremony in Paris, France. The next day the couple had a full Roman Catholic wedding with over 200 guests at the Church of Saint Germain l’Auxerrois. When asked why she chose to have a destination wedding Eva responded, “(we) wanted to create an experience for our family. For a lot of my family, it was their first time to France. Even doing the welcome dinner on a boat on the Seine, people told us, ‘I would have never done this in my entire life if you hadn’t done it for us.’”

Tony & Eva, your love for your family & for each other is inspiring! Congratulations on another successful year!