Emily Matthews & Matthew Anderson
October 12, 2019
W
hen Emily Matthews started her job in the solicitor’s office, she shadowed in the sheriff’s office to gain perspective about her new role. Little did she know that work lesson would lead to her future husband. At the time, Matt Anderson was the on-call K9 handler, and an eager Emily was dying to meet the pups. For a year, Emily and Matt remained work acquaintances, but when she left the solicitor’s office to work as a paralegal, she and Matt realized the timing was right. The pair dated less than a year before Matt was down on one knee alongside Walloon Lake, Michigan, for a cold, winter wonderland proposal. A year and a half later, with Matt’s daughter and son as the flower girl and ring bearer, Emily walked down the aisle in a custom dress from The Poinsett Bride, adorned with the buttons of her mother’s gown, to the man she would be “on-call” with forever. The couple now lives in the home they built together in Travelers Rest.
