Jourdan Eastling (left) and Sarah Hugus share a quiet moment before their ceremony.
Jourdan + Sarah
photography by ICARUS PHOTOGRAPHY
One cold, snowy day in January 2014, Jourdan Eastling asked Sarah Hugus if she wanted to drive to Lake Monroe and have a picnic on the wintery beach. Enjoying a glass of wine, Sarah turned to find Jourdan on one knee, proposing that they spend the rest of their lives together. Sarah never saw it coming. “I thought she was kidding!” the 25-year old Indianapolis native says. As disbelief gave way to delight, Sarah said “yes.”
Jourdan, also 25 and a native of Lowell, Indiana, met Sarah in 2010 when the two Indiana University students joined the women’s rugby team. As teammates, they were slow to warm up to one another, but eventually became close friends. In 2011, friendship turned into something more.