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Cell phone trick leads to happily ever after WEDDINGS ENGAGEMENTS Wedding and engagement notices are run free in the Celebrations section. FORMS: Forms are available at the Argus Leader, 200 S. Minnesota from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Forms also are available at argusleader.com. A WEDDING PHOTO will be published with an announcement if we receive the photo within six months of the wedding date. We accept e-mailed photos under prior arrangement. ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS also will be accepted. ADDRESS: Argus Leader, Box 5034, Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5034.

QUESTIONS: For information, call Kim Kagarise at 575-3621 or 800-530-6397. mini ii ii ihwiibp wiiiiiminn rn i IV-'- know well work really hard to have a happy family and a happy life," said Bradfield. Brittany Bradfield and Josh Childress, 25, were married Dec. 22, 2006, at St Mary Church, with the Rev. David Krogman officiating.

Honor attendants were Brooke Bradfield and Jeremy Childress. Attendants were Kelsey Childress, Nicole-Meile Anderson, Staci Anderson, Kimi Reardon, Molly Casey, Melissa Elrod, Curtis Eben, Dalton Dawley, Braden Bradfield, Blake Bradfield, John Southwick and Jason Appel. Flower girl was Randi Lee Childress; ring bearers were Loegen Lindner and TJ. Dawley. The couple will live in Sioux Falls.

They are both graduates of the University of Sioux Falls. The bride teaches first grade at Cleveland Elementary. The groom is a financial advisor for Edward Jones. Parents of the couple are Brett and Jane Bradfield of Sioux Falls and Rick and Kendra Childress of Larchwood, Iowa. But at dinner the conversation flowed easily as Bradfield and Childress shared stories about their families.

By the end of the night, they had made a connection. "I knew right away that this was going to be serious," Bradfield said. "When he proposed to me, he actually called my dad and said he wanted to talk," Bradfield said. "Well, he was so nervous while calling that my parents thought something was wrong. They said, 'Josh, what's He said, 'Nothing, I just want to come Well, my mom tried calling me to ask what's wrong with Josh what's going on? Luckily, I wasn't near my phone or I would have known something was up.

The cat would have been out of the bag." After Childress left Brad-field's parents' home, he came to her apartment with a dozen roses and a proposal. "It was a complete surprise. We hadn't talked about it or anything," said Bradfield. "He had just started his new job, and so I thought it was about that. But he said, 'I love you' and got down on his knee right away, and he pulled the ring right out of his pocket." That night they went back to Applebee's, sat at the same table and relived that first date.

But this time they talked of their own future family. "We always talk about having a family some day and Josh Childress and Brittany Bradfield were married Dec. 22, 2006, at St. Mary Church in Sioux Falls. A couple of weeks later, Bradfield ran into Childress.

This time he asked for her number. Thinking he wouldn't call, she was surprised when, two days later, he asked her to dinner at Applebee's. "I was really nervous because I thought, "What are we going to talk said Bradfield. number, and it was Josh's! When he answered and said, This is I just about died." Even though it gave Bradfield a chance to talk to Childress, she was embarrassed by the awkward introduction. "I called Blake back and said, 'I'm going to kill laughed Bradfield.

HOW YOU MET The How We Met feature runs Saturdays on the Celebrations page. If you'd like your wedding to be ered for this story, contact Kim Kagarise at 575-3621 or e-mail at kkagaris argusleader.com. BY KIM KAGARISE kkagariseargusleader.com They say family holds the ties that bind. But it was those same ties that helped Brittany Bradfield, 26, of Sioux Falls "tie" the knot. Bradfield was a spring 2003 graduate of the University of Sioux Falls.

Before graduating, she had noticed Josh Childress of Larchwood, Iowa. He was a senior at USF that fall, and she thought he looked like a nice guy. "I just had seen him around campus and could tell he was very smart and a genuinely sincere guy willing to help people," said Bradfield. "My brother Blake knew him from school. Josh played football, and Blake was friends with some of the football players." Knowing his sister's feelings, Blake Bradfield, a junior at USF, urged Childress on that September, saying, "Boy, my sister Brittney really likes you.

You should call her." But Childress was too shy to make a move, so Brad-field's brother knew he needed to get creative. "One night my brother called me and said, 'My phone is going to die, and I have to tell you something really said Bradfield. "I told him to just tell me. But he said, 'I can't. My phone is going to die.

Call me Then he gave me a number. I was like, "Whatev- er, So I called the The VJ. Smith, Sales and Marketing Executives of Sioux Falls is proud to present: V.J. Smith and "The Richest Man in Town" Celebrations published within the past seven days are available online at argusleader.com on the Voices page or through the Celebrations button in the main navigation bar. BIRTHS A VERA McKENNAN A boy to Jennifer and Rey Gonzales, Sioux Falls, on Jan.

25. A girl to Bill and Kelly Saunders, Vermillion, on Jan. 25. A girl to Amy Wiese and Shaun Taylor, Brandon, on Jan. 25.

A girl to Debra and Gary Van Veldhuizen, Larchwood, Iowa, on Jan. 24. A girl to David and Danell Bowling, Canistota, on Jan. 24. A girl to Nicole Gerry, Sioux Falls, on Jan.

24. SIOUX VALLEY Twins, a boy and a girl, to Nikki and Josey Aasheim, Brandon, on Jan. 23. A girl to Craig and Jessica Horn, Harrisburg, on Jan. 23.

A girl to Jody Klinkham-mer and Matt Beeker, Howard, on Jan. 25. Twin boys to Chris Stans-bury and Patricia Gries, Canton, on Jan. 25. A boy to Paul and Erica Varcoe, Sioux Falls, on Jan.

25. A boy to Dave and Christy Hoffman, Sioux Falls, on Jan. 12. A boy to Christine and Christopher Duerksen, Bridgewater, on Jan. 23.

Twins girls to Bruce and Jill Pearson, Trent, on Jan. 23. A boy to Justin and Kristi Moen, Sioux Falls, on Jan. 24. A boy to Carl and Lyn-nette Johnson, Harrisburg, on Jan.

22. A boy to Xiomara Rodas and Caydan Benson, Sioux Falls, on Jan. 23. A boy to Aaron and Janelle Austin, Sioux Falls, on Jan. 24.

A girl to Ryan and Amber Milbrath, on Jan. 24. A boy to Miranda Ankeny and Chris Jacobs, Sioux Falls, on Jan. 13. A boy to Michael and Kari VanDenHemel, Sioux Falls, on Jan.

22. A girl to Peter and Tiffany Afdahl, Sioux Falls, on Jan. 23. A girl to Jeff and Brittany McGee, Sioux Falls, on Jan. 23.

A girl to Adam and Leslie Hannon, Worthing, on Jan. 23. OUT OF TOWN A girl to Eric and Paige (Steinhauer) Fornia, Elk Point, on Jan. 17. CORRECTION Due to a printing error, the 40 off Fntire Stock Familv Active Shoes advertised in the Entire Stock Sale includes only the following brands: "Adidas, Avia, NSS and This sale is aood for Friday, January 26 and Saturday, January 27, 2007.

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