Ericka Johansson and Adam Waskewics

Before they met, both Adam Waskewics and Ericka Johansson thought they would be permanently single. “I thought, ‘I’ll be the old lady with 10 cats — and I’m gonna own it and be happy,’” Johansson said.

But in 2007, Johansson and Waskewics immediately noticed each other while playing on opposing kickball teams. A couple of weeks passed before Waskewics nervously asked her out, never suspecting Johansson had already pointed him out to a friend as “the man I’m going to marry.”

Waskewics, 33, sells real-estate investment software for Yardi Systems and is a champion sports fisherman. Johansson, 34, owns medical-tubing manufacturing company Microtubes and likes to paint and sculpt. On their first date, Waskewics took Johansson to dinner and an art exhibit.

The couple married March 5 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara. The bride wore a strapless gown of ivory silk organza from Watters Brides. Best man Chris Gault placed a candle on the altar in memory of Johansson’s mother, Judy Johansson, who died in 2009. The wedding ring was made from a band the bride’s mother had given her.

The reception was attended by 120 guests and held at the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center.
— Maxine Nunes, Custom Publishing Writer