For those of you who have not yet heard, our wedding was scheduled to take place at the historic Mary's Lake Lodge in Estes Park, Colorado. Unfortunately, there was a fire on June 23, 2018 and we were told that we would no longer be able to host our wedding there. If you know me, you know I say "Everything happens for a reason" way more often than I'm sure most would like. However, it rings true in our situation as we have a new wonderful venue that we're in love with and we're sure you're going to love too!

He wanted to amp up his motorcycle, she was fed up with dating. He went perusing the internet for a motorcycle muffler & she posted a "grocery list" of sorts detailing her "perfect match". Somehow, our paths crossed & so began our love story! Our first date included my furry chaperones - Jake and Sadie - whose opinion I trusted implicitly. Jakey-boy seemed especially comfortable with Gary right away and his judgement was spot on. Over the next few weeks we managed to spend quite a bit of time together despite Gary recovering from a bike accident and me hobbling around with a broken foot. We met each others' friends and my fur-babies were enamored with Gary. Truth be told, I was pretty smitten myself. Less than a year after we met and began dating, I convinced Gary to sign up for Ride The Rockies. He was incredibly excited about the ride up until I broke it to him that we'd be waking up with the sun to begin each day (Gary is/was not an "early riser"). Many who knew Gary were convinced this would be the end of us. Thankfully it wasn't and I even convinced Gary to do RTR with me again (and we'll continue to do so after the wedding!). Over the 4+ years we've been together we've experienced a lot - losses of friends and family, saying goodbye to Jakey-boy, a basement flood and remodel, a kitchen remodel, adopting a new fur-baby, lots of road trips and vacations, amazing times with family and friends and many other ups and downs (mostly ups though!). Through it all, we've grown closer and our relationship has become stronger. We're not perfect but we're certainly perfect for each other. We are so thankful for all of your love and support and can't wait to share our special day with you all!