We're Getting Married!

Due to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines in regards to the COVID-19 virus, for the health and safety for all our guests, vendors, and ourselves, it was imperative that we reschedule our wedding day. The wedding will now be on January 18th, 2021 at 6:15 PM at The Bell Tower on 34th. Please let us know if we can help you make changes to your travel arrangements. We apologize for any inconvenience. We understand this is a last minute change, but we would love to see each and every one of you on our special day!

There's always more than one side to a story and this Sumpter story has two. In 2010, Ashley and Derick were both recruited to play basketball for the women's and men's McMurry University basketball teams in Abilene, Texas. If you ask Derick how they met, he will tell you that he found Ashley sitting all by herself in the cafeteria for lunch and dinner every day and figured she was lonely. Him being the gentlemen he is thought he should give her some company and started sitting with her every single day. Soon after, the two started working out together, going swimming, and spending more quality time together. If you ask Ashley how they met, she will tell you that the two started getting to know each other on the long bus rides to the out-of-town basketball games. Derick would sit in the seat right across from her and they would talk throughout each trip. Soon after that, Derick started joining Ashley in the cafeteria, not because she was lonely but because he had an eye for her! Either way, the two have been inseparable ever since and 10 years later they're ready to take the next step in their relationship and say "I Do" to forever!

Derick and Ashley decided they wanted to finally use all of their hotel points and wanted to choose a beautiful, tropical place to stay where they probably couldn't afford to stay in if they had to pay out of pocket. They chose to use their hotel points to stay at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island. On December 28th, 2018 they arrived in the Maldives, one of the most beautiful places they had ever been! The room they stayed in was on the main island with a gorgeous view right from our back porch. They went on an exclusive day cruise where they went snorkeling and fishing and the crew cooked the fish they caught right out of the water! They enjoyed a delicious dinner at the Ithaa Underwater Sea Restaurant and had an amazing couple's massage at the hotel's over-water spa. On New Year's Eve, the hotel threw this huge New Year's party with food flown in from all over the world and live music performers. When they finished eating, Derick mentioned it would be a great idea to walk over to the smaller island where they could watch the fireworks set to go off at midnight and get away from the large crowd. They walked over to the smaller island and sat in some of the beach chairs to wait for the fireworks. When midnight approached, they both stood up and the fireworks started going off right on cue. Ashley turned her head to look at Derick and he was down on one knee! Derick proceeded to ask Ashley to marry him and of course, she said yes!