WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!

Based on the current information regarding COVID and the vaccine rollout, we are hopeful that all of you will be offered the vaccine within the coming months. With that being said, we are currently planning to require that everyone show proof of vaccination in order to attend our wedding. We are constantly checking the new research and public health guidelines, and will update you as we move forward with any changes. Please reach out with any questions.

Jack and Caitlin’s story first started when Caitlin accidentally showed up 3 days late to her move-in day to Hedrick Hall at UCLA. Jack noticed that there was a very cute girl moving in just four doors down, but it wasn’t until the UCLA freshman welcome barbecue in Drake Stadium later that day that Caitlin and Jack first met. While some couples start off with a bang, their story started when Caitlin gave Jack a very formal handshake. Over the next 3 years, that formal handshake on the soccer field between two college freshman grew into a friendship. They frequently attended social events at Jack’s fraternity, went to football tailgates, and even shared classes together. On one of Caitlin’s sorority date parties junior year, Caitlin and one of her close friends were brainstorming who she should take. After Jack’s name was thrown into the running, Caitlin sent him a text and nervously threw her phone across the room before waiting to see his reply (for any of you who know Caitlin’s history of phones in college, this should not come as a surprise). Jack responded back within seconds, with an enthusiastic “I would absolutely love to go with you!!!!” With a few well-timed spins on the dance floor, they shared their first kiss and the friendship grew to something more. A couple months earlier, unbeknownst to Caitlin, Jack was out to lunch with a friend when he was asked, “What do you think about Caitlin Fromknecht?” Without hesitation Jack responded, “Caitlin is the kind of girl that if you have her, you marry her immediately.”

For Caitlin it wasn’t unlike any other Wednesday in June, other than that Jack had promised he was taking her out “somewhere” for a well-deserved dinner after accumulating a startling number of brownie points in the weeks prior. While trying to provide the illusion that he hadn’t been planning this night for weeks, Jack gave Caitlin three options for the evening: 1. “I’ll take you out for a burrito at the Mexican grocery store across the street” 2. “I’ll take you somewhere where it’s appropriate to wear sandals” 3. “I’ll take you out to a nice dinner” Unsurprisingly, Caitlin chose option 3! They went to a nice restaurant on the Chicago Riverwalk and were wrapping up their evening of wine, charcuterie, and macaroons when Jack announced that there was a second stop for the evening. He took her to Navy Pier on Lake Michigan, and as the summer night fireworks on the pier burst in the background, he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. After several moments of shrill dolphin-like noises and a few tears, Caitlin finally managed to shriek, “yes!”