Welcome to our Wedding Page!

Justin and myself (Carlie) have been engaged since November of 2019 and we are so excited to finally tie the knot and get married. A little about our story.. Justin and I met while he was racing for the National off-road dirt bike racing series that I was working for at the time and its almost as if fate brought us together. While he was living 500 miles north and I was working and living in an apartment by myself in Long Beach we did the long distance dating for almost a whole year before he finally came down like my prince in a toy hauler and packed me up and moved all my stuff north for me to start our new life, together. Soo much traveling back and forth (7 hours each way) and sad goodbyes made this such a sweet and anicipated moment. we would finally be together. it was 10 months after I moved in with Justin that he asked me to marry him. I went out of town for Thanksgiving to visit my family down in Southern California and when I came home there was a tiny little fish tank lighting up a beautiful ring hung on a seashell from the very first time, I ever came to visit Monterey. He got down on one knee and I of course said yes! However, we could not fathom spending money on a wedding when we knew we needed to save for a downpayment on a home to live in and then Covid hit shortly after we became engaged. So, fast forward three years and we Just closed escrow on our home on August 1st 2022 so we figured it was the right time to say our "I do's". We are so excited to share this special day with our family, friends and loved ones. This day is so special to us for so many reasons and one being how we finally get to blend our families. Mine being from the East coast and myself being a Southern California transplant I have not had a ton of opportunities to host family functions, so we are so very excited to finally and formally blend our families and love into one. Our wedding will be held at a special place in the Santa Cruz mountains that Justin spent many summers swimming in the pool, playing t-ball at the fields, swimming in the San Lorenzo River, and ultimately where we had one of our first picnic lunch dates. Highlands county park is beautiful and nostalgic.