Granville Plantation

Set Up

Rehearsal/Dinner

Wedding Day

Winter

Wedding Video: <a href="http://click.pic-time.com/ls/click?upn=wwOx2YdiCM-2FEkTW9cr-2Blnog-2FseeGCbhw45u6-2BZzS5uoFx75nbOjB6lSSi45a2HKakBkU_008AIdj4rXytkN9sgxVtTenmL0JfB23vkdCbPAyMv9AKQhHHcXYeRaBYCj-2FlCMY5rhkM2UMaHqxK4nZXjg3P8KdOKRwcd1Uv-2FhMq1jTi7AdU1Kfc9WKbMCZHsrixobDlwpNNT5ioPehE9IACff4RBj546S7nLTFpLDWEXxW5d2d4iZEwIddYK40tgsF58zSnmEQhzJc9AafE2qGmHsIhCZuyQDWfHXdGeQ0cZa9CBK84onKSoKmtViKHNqsoAJ-2BJMycCFnBCXJW3WNBdAhiMuTKQnmnOb75ycOiI7JSdGpJyic31Mn69XaXrmbKNEBbtJukcr1XHYNGY7KxA8fXNurUGxI-2BX2lylp3hoXKRZp6dq4BPA1cGCWkux6yoPwnZ0ttqj13eNg-2FoAGQXtpUb3QHm1RsgaAOzRFkahA9Phb6qupwJ9FStiQ23ACxYTixfUwbLviTuNinAGw9wz6zA90A5AR5P2EB3Y1RUBnHb5VRHrFepEZlC7oEFW1wyKMTM5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/vCCQpsxixLk</a> First Dance: <a href="http://click.pic-time.com/ls/click?upn=wwOx2YdiCM-2FEkTW9cr-2Blnp5dSz-2Bs3QgI-2FTM66HB-2FMLT9ddjobp0m7QYHQmDjA2G2bNfO_008AIdj4rXytkN9sgxVtTenmL0JfB23vkdCbPAyMv9AKQhHHcXYeRaBYCj-2FlCMY5rhkM2UMaHqxK4nZXjg3P8KdOKRwcd1Uv-2FhMq1jTi7AdU1Kfc9WKbMCZHsrixobDlwpNNT5ioPehE9IACff4RBj546S7nLTFpLDWEXxW5d2d4iZEwIddYK40tgsF58zSnmEQhzJc9AafE2qGmHsIhCZuyQDWfHXdGeQ0cZa9CBK84onKSoKmtViKHNqsoAJ-2BJMycCFnBCXJW3WNBdAhiMuTKQnmnOb75ycOiI7JSdGpJyic31Mn69XaXrmbKNEBbt6gyJb8cBo7fUnDzeEqzWkcr80X1yuHnYbKPJXcxW8hm8VgMqxuoRaAzkXVQ5Htho-2F9nvW-2FZVhjsw5WNnr3ZqzDuw64ZfmeI3Xfpd1vso8YmAuDVrpyjiBWocqUTNqlajqzyHWvF-2BvfnyVl-2Fraai2lfi8wS2V-2B-2F-2Bq7UHKjzlFaRk9wmnq-2FYXqk0awis1hga0l" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Kdugxtfflew</a>

Our Wedding

We met while we were in college working at the same store. I was enamored the first time I saw her and looked forward to the nights we worked together. After some time I asked her to see my show and she said yes. After the show luckily her car was blocked in by a truck and couldn't leave since I got roped into cleaning almost immediately after the performance. Realizing she wasn't in the bar anymore I rushed out to find her still in the parking lot. Finding myself for a loss of words I kneeled down grasping at straws trying to say anything until I found myself on the receiving end of a kiss. With butterflies still in my stomach I asked her out for our first date Halloween 2016. While our time together was limited at first due to both our competing responsibilities the time we did was all the special because of that. Before we knew it we moved in together and I had the hardest time having her cats accept me (mostly Unika.) As time moved on we found ourselves being able to have aligned schedules and having more time to spend together. We would go to Disney World, concerts, a tour around Florida, and even to states nearby. Wherever we went and the places we saw the part I loved the most was sharing it with her. Some of my favorite date nights was pouring wine at home and watching a new series together on Netflix while we cuddled on the couch and with any luck the cats as well. One day realizing I'm as subtle as a brick she started showing me engagement rings she really liked as well as how she'd want to be proposed to. After some planning that couldn't have been any more obvious (seriously don't ask me to keep secrets I can't!) we went to another trip to Disney World. With nerves wracking my mind I managed to ask for her hand in marriage in front a professional photographer in the middle of Magic Kingdom. Overjoyed that she said yes the rest of the vacation was spent on cloud nine. Now that finally brings us to today dear readers to our wedding. We're both excited to be married and are looking forward to having you there! -John

Our Story

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Fun fact: Would love to live in a haunted house some day

Barbara Merendino

Fun fact: once did two days of driving in a single day purely out of spite

Ember Pursel

Fun fact: frequently lives a double life as an elf

Kat Milstein 

Fun fact: Has studied four different foreign languages

Melissa Milstein

Hope Pursel

Fun Fact: permanent "friends-giving" host

Nick Finnick

Fun fact: Lives year-round likes it Halloween 

Kaleb Geiger

Fun fact: once chugged a pitch in 11 seconds

Alex Kleinsasser

Fun fact: I have model train sets previously owned by Pete Way of UFO and Ozzy Osbourne

Sword Krefting

Wedding Party

Q + A

Local Airports

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV):&nbsp;the local airport is a small airport and can sometimes be hard to get flights in and out of for relatively cheap. Jacksonville International Airport (JAX): ranked the third best medium sized airport in the country. This area will get you closer to North Florida/Atlantic Coast and beach attractions. JAX is about 1.5hrs northeast of Gainesville. Orlando International Airport (MCO): considered a major airport, it is larger and busier then the other options but easier to get flights. This airport will get you closer to Disney and Central Florida attractions and will be the airport we use. MCO is about 2 hours southeast of Gainesville.

Suggested Hotels

This is the hotel we will be staying in. It is an area very close to the interstate and lots of shopping restaurants. There are also a lot of hotels nearby.

Sleep Inn & Suites University/Shands

Right in the middle of downtown this hotel is in walking distance to lots or great restaurants and bars.

Hyatt Place Gainesville Downtown

Located in Celebration Pointe this is located in Gainesville's newest shopping and development center

hōm hotel + suites a Trademark Collection Hotel by Wyndham

Suggested if you'd like a room with a kitchenette, is very close to the other hotels nearby the one we will be in.

Homewood Suites by Hilton Gainesville

Travel

An interior rainforest located in the Natural History Museum

Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History

Please be wary of the wildlife. Do not approach or feed the gators and give the horses and bison a wider berth than you might think necessary if you see them, they are more a a danger than the gators.

Arianna & John

Arianna & John

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