Dress Rehearsal

Rehearsal Dinner

Wedding Ceremony

Thibodeau Heritage Homestead

Reception

Summer

This is a Lord of the Rings themed wedding! We are having 2 tattoo artists present at our venue the day of-please include whether or not you'd be interested in a flash style tattoo in your RSVP.

Our Wedding

Kevin and Arienne met online in 2020 and they enjoyed a dinner at an Acapulco restaurant in MN. They hit it off immediately and moved to South Dakota in the later part of 2020. Arienne and kevin welcomed their first child together and blended their families in February of 2021. They completed their family with 5 children in 2022 and have been moving their life forward ever since. They are now enjoying life at the family farm in Toronto homesteading. Kevin proposed after they moved into their homestead as Arienne was making pickles in their kitchen... wearing a nightgown/sweats... She was so surprised all she could say was "WTF IS THAT?!" over and over.

Our story

Our Story

Photos

Colton and Kevin go wayyyy back when they were kids in school together. These two spend lots of quality time together doing "redneck shit" and "truck stuff" as they say.

Colton

Ian has known Kevin since the dawn of time. These days he and kevin run around with Levi as a trio finding all sorts of stuff to get into. Always there to have a good laugh and some genuine fun getting Kevin out of the house from time to time. 

Levi is Kevin's friend from school days and is crazy about hunting and fishing, these two can often be found with Ian getting the jump on some birds or fish. 

Levi

Amber is Arienne's sister and has known Arienne her whole life as sisters do! Amber and Arienne both share motherhood together with their children and both are nurses. 

Amber

Alexa is Arienne's sister and used to call Arienne her baby as a child. She and Arienne spend quite a lot of time together whenever Arienne is in MN and they will always be found together at Ren Faire annually. 

Alexa

Arienne met Emily when she started working at Prince of Peace in Sioux Falls and she and Emily became friends-much more Emily is now welcoming her first child with Colton!

Emily

Sam started working at Prince of Peace in Sioux Falls at the same time as Arienne and they have been fast friends ever since. 

Mitchell was Arienne's first friend that she made in middle school when she started public schooling and they have been best buds ever since. 

Mitchell

Sara and Arienne became fast friends after Kevin introduced them upon he, levi, and Ian’s escapades. “It’s always easiest to hang out when your homies girl and your girl are friends” 🤣🤣 Sara and Arienne enjoy keeping the men alive and rolling their eyes together 🫶🏻

Sara Sanderson

Becky is married to Arienne's brother Seth and has been a close edition ever since. While both far away they can be found snap chatting on the daily!

Becky

Kevin has known Franklin now for a very long time. They were Marines together. They still keep in contact almost every day and Arienne often comes home from work to the 2 of them long distance chatting. We felt it fitting that he be the silly goose that has to marry us! 

"Franklin"

Seth is Arienne's brother and husband to Becky (bridesmaid). Seth is the closest sibling in age to Arienne so naturally they should have been mortal enemies. But nope! Helping with little sisters wedding is just part of the deal. 

Seth Woodiwiss

Mark is Arienne's brother in law and husband to Amber (bridesmaid). A computer genius extraordinaire so of course he and Seth will be manning the deck for the Ceremony.  

Mark Tharp

Zach and Kevin have been friends for a very long time! They went to school together and both enjoy hunting/farming and talking way too much about tractor parts. They disagree on the importance of horses in farm life. 

Zach 

Shawn and Kevin recently became close since Kevin moved back into the Toronto area. Shawn can be found out at the house defending his job from Kevin and Arienne's children. You see he takes the rubbish away and the kids didn't understand this role - one morning they came out, water guns a-blazin ready to defend the property.  Other than that... Kevin and he enjoy bird hunting together. 

Shawn

Wedding Party

Q + A

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brookings, an IHG Hotel

Travel

This hotel has been reserved for several fixed rates for our wedding guests. $179.95 per night. we currently have 15 rooms reserved. 14 queen size and 1 king.

This is Arienne and Kevin's favorite Mexican restaurant. Kevin orders the "Burrito California" and Arienne orders "Nachos Fajitas" with "Chori Queso" and of course both enjoy the margs.

La Cantina

This is Arienne and Kevin's favorite bar to hang out by their home in Toronto. On a no kid weekend they become frequent patrons. Arienne is always ordering a Vodka Redbull and Kevin loves his Whisky Cokes but most of all they enjoy the chicken bacon ranch pizza.

Buck's

Kevin and Arienne both love chinese food. When they are eating it they are going to king's wok! Buffet and pickup. A couple favorites are their sesame chicken and sugar buns! Kevin loves the potsticker sauce and is always pouring it over everything.

King's Wok Chinese Restaurant

Arienne's mom swears by this goodwill as the best all around. Seasonally special with the donations of college kids. This time of year it should be ripe for the picking!

Goodwill of the Great Plains

If you are bringing kiddos to our event we suggest you make time to go to this awesome place! Great place for fun and imagination!

Arienne & Kevin

Arienne & Kevin

A&K

Wedding Ceremony

Reception