Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery

Wedding Day

Wedding

Reception

Our Wedding

It was April 2015, and Danielle and her coworker/good friend Molly 
decided to travel from Colorado Springs (where they lived) to Fort 
Collins for the weekend to go hiking and camping in Rocky Mountain 
National Park with Molly's brother Nathan. On Friday evening, Molly and 
Nathan's cousin Todd met up with the group for a few drinks. Danielle 
was instantly smitten with Todd, and they found they had many similar 
interests throughout the weekend (wrestling, driving a Ford Fusion, 
craft beer). Todd even wore a troll shirt to impress Danielle on Sunday 
at brunch. After the weekend, Danielle and Todd didn't reconnect again 
until August. They began messaging and then had their first date at Left
 Hand Brewing Company (also present was Kim, Jimmy, and Joelle). From 
there, they never looked back, even though their first year of dating 
was long distance while Danielle was a travel OT in Minnesota, Texas, 
and Oregon and Todd was saving the forest as a Hotshot. Danielle moved 
to Loveland, CO with Todd (and cousin Joey for a bit) in August 2016 and
 they have been raising their "son" (an 85 lb chocolate lab named Jax) 
since January 2017.

How we met

In December 2017, Todd and Danielle went on (one of ) her dream vacations: Christmastime in New York City! Todd 100% surprised Danielle by proposing in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree; it was perfect! The ring is the most beautiful thing that Danielle has ever seen. She of course said yes and they had a wonderful long weekend celebrating with Todd's brother Tyler and sister-in-law Brittany. Onto wedding planning!

The Proposal

Our Story

Details

Photos

Sarah Mortwedt

Tyler Ruzicka

Karlee Hildebrandt

Ethan Hildebrandt

Molly Brown

Joey Brown

Joelle Anderson

Nathan Brown

Hailey Kraus

Adam Taylor

Zach Loberg

Melinn Young

Wedding Party

Registry

Q + A

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Travel

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Engagement photos

Danielle & Todd

Danielle & Todd

Photos