fahlun Lutheran church

Rehearsal

Karl Garage

Rehearsal Dinner

fahlun lutheran church

Ceremony

leaf valley town hall

Reception

Karl garage

Gift opening

Our Wedding

it&nbsp;all&nbsp;started&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;bit&nbsp;of&nbsp;facebook&nbsp;stocking.&nbsp;Austin&nbsp;messaged&nbsp;me&nbsp;on&nbsp;facebook&nbsp;messanger&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;realized&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;the&nbsp;alexandria&nbsp;jaycees&nbsp;in&nbsp;common.&nbsp;Despite&nbsp;my&nbsp;playing&nbsp;hard&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;he&nbsp;put&nbsp;much&nbsp;effort&nbsp;into&nbsp;convincing&nbsp;me&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;out&nbsp;with&nbsp;him.&nbsp;He&nbsp;faced&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;preasure&nbsp;when&nbsp;our&nbsp;first&nbsp;meeting&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;artistree&nbsp;cafe&nbsp;was&nbsp;accompanied&nbsp;by&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;my&nbsp;friends&nbsp;and&nbsp;some&nbsp;of&nbsp;my&nbsp;family.&nbsp;He&nbsp;stood&nbsp;strong&nbsp;and&nbsp;eventually&nbsp;convinced&nbsp;me&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;military&nbsp;ball&nbsp;for&nbsp;our&nbsp;first&nbsp;date.&nbsp;The&nbsp;universe&nbsp;must've&nbsp;been&nbsp;on&nbsp;our&nbsp;side&nbsp;because&nbsp;the&nbsp;power&nbsp;went&nbsp;out&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;ended&nbsp;up&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;floor&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;living&nbsp;room&nbsp;watching&nbsp;a&nbsp;movie&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;laptop&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;candlight.&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;had&nbsp;many&nbsp;adventures&nbsp;since&nbsp;then,&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;trial&nbsp;and&nbsp;error.&nbsp;but&nbsp;ultimately&nbsp;he&nbsp;picked&nbsp;the&nbsp;perfect&nbsp;place&nbsp;and&nbsp;time&nbsp;with&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;reasons.&nbsp;he&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;to&nbsp;me&nbsp;on&nbsp;mothers&nbsp;day&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;cemetary&nbsp;where&nbsp;my&nbsp;son&nbsp;and&nbsp;my&nbsp;grandparents&nbsp;were&nbsp;laid&nbsp;to&nbsp;rest.&nbsp;Sometimes&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;hard&nbsp;to&nbsp;remember&nbsp;that&nbsp;im&nbsp;a&nbsp;mom&nbsp;but&nbsp;he&nbsp;said&nbsp;he&nbsp;wanted&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;that&nbsp;day&nbsp;so&nbsp;special&nbsp;that&nbsp;i&nbsp;would&nbsp;never&nbsp;forget&nbsp;it,&nbsp;and&nbsp;i&nbsp;never&nbsp;will.

This is us

Our Story

Photos

Gracie

Austin 

Sami

Asheley

Trinity

Hannah

Logan

Tyler

John

Cole

Wedding Party

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Q + A

Please call Holiday Inn to book a room for either May 29th, May 30th , or both. You can ask for the room block Karl-Carstensen to book your room at our group rate.

Holiday Inn

We will have a Shenanigans bus running from 9pm-12am on May 30th to take people to their hotel or home. Please be responsible and use this amenity if you need it. 

Shinnanigans

Travel

Things to Do

Registry

Gracie & Austin

Gracie & Austin

Wedding Party