St. Teresa of Calcutta - North Lake

Wedding Day

Wedding

Red Circle Inn and Bistro

Reception

Our Wedding

It was the end of January 2015. Brad, inexplicitly a Bears fan, had come to his senses and moved to the good land of beer, cheese, and Packers - Milwaukee. Katie had already been home in&nbsp;Milwaukee for two years after college. On that&nbsp;cold January night Brad was going for some drinks with some friends&nbsp;and Katie was celebrating a friend's&nbsp;(Kylie&nbsp;- one of the bridesmaid)&nbsp;birthday. Both eventually ended up at the Harp Irish Pub where Brad's friend,&nbsp;Phil (one of the groomsmen) and another buddy joined in&nbsp;Katie's&nbsp;friends conversation. Katie was drawn to&nbsp;Brad's height at first sight and to Katie's surprise&nbsp;Brad got her&nbsp;sense of humor. Only Brad and Katie will know what they talked about that night, but it may have had something to do with Canada...to them it was a perfect conversation. At bar close, Brad got Katie's number and the rest is their&nbsp;history. Brad and Katie met for a&nbsp;coffee date during the week, and learned how similar their paths were. Both originally from the Midwest had gone to school on the west coast. Katie went to California and Brad went to Hawaii. Both value family and friends. They went on&nbsp;their first official date on Valentine's Day. Brad likes to think he knew all along and chose this date as it is&nbsp;an&nbsp;easy way to remember their&nbsp;Anniversary!&nbsp;However, things didn't go quite as Brad planned with going to the movies that night unless they wanted to take the last two seats in the theater...on opposite sides. Brad was getting nervous then for a backup plan, but he learned in that moment Katie was the girl for him as she was&nbsp;willing to go with the flow and suggested going to play some games. They ended up playing pool at a local watering hole, known as Hosed for those from the Milwaukee area.&nbsp; Let's just say&nbsp;there is free popcorn here and of course Taylor Swift played that night.&nbsp;Katie may have learned a little too early about Brad's crush! They went to Buca di Beppo for dinner and enjoyed plenty of&nbsp;pasta and prosecco.&nbsp;The dates continued with going to Marquette and Bucks basketball games, Admirals hockey game, and eventually Summerfest concerts. Soon they met the families and said those three little words. After that they&nbsp;began traveling the world with each other.&nbsp; One of their favorite trips, not too far from Milwaukee, is Door County. Brad and Katie have a tradition of stopping at a beer tap room in Algoma, getting ice cream at Wilson's, and taking a picture in the giant chair. They never have to have a plan as long as they get&nbsp;to spend time together. On November 17, 2017 Brad completely surprised Katie in Peninsula State Park, Door County by getting down on one knee. Katie was in shock that she ended up joining him on the rainy ground of the park as you can see in the pictures. Thanks to Tyler (a groomsmen!) and his wife, Jess, the moment was captured. Brad and Katie celebrated by going to Door County Brewery and cannot wait to celebrate with everyone on June 1st!&nbsp;

Brad & Katie

Thank you for joining in the celebration of our wedding! We cannot wait to dance the night away&nbsp;and eat lots of&nbsp;cake with you!

Thank You

Our Story

Details

Photos

Ben Baker

Kristen Beres Arrington

Steph Baker

Mike Reiland

Anna Huck

Nishaan Nagarakanti

Kylie Moehrke

Phil Lee

Amanda Sweitzer

Tyler Demge

Liz Eaves

Nick Larson

Mariah Nelson

Wedding Party

Q + A

Registry

Please Mention Beres/Baker Wedding Block (Group Code:&nbsp;BKW)

King Room $119.99 + Tax









Double Queen Room $129.99 + Tax





There will be a shuttle to and from ceremony/reception.

Hilton Garden Inn Oconomowoc

Please Mention&nbsp;Beres/Baker Wedding Room Block (Group Code: BBW)

Room Rate $119.99 + Tax









There will be a shuttle to and from ceremony/reception.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Delafield

Travel

Climb a 45-foot observation tower atop the highest point in Waukesha County!

Lapham Peak Observation Tower

Holy Hill&nbsp; is a&nbsp;National Shrine&nbsp;and nearby St. Teresa's where we will be getting married. There are beautiful grounds to walk around and is nearby Erin Hills golf course!

Holy Hill

St.&nbsp;John's&nbsp;Northwestern&nbsp;Military Academy&nbsp;is a private, coed college preparatory and leadership development school&nbsp;in Delafield and has a&nbsp;beautiful 110 acre campus to walk! Afterwards, enjoy a coffee at Milwaukee Street Trader's or treat yourself to a baked&nbsp;donut at Sally's Sweet Shoppe!

St. John's Northwestern Military Academy

Enjoy a margarita (Katie's favorite!) or a large frozen mug of Dos Equis (Brad's favorite!)

And of course there is&nbsp;chips and salsa!

Mazatlan Restaurant

The Nashotah Clubhouse is right next door to the&nbsp;Red Circle Inn where the reception will be hosted. Although it has not been around quite as long as Red Circle Inn, the building is over 100 years old!

Nashotah Clubhouse

Things to Do

Our Adventures

The Proposal