Almquist Farm

08.27.2022

Summer

Our Wedding

Katie and Tyler met while working at Dicks Sporting Goods in 2015. Katie was just 19 years old. Tyler was 23, freshly promoted into Management and transferred to the Richfield location from Woodbury. While Tyler was trying to prove himself as a young manager, Katie found him to be bossy and annoying. Of course, as she got to know him, she found that he was incredibly funny, hardworking, and charismatic. The two grew to be close in the Spring of 2016 and started officially dating June 8th, 2016. While these two were inseparable outside of work, due to company policies they had to keep their relationship quiet for months. The time inevitably came when the District Manager was informed of the relationship and suggested that Tyler be transferred to another location. So, they both quit Dicks Sporting Goods and set off on new journeys in their lives leading them to where they are today. One apartment, one house, a pandemic, a couple career changes, and two dogs later Tyler proposed on January 16th, 2021, on a snowy evening at a bench on Lake Calhoun where the two had their first date.&nbsp;

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Jeff is Tyler's older brother. You don't have to look far for a role model for Tyler. A stereotypical relationship between the two brothers, they could be best friends or enemies within minutes. No matter what got in between these two, they've always been there for each other. Tyler also credits Jeff for his love for Jack  Daniel's. Jeff introduced Tyler to it by opening up their dad's collector bottle which made it very easy for him to point the finger at Tyler.

Jeff Farr

Carly and Katie have been best friends ever since the Leaf’s moved into a home just six houses down from the Koehler’s in 1997. The two were inseparable from kindergarten throughout high school and college when Katie was an honorary member of the SCSU crowd. They also got to backpack Europe together circa 2015. Eventually Carly ditched Katie to go live in the tropical city of Honolulu, Hawaii which was incredibly rude and selfish of her. 

Carly Koehler

Nick and Tyler met in 2011 at Dick's Sporting Goods where they started their 1st, of four jobs together. Between softball, working together, fantasy sports, country music and whiskey, these two have been inseparable. No surprise that they are each other's best man for their weddings, the same year.

Nick Tessman

Ashley is Katie’s soon-to-be sister-in-law and close friend. Much like the majority of this wedding party, Ashley met her husband Jeff, the groom’s brother, through working at Dick’s Sporting Goods. Ashley and Katie often have to deal with the Farr brothers incessantly talk about sportsball, while they relax, enjoy a cocktail, and hang out with her two incredibly cute children. Katie is very excited to finally have a sister!

Ashley Farr

Jason and Tyler have been friends for over 10 years and met at Dick's Sporting Goods. Often you could find Tyler and Jason in the bike shop working on their restaurant idea, El Bacon. Although their busy lifestyle's might have prevented these two from opening this restaurant, nothing has slowed their friendship down.

Jason Krech

Holly and Katie played soccer together in early childhood years but grew to be very close in high school and early college while they were both at Normandale. Holly and Katie would occasionally skip class and enjoy a good Chinese buffet at 98 Pounds in Bloomington (sorry mom). Holly is always down for late night shenanigans and thoroughly enjoys crafting.  She is also to thank for urging Katie to start working at Dick's Sporting Goods. 

Holly Martinson

Karleton and Tyler met at Dick's Sporting Good's roughly six years ago. It didn't take long for the two to find a very common interest in baseball. Coincidentally, their significant others also were very good friends which made it much easier to watch baseball at any time together. If you're looking for someone to start the dancing on August 27th, 2022.... look no further as K-Town will lead the way.

Karleton Moeller-Reed

Megan and Katie first met at the infamous Country Fest in 2016 through mutual friends. Megan and Katie enjoy attending country festivals, late night drunken Mario Kart tournaments, and are rarely defeated partners in the card game “Code Names”. 

Megan Tessman

Nate is Katie’s younger brother. If it were up to Papa Leaf, Nate’s name would have been Kirby Earl, and to this day Katie is incredibly disappointed that they landed on Nate (just kidding). Nate enjoys smart things like Greek Mythology and other complicated topics that Katie can rarely keep up with but admires his intelligence.

Nate Leaf

Nick is Katie’s older brother who rudely left her in 2012 to live a beautiful life in Costa Rica. Growing up, Nick and Katie were very close. They enjoyed baking crepes in the middle of the night and throwing parties at home when their parents were out of town (sorry mom). Despite the distance, Nick and Katie stay in touch via online play with the game Animal Crossing – nerds. 

Nick Leaf

Wedding Party

Q + A

Unfortunately, Treasure Island did not allow for off-site wedding parties to block rooms in advance. If you did reserve a room early, be sure to call and inquire about early check-in. There are no more rooms available through Treasure Island, however, we were able to save a few early on that have not yet been accounted for. If you were hoping to stay at Treasure Island but did not book prior to price increases or lack of availability, please reach out to us to inquire if we might have a room available for you! There are other options for lodging! There are no rooms blocked at these hotels. There will not be shuttle service provided to and from these hotels. Please see below: Coratel Inn &amp; Suites - Hastings, MNWebsite - www.coratelinn.comPhone - (855) 797-67339 minutes away from venue Hastings Country Inn - Hastings, MNWebsite - www.hastingscountryinn.netPhone - (651) 437-88709 minutes away from venue Country Inn &amp; Suites by Radisson - Red Wing, MNWebsite - www.radissonhotelsamericas.comPhone - (651) 388-900012 minutes away from venue

Katie & Tyler

Katie & Tyler

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