Wedding Day

Rustic Creek

Ceremony

Rustic Creek 

Reception

Our Wedding

Kim was visiting a friend who had recently moved to Oklahoma, and her friend was eager for her to meet Kent, her boyfriend’s best friend. They were convinced Kim and Kent were a perfect match, though both were skeptical at first. But from the moment they met, it felt as if they had known each other forever. Despite the miles between them, the connection was undeniable, and they quickly became inseparable. Kim made monthly trips to Oklahoma, and Kent, to everyone’s surprise, started checking his phone more often. In March 2020, Kim packed up her car and moved to Oklahoma. Four years later, on July 5, 2024, in their newly bought home, Kent got down on one knee in their living room with all their cats present and asked Kim to be his forever.

Our Story

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Q + A

All hotels listed are for reference only and should be contacted directly for availability, reservations, and amenity inquiries. These hotels were selected for their safe and convenient locations. If you have found another hotel you are interested in, that is not near these locations, feel free to contact Kim or Kent for our opinion on them.

Catoosa is a suburb located directly between Tulsa and the wedding venue. This location is 11 minutes from the venue and 17 minutes from downtown Tulsa, but limited local food and entertainment in the immediate vicinity.

La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Tulsa Catoosa Route 66

Catoosa is a suburb located directly between Tulsa and the wedding venue. This location leaves you with a 13 minute drive to the venue and 17 minute drive to downtown Tulsa , but limited local food and entertainment in the immediate vicinity. This Hotel is attached to the Hard Rock Casino.

Hard Rock Hotel&Casino Tulsa

Catoosa is a suburb located directly between Tulsa and the wedding venue. This location leaves you with a 12 minute drive to the wedding venue and a 17 minute drive to downtown Tulsa, but limited local food and entertainment in the immediate vicinity.

Hampton Inn & Suites Tulsa/Catoosa

Claremore is located approximately 10 minutes North of the wedding venue and 30 minutes North of Tulsa. Claremore has many local food and entertainment options, but they may not be in the immediate vicinity of the hotels.

Hampton Inn & Suites Claremore

This south Tulsa hotel is approximately 15 minutes from downtown, and 25 minutes from the wedding venue. located in a major shopping district, It offers plentiful local food and entertainment options.

Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center

This South central Tulsa hotel is located across from a public park and golf course. With many local food and entertainment options nearby, it is approximately 15 minutes from downtown Tulsa and 25 minutes to the wedding venue.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tulsa - Warren Place

This hotel offers the best food and entertainment options within walking distance, because of its downtown Tulsa location. It is a 25 minute drive to the wedding Venue. THIS HOTEL DOES NOT HAVE FREE PARKING. A private parking garage is available with a fee. Street parking in downtown Tulsa is typically $1/hr and free past 5 p.m. and on weekends.

Hyatt Place Tulsa / Downtown

Owasso is a Tulsa suburb approximately 17 minutes away from the wedding venue and 18 minutes to downtown Tulsa. Owasso has plenty of local food and entertainment options, but they may not be in the immediate vicinity of the hotel.

SureStay Plus by Best Western Owasso Tulsa North

Candlewood Suites Tulsa NE - Owasso, an IHG Hotel

This hotel has a pool and a small kitchenette option for the rooms. 23 minutes away from the wedding Venue. Broken Arrow is a suburb that contains a lot of restaurants and things to do. It is also only 16 minutes away from downtown Tulsa.

TownePlace Suites Tulsa Broken Arrow

Travel

Gathering Place is a public park located alongside Riverside Drive in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Spanning over 100 acres, Gathering Place offers guests a one-of-a-kind playground, gardens, trails, boat rentals, restaurants, outdoor concerts, events and so much more! Admission is free!

Gathering Place

This vast art museum, housed in an Italian style villa, has numerous exhibits from European, American, Asian, Native American and African artists and is surrounded by acres of lush gardens. Admission is around $18 and so worth it! You can easily spend 3 + hours here.

Philbrook Museum of Art

Tulsa Botanic Garden is an oasis blooming just 8 miles northwest of downtown Tulsa. The A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Floral Terraces is a 3-acre ornamental garden showcasing over 350 plant varieties, beautiful art deco designs, water features, and one of the area's largest spring displays with over 200,000 bulbs. The Children’s Discovery Garden is a wonderland of interactive fun with the Spring Giant, a 15 ft. carved face, spitting animal fountains, carnivorous plants and Tree Fort. Bumgarner Family Fdn. Lotus Pool has aquatic plants and water jet fountains and Stanford Family Liberty Garden has lawn and perennial borders. The Cross Timbers Trail provides a 1 mile hike through native forest and prairie. They are constantly building and expanding here! Admission is $10 for ages 16 and up, $5 for ages 3-15, and free for ages 0-2.

Tulsa Botanic Garden

‍Offering the best in outdoor recreation, River Parks’ 26 miles of asphalt-surfaced trails weave past gathering areas, playgrounds, fountains and sculptures along the banks of the Arkansas River in Tulsa. Additionally, River Parks owns and leases hundreds of acres reserved for wildlife habitation and land preservation.

Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area

This is a Tulsa staple. It is not what it once was but it is under construction. The Center of the Universe in Tulsa is a concrete circle a little more than eight feet in diameter that is an acoustic anomaly.&nbsp;Any noise made inside the brick circle is loudly echoed, but only those inside the circle can hear it.

Center of the Universe

Food

Downtown Tulsa is a huge hub for all things food and beer. Some of our favorites (you definitely cannot go wrong with any of these choices) Feel free to text us for other recommendations!: McNellie's: Irish pub with over 350 beers. (Yes, really that many it's actually insane and the food is delicious) Roosevelt's: Gastropub with a beautiful outdoor seating area, great food and drink list. Bohemian Pizzeria: Great Italian food, cannot go wrong with either a pasta dish or a pizza. Mother Road Market: Bustling food hall featuring craft cocktails, street tacos, rotisserie platters, and gourmet pizza. So many options and has one of the best HOT fried chicken places called Chicken and the Wolf. Kai Vietnamese Cuisine: Some of the best Pho I have ever had. Cannot go wrong with anything here. Bird &amp; The Bottle: Although it is not in true downtown Tulsa, it is one of Kent's and Kim's favorite places to go. Bar and Grill. Elgin Park: Sports bar. Good atmosphere, even better wings. Noche: Authentic woodfired Mexican grill. The Tavern: You have to order the angry Mac n Cheese, I don't make the rules but you have to. Other honorable mentions: In the Raw, Mr. Kim's, Nola's, Smoke, Bull in the Alley, Fixins, Torchy's Tacos, 3 Tequilas, Mondos, Empire Pizza.

Breweries

We have an insane amount of breweries that are downtown and very close to each other. All are family friendly. Top choices are listed first but again all are good and have lots of options. 1. Nothing's Left- they have some of the most unique flavors and have beer slushies and dole whips! Also has a food truck and non alcoholic options. 2. American Solera 3. Welltown- great rooftop brewery 4. Dead Armadillo 5. Neff 6. Eerie Abbey Ales 7. Cabin Boys 8. Marshall's 9. Fassler Hall- German beer and food!

Coffee

There are plenty of coffee shops all over Catoosa, Claremore, and Tulsa but we definitely wanted to highlight our favorites!

Topeca Coffee: Their history is interesting, delicious coffee, and in a beautiful art deco building in downtown Tulsa. The website details how the creator of this company moved to El Salvador with his coffee expertise and then went to the slopes of the Santa Ana volcano to raise a family that for generations has grown coffee. In 2001, they opened two roasting facilities, one on their own home town farm and one in Tulsa, OK. Topeca became one of the first farms to retail coffee shops in the world.  Pony Coffee: Kim’s favorite. Strong coffee and have delicious pastries. Revamped bicycle repair shop turned coffee shop. Ambiance is out of this world. Beautiful inside and outside. Place for kids to play too! Their Chai latte is delicious!

With over 60 stores in an elegant outdoor setting, this hometown treasure features specialty boutiques as well as full-service upscale department stores and restaurants.

Kimberley & Kent

Kimberley & Kent

Registry

Thank you so much for your contribution to start our new lives together. We love you and appreciate you!