Hi everyone and thank you for taking the time to read our love story. You are very important to us and we appreciate you.
Our love story begins like all the great old love stories, with the world in the middle of a pandemic. As two single people living in Toronto at that time it was very difficult to meet people and our paths may never have crossed but as luck would have there was a brief respite as the world seemed to open for but a moment where we were once able to go out and have fun with friends again. And fun we had.
Our beloved friend Vik had organized a wine tour down to Niagara wine country. Sam had been on a few of these wine tours but it was Laurel’s first time. Their dearest friend Kaitlin, brought Laurel along last minute when her previous Saturday plans had fallen through. It was a Halloween themed wine tour, so everyone had to come dressed in a costume. Sam dressed as a fighter pilot from the movie Top Gun and Laurel was able to quickly put together an adorable bear costume. Sam’s eyes were drawn to her in her cute outfit and at the end of the tour he bravely asked for her number to take her out.
We arranged a date the very next weekend. And the first date was quickly followed by the second, then a third and soon we were inseparable.
We quickly fell in love and moved in together and began intertwining our lives with dreams of adventure and travel. This culminated a year after our first date where Sam proposed to Laurel while on vacation in Miami on what could be described as a story book proposal on the beach at sunset after a rainstorm with rainbows in the sky.
Shortly after they both sold their respective condos and bought their dream house and adopted their puppy Luna who has filled their hearts and home with love, affection and a few puppy messes but wouldn’t change it for the world.
Since travel, food, and entertaining are so important to us the decision to have our wedding in Italy was a no brainer. And we are excited to see you in Umbria, high in the mountains overlooking the vineyards and olive groves.
Ciao
xx L&S