Bridal shower

Rehearsal

Rehearsal Dinner

Wedding Day

Waterfall Lodge & Retreat

Ceremony

Reception

Shuttles begin

Cell service will be very limited while on site. The lodge has Wi-Fi, however it does not reach most of the cabins.&nbsp; Comfortable shoes are highly recommended!&nbsp;There will be a dirt path that takes about 10 minutes to walk from the ceremony to the reception. Shuttles will be available for whoever does not want to walk.

Our Wedding

Connor and I met while working at Heavenly Ski Resort in 2015. We were co-workers who rarely worked with each other until Christmas Eve that year. That night Connor and I both worked an 11 hour shift. When we walked out to our cars, four feet of snow had fallen. We spent the next 45 minutes shoveling out our cars (Connor, wanting to do most of the work). When we were done Connor asked if he could take me to dinner since he dug out my car. I immediately knew he was special and I couldn't pass up his offer. During the next couple weeks we spent everyday together talking about our lives and our future dreams.During the New Year's Eve count down Connor asked if I wanted to make this official. I was a bit skeptical at first because we had just met but something about him made me feel happier than I could ever imagine.

The Beginning

We spent the next couple years living with roommates who became our best friends, exploring every inch of Tahoe, meeting our families, going on trips, building our home together, and raising our dog Garth. All these years we spent so much time looking forward to our future and working hard to build our life together. No matter what happened, we knew we wanted to be with each other and suffer or thrive through whatever came next!

The Middle

The End

Our Story

Photos

Wedding Party

Q + A

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If you were assigned a cabin, please click link and follow the directions sent in your Save The Date. Feel free to reach out to Lauren (925) 980-7214 or Connor (951) 216-8090 if you need help Parking &amp; Directions for Cabin Stays: Important: Be sure to use the following address for your GoogleMaps or other navigation tool.&nbsp; <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=11445+Alba+Road,+Ben+Lomond,+Ca&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">11445 Alba Road, Ben Lomond, Ca</a> If you don't use this address, Google wants to take you up an incorrect road.&nbsp; Take Hwy 9 to Ben Lomond. Turn onto Alba Road. Be careful to turn onto Alba Rd. and NOT to turn onto Hubbard Gulch (the entrance to both roads are right next to each other. Hubbard Gulch will not get you to the retreat.) 1.3 miles up Alba Road, you will see a sign when you arrive that says “Enter next Left”. Take that next left.&nbsp; You will then see two signs, “Sequoia Retreat Center” and “Welcome”. Follow those signs to the left and stop a few yards further in a small parking area before you reach any structures.

Cell service will be very limited while on site. The lodge has Wi-Fi, however it does not reach most of the cabins. Comfortable shoes are highly recommended!&nbsp;There will be a dirt path that takes about 10 minutes to walk from the ceremony to the reception. Shuttles will be available for whoever does not want to walk.

Cabin Information

Registry

If NOT staying in Waterfall Lodge cabins: Please enter the following address into your GPS to get to the parking lot for shuttle pick up:&nbsp; 9980 Hwy 9Ben Lomond, CA 95005&nbsp; We suggest take Mt. Herman Road Vans from Santa Cruz Experience will shuttle guests to the wedding venue starting at 2pm and ends at 10pm Directions to Waterfall Lodge (Cabin Stays ONLY﻿): Important: Be sure to use the following address for your GoogleMaps or other navigation tool.&nbsp; <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=11445+Alba+Road,+Ben+Lomond,+Ca&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">11445 Alba Road, Ben Lomond, Ca</a> If you don't use this address, Google wants to take you up an incorrect road.&nbsp; Take Hwy 9 to Ben Lomond. Turn onto Alba Road. Be careful to turn onto Alba Rd. and NOT to turn onto Hubbard Gulch (the entrance to both roads are right next to each other. Hubbard Gulch will not get you to the retreat.) 1.3 miles up Alba Road, you will see a sign when you arrive that says “Enter next Left”. Take that next left.&nbsp; You will then see two signs, “Sequoia Retreat Center” and “Welcome”. Follow those signs to the left and stop a few yards further in a small parking area before you reach any structures.

Directions & Shuttles

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains and is most famous for the 40-acre grove of towering&nbsp;old-growth redwood trees.&nbsp;Its historical significance and spectacular scenery draw travelers from around the world. Visitors can enjoy hiking, horseback riding, picnicking, swimming, and camping on more than 4,650 acres of forested and open land.&nbsp;These skyscraping redwoods were admired by explorer John C. Frémont, President Theodore Roosevelt, and inspired some of California’s earliest redwood preservation efforts. Take a walk beyond the redwood grove and you’ll find four diverse habitats that this park preserves: grasslands, river/riparian, sandhills, and redwoods. The tallest tree in the park is approximately 277 feet tall, about 16 feet wide, and around 1,500 years old. Keen-eyed visitors may spot banana slugs, black-tailed deer, coyotes, bobcats, or steelhead trout.

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

Mount Hermon Adventures is the home of the Redwood Canopy Tours zip line tour and the Sequoia Aerial Adventure course. The Redwood Canopy Tour is a fully guided zip line tour with six zip lines led by our amazing guide staff. The Sequoia Aerial Adventure is an adventure course with three levels, multiple challenges, and the exciting "quick jump" free-fall challenge. Reservations are required so please make your reservation and plan ahead for an amazing adventure in the redwood forest.

Mount Hermon Adventures

See California’s towering redwood trees from two historic railroads. Ride steam trains to Bear Mountain or Beach Trains to Santa Cruz. Visit an 1880s logging town located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Between San Francisco and Monterey Bay in Felton.

Lauren & Connor

Lauren & Connor

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