Our Wedding

Join us for our backyard wedding celebration at our new home in Fall River, Wisconsin on Saturday, 9/4/2021! To allow all guests to relax and enjoy themselves, we have chosen to make our special day adults only. We thank you for understanding our decision and look forward to celebrating with you. Address:W2096 County Road ZFall River, Wi 53932 Please see the "travel" tab for additional information on accommodations and transportation. The ceremony will begin at 4:30 in the afternoon. Accommodations are available through rooms blocks at the Holiday Inn in Beaver Dam, and AmericInn in Beaver Dam (these two hotels are adjacent to each other and share a parking lot). See accommodations tab for more information. A shuttle will depart from both hotels at 3:30 p.m. , allowing guests time to check in before departure for the wedding. The shuttle will run routes from our home to the hotel and back throughout the evening. Camping in our backyard is also an accommodation option for those who who have interest. Please contact Michelle to discuss accommodations via call or text message, 262-370-0498. Dinner will be provided by El Grito food truck and guests may enjoy their meal at their leisure. Yard games and beverages will be available throughout the evening. The reception will begin around 7:30. We are looking forward to enjoying our special day with all of you.

DIRECTIONS! Head west on highway 16 Turn right onto highway 146 (do not turn on CD, your phone may attempt to take you this way. The location where your phone may attempt to take you is crossed out in blue in photo 2) Turn left onto Highway Z Our home is about a 1/2 mile up highway Z on the right (circled in red in photo 2)

Sam and first met at Michelle's 21st birthday party in Waukesha. Sam accompanied mutual friends, Dawn and Dexter, to her party, on a 90 degree July night in her non-air conditioned college home. They enjoyed a fun filled evening (probably a little too much fun), that ended with Sam and Dexter having to break into Michelle's house through the bathroom window after she misplaced her house keys on the walk home. After a few months of casual conversation, the two decided to reconnect and go on a "real date." Unknown to either of them, almost every weekend after that first real date would be spent together between Waukesha and Fall River as Michelle finished her last semester of nursing school. Sam made it official on New Year's Eve 2011. A few years go by along with some life transitions- buying their first home, starting a business for Sam, finishing grad school and changing careers for Michelle, various travel endeavors, and adopting another pup to add to their family. It was time to take the next step in their relationship; sell their house and build their forever home! In April 2020 they broke ground on their lot, and on September 4th, exactly one year before their wedding (unknown to them at the time), they moved in. Building a home during a pandemic was surely a blessing and challenge. While they were both very fortunate to not have been heavily impacted by the pandemic, the joy they found in the building process and the excitement to move in kept them going through the difficult year. About a month after moving in, Michelle and Sam were able to go on a trip to Oregon they had previously canceled due to COVID-19. The first day of the trip they hiked to the Mitchell Point Overlook in the Columbia River Gorge. As they struggled up the mountain, Sam kept pushing them to keep going until they reached the top. When they reached the top, Michelle sat down to rest. When she turned around, Sam was down on one knee and asked her to marry him. When Michelle asked Sam if he had planned this out with intention, he responded in true Sam fashion "I went and bought the ring on 2 days before the trip, and had no plans. Figured I'd let it happen organically when the time was right." They may not have done things in the "right" order (does that really exist?), but their story is uncalculated and perfectly unique to them.

Our Story

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Beaver Dam

Request a room in the block for Agnew or Hoeft for 9/4/2021.

AmericInn by Wyndham, Beaver Dam

A shuttle will depart from both hotels around 3:30 p.m. allowing guests time to check in prior to heading to the wedding. The shuttle will continue to run routes to and from the hotels throughout the evening.

Michelle & Sam

Michelle & Sam

Registry

Your presence on our day is more than enough and gifts are not expected. For those who would like to give a gift, we have registered at Amazon and have also started a honeymoon fund through the knot cash funds. Thank you.