Yampa River Botanic Park

Wedding Day

Wedding

Steamboat Springs Community Center

Reception

Our Story(s)

Sarah had just moved cross country from Georgia to Colorado basically on a whim. She&nbsp;was just getting settled, had met a lot of wonderful people and just secured an awesome condo with Kari and 2 wonderful ladies named Kate and Kizzy!&nbsp;The morning of November 11th, 2013,&nbsp;Kizzy popped her head into Sarah's room asking if she wanted to tag along for lunch with her buddy for his birthday at the ever classy Taco Bell. Sarah, being the intellectual that she is, understands that Taco Bell is life, and also understands that she needs to make friends so she agrees!Then enters Charlie. He's waiting in the lobby of Taco Bell when Sarah and Kizzy show up. They meet, shake hands, and order their food (they actually order the same thing!). According to Charlie, it was love at first sight. For Sarah, not so much, but she thought Charlie was hilarious and they hit it off right away. Sometime during the conversation, Charlie mutters the words "Beerio Kart" and Sarah's mind was blown. Little did she know that that was the start of a&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;friendship. ;)

Day One: The Day They Met

Fast forward 5 years, 3 months and 12 days later, it's proposal day. Sarah is oblivious as always, as the day before Charlie had arranged for Sarah's friend Abby to take&nbsp;Sarah to go get her nails done (hello, obvious?!)&nbsp; Earlier in the week,&nbsp;Charlie had asked Sarah if she wanted to do Western BBQ dinner at the top of the gondola for dinner with his co-workers. &nbsp;They had done this tons of times, so doing it again wasn't out of the ordinary, and Sarah loves to eat so she was stoked.&nbsp;Friday night, the night before, Charlie says that there are going to be photographers there so to dress nicely as it was likely our pictures would be taken for the website, advertising, etc. for the resort. Sarah, looking for literally any excuse to glam up, is excited&nbsp;and&nbsp;mentally picks out her outfit. Charlie on the other hand seemed very nervous about what he was going to wear,&nbsp;(red flag, but Sarah's oblivious!)&nbsp;&nbsp;so he decides that after works Saturday he is going to come home with an entire new outfit (I'm not kidding haha!) Sarah thought this was weird but just assumed Charlie was all of a sudden a fashionista. Whatevs Charlie live yo best life.Saturday night, for dinner at the top of the gondola you typically get a 'loading time' to load the gondola. It's about a 12 minute ride to the top. Charlie says that his co-workers are waiting&nbsp;at the base so that they can all ride together at the reserved time. (Remember, Sarah is still oblivious)&nbsp;While walking to the gondola, Charlie says that his co-workers already loaded and that they would see us at the top. Sarah got kiiind of annoyed as a couple weeks before we had waiting for people at the base before loading. It's fine, let's just get up there so we could EAT!When they get up to the top, instead of heading to the top floor for Western BBQ, Charlie leads Sarah to one of the exterior doors where we are greeted by a Snow-Cat driver that Charlie knows. Sarah quickly realizes that they aren't doing Western BBQ, but they're taking a Snow Cat ride to another Lodge on another peak of the mountain, Four Points Lodge. Four Points dinner is fancy. Like, fancy fancy. I'm talking 4 different forks and 3 different wine glasses fancy. Like Sarah has no business being with people that fancy fancy.The snow cat ride up was amazing, the snow was pounding, the view was amazing, and Sarah had never been in a snow cat before so she was having a blast! When they get there, they are greeted by the Dining manager (who was simply amazing, seriously) with a glass of complimentary wine and a couple appetizers (I can't spell hors d'oeuvres, who can??) to get 'our palettes ready' or something fancy and weird like that. Meanwhile, SARAH&nbsp;IS&nbsp;STILL&nbsp;CLUELESS.Four Points view is simply spectacular. It sits at&nbsp;9,716 feet overlooking the Yampa Valley and the twinkling lights of Downtown Steamboat.&nbsp;Dinner consisted of 5 courses. Sarah muttered at one point something along the lines of "I'm too poor for all this" as she gestures to the 10 pieces of cutlery meant just for her. The waiter comes and Charlie orders a bottle of vintage red wine for the table. Sarah flashes him a 'the cheapest bottle on this menu is $60 are you insane' look but Charlie just smiles and says that this is a special occasion, "since we didn't get to do a very special Valentine's Day because of work".&nbsp;Charlie says that he wants to take a picture for his dad so we should go by the window so we can look at the view. Sarah was still working on the fancy charcuterie board that they ordered so she says "maybe in a minute!". Charlie excuses himself to go to the bathroom while Sarah is trying to figure out what these alien-looking-olive-things-that-definitely-aren't-olives things are that she is eating. (Charlie eventually came out and said he was scoping out a place out&nbsp;in front of the building, but it was the middle of February and it was an absolute blizzard outside, so that wasn't happening.)He returns to the table and brings up the photo again. This time she agrees and they walk over to the huge window that overlooks the valley. Sarah exclaims "Charlie it's blizzarding you can't see anything!" "I've got a light for you" Charlie says and BAM Sarah turns around and there he is. Charlie down on his knee, with a ring box that had a little light in it that made the ring sparkle.&nbsp;As you might have guessed, as Sarah is the loudest person on the planet, Sarah shrieks in surprise and excitement, going back and forth between laughing and crying.&nbsp; A moment later,&nbsp;from the kitchen pops the dining manager with champagne for the both of them, as Sarah is now ugly crying at this point. They finished the meals and wine and headed back down the mountain, then decided to go party downtown because Sarah wanted to show off her new rock.It was magical!!! Literally a dream.&nbsp;

Day 1930: Proposal Day

Our Story

Our Wedding

A Message from the Bride + Groom

Hello from CO!

We understand that the global pandemic has not gone anywhere, and the health and safety of our friends and family is of upmost importance.&nbsp;We are monitoring best practices issued by state and CDC guidelines, and our wedding plan will evolve as the situation continues to unfold.As of now, we are hopeful that we can continue on with our original plan with added social distancing guidelines, but please be mindful that the situation is rapidly changing day to day. Gathering restrictions are currently in place in Colorado, and we do not know what the guidelines will be like in August.While we would love to celebrate with every one of our guests, we completely understand that cross-country travel at this time might not be practical for everyone.&nbsp;We will continue to update guests as new information is released.&nbsp;Stay healthy and safe!Love,Charlie + Sarah

COVID-19

Details

Photos

Andrea is Sarah's oldest sister and best friend. She is currently living in Omaha, NE with her two wonderful doggos named Dolly and Brady. She loves Star Wars, tattoos, reading a good book in her reading nook and hitting the gym like a boss!&nbsp;

Andrea Stinson

David and Charlie have known each other since high school. While Dave&nbsp; recently moved to Las Vegas he and Charlie both moved up to Steamboat together many seasons ago to live the Steamboat dream. When not exploring the hills and mountains of Nevada with his loyal dog Dutch, Dave can be found in the grassy fields of Xbox live, teaching the youth of America to respect their elders.&nbsp;

David Lenke

Mike and Charlie both grew up together in Fort Collins and shared many an adventure during their college years. When not running marathons or spending time with his lovely family Mike enjoys a mediocre career in fantasy football, never quite making it to the top of the podium. Maybe this season will be yours Commish! 

Mike Barstow

Rebecca is Sarah's older sister who currently lives in Acworth, GA with her husband, Sam Palazesi and their 10 year old daughter Abigail!

Rebecca Palazesi

Corey and Charlie met when they were Ski Instructors together at Steamboat Ski Resort. Together they not only forged the next generation of skiers but also an esports team that would shake the foundations of the industry to its core.

Corey Chan

Tara, Sarah and Charlie met in 2013 working in the Kids&nbsp;Vacation Center ski school at Steamboat resort! Tara loves hiking&nbsp;with her adopted fur baby Indy, traveling, camping, skiing, and all things outdoors! She currently calls Boulder, CO home, but loves to visit Steamboat anytime she can!&nbsp;

Tara Bonucci

Gabe and Charlie have been sharing the slopes at Steamboat Ski Resort for years now.&nbsp; Gabe can often be found making his world renown Margaritas at Taco Cabo, offering not only delicious refreshment but sagely advice to folks from all over the world.&nbsp;

Gabe Nuno

Dr. Ingrid recently graduated with her PhD, and is basically the smartest person that Sarah knows! Dr. loves the outdoors, visiting family back home in Chicago, skiing, biking, going to summer concerts, and tubing the Yampa River in summer!

Dr. Ingrid Mielke-Maday

"Jon Jon"&nbsp;Cohn and Charlie met as young gun ski instructors many seasons ago. Over the course of a few seasons they crafted the now famous "Peanut Butter and Jelly" teaching method. Now that his ski instructing days are behind him&nbsp;Jon can often be found gallivanting across the globe bringing good cheer to his fellow man.&nbsp;

Jon Cohn

Michelle and Sarah have known each other since the 7th grade when they both made the 7th grade Woodstock Middle School basketball team! Michelle currently lives in Atlanta, GA but made the leap one winter to live in Steamboat Springs to work and have fun with Sarah! Michelle is fun, charismatic, and loves to have a good time! When Michelle and Sarah get together, it spells trouble!

Michelle Tesina

Kit Callahan, the man, the myth, the mustache. Kit and Charlie both started the same year at Kids' Vacation Center.&nbsp;Kit has always been a patron of local businesses and thanks to&nbsp;his generous contributions local staples like Sun Pies Bistro have been able to flourish. Kit has now moved to Ireland to pursue higher learning as well as the delicious taste of Guinness&nbsp;.&nbsp;

Kit Callahan

Kari and Sarah met in 2008 when Sarah transferred from University of&nbsp;Tennessee&nbsp;Martin to play basketball at North Georgia. They were teammates and roommates until graduation!&nbsp;Kari currently works at a beautiful winery in Georgia and is way more stylish than Sarah ever dreams of being!&nbsp;She loves fashion, shooting 3 pointers until the lights go out, her 2 dogs Oakley and Zoey, her cat Bleu, and reading a good book (or 5).

Kari McCann

Wedding Party

Registry

Q + A

We currently have a 20% discount on rooms at the Holiday Inn at Steamboat Springs. Call or follow the link and mention the Stinson Cook wedding to receive the discount.***As a resort town Steamboat Springs boasts a huge variety of hotels, condos and AirBnB's so feel free to peruse your choices as well. We can't wait to see you all for the festivities!*** Holiday Inn Amenities:·Two pools and hot tubs, one indoor and one outdoor(Seasonal outdoor pool)·New state of the art fitness center·Guest coin laundry·Each guest room includes a refrigerator, microwave, HD Television, free Internet access, Keurig coffee maker, hair dryer, iron, and ironing board·Pets are welcome, nightly fee $25 for a room and $35 for asuite, pets need to be registered &amp; room restrictions apply·100% non-smoking facility·Conference/banquet facilities for up to 70 persons in the Champagne room and up to 35 persons in the Mountain View room·Children 12 and under eat free in our great restaurant, any meal, when eating with an adult.·Rex's American Grill and Bar -serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, great happy hour in the sports bar, large TVs. In the summer we offer a mountain-view patio for dining and entertainment. -Charlie and Sarah

Holiday Inn Steamboat Springs

Travel

You can hike, bike, ride the gondola and check out the views, or hang out at the base area and play mini golf, ride the mountain coaster, obstacle course, bungee trampoline, rock climbing wall, or enjoy some food and drinks at Timber & Torch on the&nbsp;huge patio!

Steamboat Ski Resort

Tons of shops and river-front restaurants for your viewing pleasure!&nbsp;

Sarah & Charlie

Sarah & Charlie

Registry