The Grumpy Monk

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Our Wedding

What was supposed to be a girls night after returning from a winter break on January 7th, 2015,&nbsp;from college, turned into a day Taylor would never forget!

Taylor and Ashleigh decided to go to a bar to reunite after spending break back in their home towns. While they were&nbsp;sitting at the bar, a lady kept bumping into Taylor trying to get drinks. Taylor and the lady started talking and Taylor ordered her drinks every time she came up to the bar. The lady&nbsp;asked Taylor&nbsp;what she&nbsp;did for a living and introduced herself, her name was Deelynn.&nbsp;Impressed with Taylor,&nbsp;Deelynn&nbsp;invited her&nbsp;to come meet her friend Chris who was opening a restaurant. Reluctant at first, Taylor and Ashleigh politely&nbsp;brushed it off and continued their night. Again, Deelynn returned and she convinced&nbsp;Taylor and Ashleigh to meet&nbsp;Chris. He gave them a business card and invited them to come interview for his restaurant. 





Two days later, Taylor and Ashleigh interviewed at the Grumpy Monk and became the first employees of the restaurant. Over the next couple of months, Taylor and Chris worked closely together and hung out with mutual friends. In June, Chris' younger brother came to work for the Grumpy Monk. Chris had asked Taylor to train and show him around Myrtle Beach.Without a question Taylor did&nbsp;and in doing this Chris and Taylor became even closer. In July, Chris finally texted Taylor and asked if she would go on a date with him. She said yes and the rest was history!

How we met 

Chris and Taylor made&nbsp;plans to go to dinner Friday night before going home for her cousins' wedding in New York. Chris told Taylor that&nbsp;he was spending the day&nbsp;searching for a new restaurant.&nbsp;He&nbsp;texted&nbsp; her&nbsp;that afternoon&nbsp;that&nbsp;he had signed a lease and that they would celebrate during dinner. He told her that the reservation was set for 5 p.m.&nbsp;and to be ready at 4:30 p.m.&nbsp;so that they would not be&nbsp;late.

Taylor thought nothing of it&nbsp;and began to get ready for dinner. When putting on her shoes,&nbsp;Chris stepped out of the garage and took a phone call. He came back in and said the restaurant called to&nbsp;push&nbsp;the reservation back to 5:30 p.m. Since it was only 4:45 p.m., Chris asked if Taylor wanted to grab a beer and drink on the beach. Taylor grabbed two beers and they drove to the beach.



They got out of the car and walked on the beach. It was a beautiful day with a gorgeous sunset.As they were walking and&nbsp;catching up&nbsp;on their busy day,&nbsp;Chris asked Taylor how many restaurants he had to open before they got married. Taylor had always joked that after 5 restaurants he'd have time for her and could focus on a wedding. So she&nbsp;replied 3 more.&nbsp;He got down on one knee,&nbsp;pulled a ring&nbsp;out of his pocket, and&nbsp;asked, "Well would you marry me now?"&nbsp;She couldn't believe it and said yes!



Little did she know her two friends were&nbsp;hiding in the bushes&nbsp;photographing&nbsp;and filming&nbsp;the entire proposal. They went to&nbsp;dinner with their friends and then the four of them headed&nbsp;to a bar to meet Chris' childhood friend Glenn to celebrate the news! They were the only ones in the bar.&nbsp;They&nbsp;were all asking Taylor about the proposal when....&nbsp;all of a sudden, "Who Let The&nbsp;Dogs Out" came on the speakers and a bunch of dancing&nbsp;hot dogs and dinosaurs walked in. Since Taylor loves hot dogs,&nbsp;Chris bought hot dog&nbsp;suits for her friends to wear, he seemed it would only be fitting... and epic.&nbsp;After crying over seeing her friends, Taylor went over to the dinosaurs. She couldn't tell who they were since their faces were covered.&nbsp;As if she couldn't be surprised enough,&nbsp;her Mom, Dad, two brothers, and best friend from home revealed themselves and&nbsp;were all there to celebrate.&nbsp;Taylor was beyond shocked and could not believe her fairy tale day got even better!

The Proposal 

Our Story

Details

Photos

Taylor and Gladys have been friends since they were in Elementary school. 

Gladys Guerrero 

Chris- "Do you want to do karate in the garage?"

Glenn- "Yep!"&nbsp;

Glenn Goodwin 

Taylor and Michelle met in 3rd grade while playing basketball on Villanova.

Michelle Cozza 

Mark Evans

Cory Evans 

Ashleigh and Taylor met the first weekend of freshmen year and Coastal Carolina. &nbsp;&nbsp;



Ashleigh Beisaw 

Casey and Taylor met in elementary school together.&nbsp;

Casey SanMartin

Sean Jones

Like Taylor, Chris never had a sister but fate gave him Danielle when Chris was 19.&nbsp;

Danielle Glaubitz

Connor Jones 

Taylor and Lindsay went to high school together. Lindsay also dates Taylor's older brother.&nbsp;

Lindsay Whitfield 

Joey Jones 

Chris and Danny worked together at the Marriott in New Orleans. Danny was a chief and Chris was the restaurant manager. After moving and starting a new restaurant, Danny and Chris continued to stay in touch.&nbsp;

Danny 

Alesha Sheftic 

Chris' friend was dating John when Chris lived in New Orleans. When he came back, the two met and have been close friends ever since.&nbsp;

John D 

Bridget attended Coastal Carolina with Taylor but they never really "hung out". Three years ago Taylor and Bridget began to work together at the monk. Bridget also dates the Best Man, Glenn.&nbsp;

Bridget G

Allison C

Chris and Lewis met while attending Coastal Carolina.

Lewis B 

Greg and Chris met while the two attended Coastal Carolina University. 

Greg M

McKenna 

Alex 

Wedding Party

Q + A

Registry

Closest airport to the hotel is Myrtle Beach International Airport!&nbsp;

Myrtle Beach International Airport

5o rooms reserved at $99 per night.&nbsp;Room block rate is 40%less than market price average.&nbsp;Room block dates: 9/7/18 and 9/8/18. Surrounding dates may be available by request.&nbsp;Due to peak season rooms must be booked prior to July 31,2018.&nbsp;

Taylor + Chris

Taylor + Chris

Details coming soon!