The Big Barn Venue 

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

Summer

Our Wedding

<p>We met many years ago as youngsters, making apple cider at Troy’s great uncle’s house each fall. Which just happens to be Darlene’s neighbor. We honestly can’t exactly remember a time of not knowing each other. We both remember the year we noticed each other for the first time though! We both were in our teens Troy a few years older than Darlene. We took notice that each other were cute. Then some years went by and we did not see each other in fall for awhile. Darlene started attending Stillwater Community Church in the spring of 2021. There we reconnected over a Bible study group. Fast forward to the fall of 2023, a turn of events had happened. We started to notice one another once more… and we guess the rest you could say was history! We fell head over heels in love with each other. After dating for a short time we both knew deep down that we wanted to get married! It was just a matter of time before we started having late night talks about getting married and dreaming of our wedding. This became so frequent we were finally like why don’t we just get engaged?? Others might say we’re crazy for getting engaged after almost 7 months of dating. But when you know, you know! So the time came when Troy bought a ring… unbeknownst to Darlene. We headed up to Long Lake for a weekend of camping and fishing with Troy’s family. Troy had recently purchased himself a boat. Which then came into play for the proposal. We cruised out for an evening of fishing and watching the sunset on the night of May 26th 2024. Troy began to move fishing spots so frequently that Darlene got super suspicious… wondering “could this be the night?? Or am I just crazy?” Sure enough! It was the night! Troy handed Darlene a fishing pole with a “bait” on the end. Darlene then began to fish with her back turned to Troy. She reeled in multiple masses of weeds… let’s just say her fishing knowledge wasn’t the greatest at this point. And somehow she never noticed that the “bait” didn’t have a hook, but a ring on the end! Troy fixed her bait several times wondering if she would ever notice the “bait” he had tied to the end and she kept on casting. Finally Troy had to tell her to look on the end of the bait. At this point she knew the moment had come! She picked up the end of her line, and there, attached to the end was a bait. On this bait was written “ will you marry me?” Attached to the end of the bait was a ring. Darlene started inwardly freaking out! Had he really thrown the real ring in the water??? How risky!!! As she turned around she found Troy on his knee with a ring box in hand. He popped the question and of course she said yes!! <br>We are so excited to be building a life with one another. We are so blessed and thankful that God brought us together.</p>

Troy & Darlene

Troy & Darlene

Q + A

Q + A coming soon!