Our Destination Wedding Location: Tamarindo Diria Hotel in Tamarindo, Costa Rica Date: February 29, 2016 This is my story of planning our destination wedding. If you have any questions please comment below and thanks for stopping by! Picking Our Location: We wanted tropical beach vibes, fun town and local culture, and somewhere we could explore after our wedding for our honeymoon. It was also important that the flights were direct and affordable for our guests. We landed[...]
It's been just over a year since we got married. Man, how times flies! I figured it was about time I shared our day. We got married on leap year in a small surf town in northern Costa Rica. It was everything I could've dreamed for!
- Tamarindo, Costa Rica - February 28, 2016 Joel's parents, Hal and Mary, planned the most amazing groom's dinner for our entire wedding group off the coast of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. It was the day before the wedding, all of our friends and family waited on the beach to be queued onto these long dingy boats that would shuttle us out to the catamaran. The sun was bright and air warm, but the windy was rocking and threw those little dingy's all over the place. If you sat in the front the rid[...]
It's been an embarrassing long time since I last posted here. So, it's about time we catch up! Exciting stuff has happened in the past two months along with plenty of stressful hurdles to to navigate. As many of you know Joel and I got engaged, but that was back in August 2014 and not much has happened on the wedding planning front. Well, actually I didn kinda sorta try to plan a wedding here in Minnesota, but it just never felt right. I was overwhelmed and our families were getting antsy. T[...]
I'm thrilled to announce Joel and I are engaged! Joel popped the question after our picnic on Lake Harriet near our house. It was incredibly sweet! Earlier in the week I mentioned to Joel that he should take me on a romantic date, because with busy weeks packed full of summer festivities, it's nice to spend a few hours relaxing and enjoying each other's company. And, we hadn't been on a "real" date in awhile. So when I came home after work on Friday I was expecting something romantic, but ha[...]