For the ceremony we'll be getting married at St. Benedict's Church in Fontana. My grandparents attend regularly when they're in town & where Ryan & I went once (eep, sorry!) while visiting. It's a small Church with a beautiful stone wall behind the altar. Ryan, my mom, my grandma, and I stopped by one Saturday afternoon to see this (sorry for the not so nice phone pic)!
A wedding was about to take place! How exciting! I love the simplicity of the Church decorations with the stone wall. I will definitely keep the fabric hanging from the walls, but not so sure about the aisle runner. I don't like that it looks wrinkled. Any suggestions?! I really like the idea of pomanders on each end of the pews. I'm thinking something like the picture below, but with yellow flowers or alternating yellow & white flowers! I'm also thinking I'd like to DIY (do it yourself) this project. What do you think?
Ahhh, so relaxing!
As a kid, my family had a lakehouse in Fontana, WI & while it was always hard leaving friends for the summer - I wouldn't trade in those summers for anything. The memories of camp, the playground, the beach, playing Uno, sleeping in a room with my brother & sister, making my mom braid my extremely thick hair into very uneven braids (love you mom!), eating way too much blue moon ice cream and just being with my family in such a happy place are honestly some of my favorite childhood memories. In fact, they're the most vivid childhood memories I have & am so glad they are as happy as they are.
When Ryan & I first started talking about the wedding we thought maybe we'd have it in Rockford, IL since it's where I grew up. However, it just didn't feel right. While I love Rockford, it didn't have the venues or feeling I was going for. We toyed with Indianapolis since it's where he's from or maybe even somewhere beachy, but nothing felt like us. In comes Fontana, WI where we've always had a ton of fun visiting & have fallen even more in love with each other every time we're there. It has the beachy-ness of a destination wedding, but its close enough where most of guests won't have to fly to get there. After thinking/talking/and internet stalking Churches, venues, bars and restaurants we decided Fontana, WI is where we want to say "I Do".
Hi! I am so excited to be starting this blog. I've been reading wedding blogs for quite some time & thought why not start one myself? I hope you enjoy reading & going on this adventure with me :)
Lets start at the beginning, shall we?
Ryan & I met on July 4, 2008 in a parade. We didn't have our first date until November because someone coughcoughRYANcoughcough had a significant other at the time. On November 20th, Ryan took me out on the most wonderful 1st date - drinks at the Hancock Tower, beer pong at Streeters, pizza at Pizano's, etc. His love for beer & pizza was almost on par with mine, which was quite a delightful surprise. Since then we've honestly been inseparable & on April 17, 2010 he asked me to marry him. Yay!
Now we are smack dab in the middle of planning our laid-back, yet upscale navy blue, yellow, and white wedding in the beautiful Fontana, Wisconsin!
