IN THE PINES

Our wedding day was truly the best day ever, and it was exactly how we envisioned it: focused on our love for each other while celebrating with our closest family and friends. Our love story started when I saw my husband in a college lecture class of over 150 students. I spotted him across the room and for some reason I knew I was going to marry him. I called my mom after class and told her that I just saw the guy I was going to marry but couldn’t explain it, and all these years later I still can’t quite explain it. One day after class, Brad asked me to get lunch with him and the rest is history! We both knew early on that we were going to spend the rest of our lives together.

Six years later, our wedding day was nothing short of perfect. We love being outdoors, camping, hiking, fishing and enjoying Minnesota’s many lakes, so we knew we had to get married outside. We got married on a beautiful June day under the canopy of towering pine trees, and it was magical.

We are also big dog people and love supporting dog rescues, so we knew we had to have dogs involved in our wedding day. We had an amazing local dog rescue, Ruff Start Rescue, come to our cocktail hour with adoptable rescue puppies so people could make a donation and cuddle or even adopt the puppies. It was so fun and memorable!

The rest of the night was spent dancing barefoot and celebrating big with the people we love most. It truly couldn’t have been a better day. The next day we took a mini-moon to Madeline Island and spent our time enjoying Lake Superior while we reminisced about our “best day ever.”