David and Carissa's Wedding in Cadott, Wisconsin

The story of our wedding

The whole journey from engagement to wedding was a rollercoaster. He had to ask me to marry him 3 times before he got an answer (the first time I didn't hear him, we were at a concert and it was spur of the moment for him, the second was him basically teasing me because I knew he wanted to ask and he knew I wanted him to ask but I kind of messed up the opportunity) and the third time was driving to breakfast, He had bought the ring and sent it for sizing that morning but git so excited he just had to ask. He got his answer that day and I was told in 2 weeks after my ring was sized I'd get a "real" proposal. 2 weeks turned into 5 impatient weeks, his grand proposal plan got ruined and so he ended up asking twice after he got my ring back finally to make up for all the roadblocks. Once at my favorite restaurant over dessert and then again on a bridge in our hometown.

We were engaged (officially w/o the ring but with his answer) February 1st, 2017, we decided off the bat we wanted a September wedding, so we decided on 9/14/18 giving ourselves a nice window to prepare and gather the money (being 20-something and pretty broke is hard). We toured one venue and went with it. All the major details were handled within 6 months. our biggest hiccup ended up being everything we chose to DIY, we should have started on those projects so much earlier, so all our decor ended up looking nothing like my original vision but was all made with love by my mom.