Kenna + Mike met the summer of 2011 when they both joined a softball league of a mutual friend. (Dare I say, they really ‘hit’ it off.) About a year later, they started dating when they realized they both were attracted to the each other. After dating for 6 years, finishing college and buying a house together Mike surprised Kenna with a trip to Belize for her birthday. WOW, How awesome!!! I really think destination engagements are just as epic as destination weddings.
On the 3rd day of the trip, they had just come back from a fun day out at the beach, but realized they had somehow lost the GoPro on their bike ride back to the hotel. They were frantically searching their hotel room and Kenna glanced at his pocket where she saw a box sort of shape. She thought it was the camera, so she grabbed Mike’s pocket and mentioned “it” was there. He kind of laughed it off and then asked if she wanted to go walk on the beach now that we found it.
After walking along the beach and ending up at the end of a dock, Mike proposed to Kenna under the stars, in Belize. Then as she was crying, they kissed and Kenna realized she had grabbed the ring box and not the GoPro! Now they laugh and say, well we lost the GoPro, but Mike gained a wife!
Kenna’s dream had always been to have her reception inside an old barn or something of the sort; however, that didn’t happen. Instead she translated that idea to a country club through the inspiration of romance, whimsical and rustic ideas. The Boulder Country Club was decorated with lots of soft ivory fabric, dark rustic wood and strands of eucalyptus to give it that romantic feeling while her wedding day colors were blush, gold, green and ivory.
Much of their wedding was DIY, though they did order their bouquets and such from Beet + Yarrow, the reception hall itself was decorated with long strands of eucalyptus and white roses they bought. They wrapped eucalyptus around 3 hurricane tiers holding ivory candles for the centerpieces and table numbers were printed out pictures of Kenna + Mike at each age according to the table number for a cute little touch. Kenna’s Aunt even handmade wooden stairs to hold the cupcakes from The Makery Cake Co.
For the wedding ceremony, Kenna’s mother made a beautiful arch of flowers out of artificial eucalyptus and ivory roses, along with individual bunches for the end of each row of chairs. Kenna purchased dark wood signs to place all over the venue for everything from cupcakes, guest book and anything else that was needed to give it that rustic touch.
Two very special moments during the wedding day were one - that her brother walked her down the aisle and two - that they had a choreographed first dance. Kenna’s father passed away about 15 years ago, and she and her brother have grown to depend on each other due to that loss. He is definitely the person she looks up to and you could see that throughout the wedding day.
However, Kenna would say the most anticipated moment was she and Mike’s first dance. They had been taking dance lessons for months before the wedding to make it very special. The dance started off with a slow dance to Speechless by Dan + Shay and then halfway through switched to a salsa dance to Bailando by Enrique Iglesias. Everyone was really surprised and it was so much fun to see everyone's reactions!!!
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