Weddings

Thanks to Mathieu and Lindsay for sharing their story with us for Wedding Wednesday!

My wife, Lindsay, and I were married last May in Destin, Florida.  Our closest friends and family traveled from all over to join us for the very special occasion. Many of our friends and family turned our wedding weekend into a mini-vacation, which included rounds of golf, relaxing on the Gulf Coast beach (with amazing turquoise-colored water), and participating in all of the planned wedding activities.  The ceremony was held outdoors at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa, and we thank our lucky stars that the weather was sublime.  The ceremony only lasted 15 minutes, which I’m sure most of our guests greatly appreciated.

As a token of my appreciation, I gifted the Blue Whale ties to my groomsmen and a Blue Whale tie to my soon-to-be father-in-law.  I was also decked out in a coral colored Whale tie… no sense being different because everyone knewwho the groom was!  My wife’s two nephews were our ring bearers, and they looked absolutely adorable in their Blue Whale bow ties!  Thank youvineyard vines for helping to make our day that much more special.

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Thank you to Burke and Jen who shared their story with us for this week’s Wedding Wednesday!

After 3 years, hundreds of phone calls, Skype dates, letters, and too many plane flights later, I finished mycommitment with the Army and moved to San Diego in April of 2009 to live with my girlfriend Jen.

I invited Jen on a special date, but wouldn’t give her any details. I told Jamie we were meeting a friend at a hotel room, but surprised her with a special candlelight dinner and a romantic night just for the two of us.

We finished dinner and I told Jen there was one final surprise I had for her…I told her I had been working on the scrapbook she gave me as a gift for our one year anniversary.

As we looked through scrapbook Jen was anxious going through the pages she made.  Finally, we reached the point where my scrapbooking work began. As she turned the page, she found a picture of a ring she had fallen in love with on our very first trip to my hometown in Connecticut. What was even more surprising was the picture was taken in her backyard of our house in San Diego, which I wanted to show her meant the ring was in San Diego!

I got down on one knee and proposed to Jen….she said “yes”.

Since I was doing work for the Army and it wasn’t unusual I told Jens friends and family I had to go away for a few weeks and would miss Jens birthday in November.  I told them I was throwing her a early birthday party which was really a surprise engagement party.

When we walked upstairs to the restaurant everyone yelled surprise to Jen thinking it was her birthday party, I quickly clarified the parties celebration.

I bought Jen’s ring from a family friend at Nagi’s Jewelry Store in Stamford, CT.  When I flew back to CT to pick up Jen’s ring I bought Vineyard Vine ties for all my grooms men.  Jen and I got married on August 20, 2011 and we were so happy to share our special day with vineyard vines.

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