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 Family and Friends, welcome to our wedding
web site! Our site is here to help share our wedding planning and keepsake photos with you. We hope you will enjoy our site and that it helps you to feel a part of our upcoming wedding, which you are! We want all our family and friends to be a part of our wedding, not only in the ceremony and reception, but before-hand by sharing with them our stories of how we met, the proposal, what each of us was like growing up, and the things we love to do together. Lauren and Jake at a party!
From our wedding site you will also find our gift registries, as well as information about the ceremony and the reception. We have included helpful information concerning the area where our wedding and reception will take place. You will find information on bed and breakfasts, hotels, and restaurants in the area, as well as directions to the site. We have an engagement album to share our excitement and fun times as we plan for spending the rest of our lives together. After the wedding and honeymoon, we will have albums showcasing those wonderful times as well! We are so excited for our wedding and sharing the rest of our lives with each other, we hope our wedding site helps to make you feel an integral part of this wonderful time. |
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 On August 3,
2001, after five years and four months of dating, Jake proposed to Lauren. There is a camp near Lauren's parents' house called Pine Crest. The camp is nestled in the forest, it is a beautiful site. Lauren and Jake decided to hike up to the camp through the woods that Saturday. Once they reached the camp they talked about what a lovely wedding site it would make (though they soon found the camp does not allow the site to be used for weddings). There was a gazebo on the grounds and they stopped there to rest and visit. After a few minutes Jake leaned over, gave Lauren a hug and whispered in her ear, "Will you marry me?" Lauren looked over his shoulder at the sun rays shining through the leaves of the trees and took a memory snapshot of the scene, to always remember this moment. Then she said "Yes!" The planning commenced!
Once they had decided on a ring and a date, they couldn't wait to share the news with family and friends. They wanted to announce their engagement to their parents in person if at all possible. The couple announced their engagement to Lauren's parents and Jake's brother over a meal Lauren had made just for the
occasion. It was a very happy occasion with much talk about the planning of the wedding and their lives together. The couple was going to visit Jake's grandparents in September. At that time they would also see his parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. They were so tempted to just call everyone and tell them right away...but decided that getting to tell them in person was worth the wait. The couple announced their engagement to many of Jake's family members after dinner at his grandparents house. There were lots of hugs and congratulations, they all warmly welcomed Lauren into the family. |
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We are registered at the following establishments: |
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Our wedding will be held in the beautiful San Bernardino mountains. The ceremony will be held in Lake Arrowhead, the reception in Crestline on Lake Gregory. We have put together a listing of area hotels, bed and breakfasts, and cabins. This is a resort area, and summer is one of our peak seasons - please make your reservations soon.
Mountain Accommodations
The Gray Squirell Inn
North Shore Inn
Saddle Back Inn
Bed and Breakfasts:
Carriage House
Chateau Du Lac
Crestline Inn
Cabins:
The Lake Arrowhead Chalets
Arrowhead Holiday Cabin Rentals
More Lake Arrowhead Lodging Information
San Bernardino Accommodations
Radisson
La Quinta
Super 8 |
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Photos (Engagement,
Bridal Shower,
Ceremony and Reception,
Honeymoon) |
Before they could announce their engagement the couple wanted to have the engagement ring and a wedding date. Jake had wanted Lauren to come with him to choose the engagement ring, to get her one he knew she would love. The couple chose an exquisite sapphire and diamond ring. (Sapphire is Jake's birthstone.) Jake and Lauren gave quite a bit of thought to the wedding date. A few months earlier Lauren's sister had announced her engagement to be married in the beginning of the Summer of 2002. In the Summer of 2002 Jake would have already graduated from college, and wouldn't be in graduate school yet. It would be very difficult to find time to enjoy the wedding events and honeymoon while Jake was in graduate school, so the couple set the date of August 17, 2002. Now the sisters get to plan together!
