Venue - Beano's Cabin, Beaver Creek Mountain
Month of Wedding Coordinator - Stephanie Fleck with PartyGirl Events
Florist - Rose Petals Vail
Hair and Makeup - Weemala Hair and Makeup
Cake - Hovey & Harrison
Dress - Pronovias
Band - Pixie and the Partygrass Boys
Ceremony Music - Jeff LaQuatra
Officiant - Pastor Tim Wilbanks, Covenant Presbyterian Church from the Vail Interfaith Chapel
How did you two meet?
We met playing ultimate frisbee and as members of the local Ski Patrol at Middlebury College. After running around the frisbee field and skiing for a few years, we became good friends and even traveled around Chile together during study abroad. We started dating towards the end of college and both moved to San Francisco after graduating. After quitting our jobs and surviving a 6 month trip around the world together, we knew this was it!
What was your favorite memory from your wedding day?
One of our favorite memories was riding the chairlift together following our first look. It was incredibly fun to have some time just the two of us to be excited together and riding the lift was the perfect time to be alone for 15 minutes, plus we got to take some great photos at the top of the mountain. Another favorite would be when Caroline turned down the aisle to see Eric (and absolutely loved our ceremony music choices of acoustic David Bowie and James Taylor) and we were so happy to have both "looks" be really special and meaningful. Otherwise we had so much fun with our first dance followed by dancing with all of our family and friends late into the night with a bluegrass band!
What is some advice you can give to others planning their wedding?
Everyone says it, but the day does go by really quickly so make sure you have fun! Having a wedding coordinator made sure we didn't have to worry about all of the details during our wedding day or corral all of our family. We highly recommend a month of or day of coordinator if you don't want a full service wedding planner to help ensure the day runs smoothly. Finally, get a massage together the week before your wedding! All of the planning and lead up can be really stressful and it was really nice to do something relaxing together before the wedding so you go into the week with a good mindset.
Where was your honeymoon?
We were able to go on a quick trip to the Dolomites in Italy immediately after our wedding and we were so happy to travel again. The Dolomites are beautiful and we spent most of our honeymoon hiking during the day, eating and drinking well at night. It wasn't a "typical honeymoon" but we'd highly recommend a trip to the Dolomites for adventurous couples who love to spend time outdoors.