Having a wedding was never a dream of mine. I didn’t know what kind of wedding dress or ring I wanted, like many other friends I grew up with. I just didn’t envision it for myself. However, when I met the love of my life from Brazil, we naturally wanted to get married and start our lives together.
When I called the Vegas wedding chapel to book our wedding, they asked me 5 simple questions: Date, time, color of roses, Elvis or no Elvis, and photography or not.
“Great! We’ll see you in 3 weeks!” they said. I was shocked. Was that it? Was my elopement fully planned? It was so quick and easy!
3 weeks later we were married and start our lives together in San Francisco.
In the months that followed, my mom starting telling me that she wished I would have a wedding reception. I’m the oldest daughter in my family, and I hadn’t invited my parents to the Vegas elopement. She was trying to convince me, and I wasn’t feeling it.
“Let’s just go look at some dresses for fun. No pressure!” she suggested. I reluctantly agreed, and low and behold, I (of course) tried on the most beautiful jaw-dropping dress!
“I’ll buy it for you…if you have a wedding reception.”
And there it was. She had me.
And so, the wedding plans began. Cabin Heaven is a family property, and we went there on weekends with friends and family, but we’d never used it for events.
In 2014, Zan and I got married on the knoll on a beautiful fall day. I included the elements in the wedding that I felt were important to me, and just let the rest go.
We had so much fun celebrating our love and enjoying the day with our family and friends. After this, several guests told us how great the space was, and that we should start having weddings on the property…and the rest is history!
~ Lacy
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