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the sun as he opened it for her.) As the
wine tour-bus approached Michael
crammed the box into his shorts pocket,
and covered the bulge with his arm for
most of the short drive to the first win-
ery. Once they arrived at the first winery
Kristen and Michael meandered into the
wine tasting room, and unbeknownst to
Kristen, Michael gave “that look” to the
Tour guide (she was in on the engage-
ment) and the guide said “would you two
like to take some photos in front of the
beautiful scenery?”
During this impromptu photo-op
Michael turned to Kristen, and said
“there is something that I’ve wanted to
ask you for a long time.” He proceeded
to get down on one knee, and the rest,
as they say, is history (she said yes, obvi-
ously.)
THE DECOR INSPIRATION
Informal but soft and pretty. I LOVE
blush and gold, together it was a no
brainer for our color scheme. We just
wanted it to be one big party, and that it
was. Our biggest splurges were our
honeymoon, food and drinks. That’s
exactly how we wanted it. Oh... and
flowers! There was no cutting corners
for flowers for me. The tables were
decked out, but besides that, there
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Perfect Wedding Magazine Dream to Engage / Special Issue 2018