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W E D D I N G S
Tanner
& Steve
Written by Kati Hime
Photography by BHP Imaging
T
anner and Steve met “in true glamorous fashion,”
as Tanner says – working together at the University
of Wyoming’s College of Business. “Falling in love
was easy,” Tanner says. “Life is full of surprises and twists and
turns and we are both so thankful that our paths led us back
to Laramie where we found each other.”
While their story began in Laramie, their engagement
took place across the country, in New York City. “We [went]
to visit one of his best friends (Alain) just before the holi-
days, and I had two ‘musts’ while we were there: I wanted to
go to the taping of the Today Show to be one of those crazy
loud people outside on the plaza, and I wanted to ice skate,”
Tanner explains. When they headed to Central Park to skate,
they were disappointed to find an empty rink. Steve was ada-
mant they stay at the rink, while Alain rushed off to investi-
gate. “Good news! They were opening up the rink again in
the next few minutes,” Tanner says. “Woo hoo!”
After a few laps around the rink, Tanner lost Steve in the
crowd. She found a side to stand by, where she was joined
by Alain and they proceeded to take, as Tanner describes it,
“some very touristy skyline photos.” “Steve had very casually
joined back up with us now, and Alain took the phone to
take our picture as Steve dropped to one knee and pro-
posed!” Tanner says. “Cue the shock!” She shares that while
she suspected Steve had something up his sleeve, a proposal
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