Kathryn
&
Elijah
May 16th 2025
May 16th 2025
Location
Venue: Pine Haven Venue & Lodging
Address: 13514 US-16, Rapid City, SD 57702
Parking: Available on-site
Ceremony
4:30 pm - Guest Arrival
5:00 pm - Wedding Ceremony
The ceremony will begin promptly at 5:00 pm at Pine Haven Venue & Lodging outside.
Reception
5:30 pm - Inside the Barn
Come hungry, we are both foodies so you can trust us when we say it will be good and plenty.
We Leavin
10:30 pm - Hit the road Jack! Ya danced way to much!
OUR LOVE STORY
How we met
Some lovely friends supposedly just knew that her and I would get along and decided to shoot for us meeting and getting ice cream at the same time (good move).
At first I was quite "hands off" and reluctant to hang out with the group after showing up because I'd caught on pretty quickly that this was a set-up.
The rest of that first day was actually pretty fun with approximately 1 million and 23 laughs and general
"I think I like you" eyes.
Just some talking at this point but it was so obvious there was something truly sweet between us.
But thus, Katie and her family hated the South Dakota winters as much as I do and decided to "visit family" and spent that winter and the next 6 months in California.
Luckily though, I was so busy with work and studies that I barely had time to notice how long it had been by the time she texted me and said they were on their way back to cold muddy South Dakota.
(obviously questioning this girl and her families sanity)
So Awkward and Lovely
Fast forward to
I was tricked into meeting her again….
She surprised me by showing up early from her California trip at Pure Bean coffee shop at the old creamery building downtown.
I didn’t know she was back in town yet...
(Because she said it would be a bit longer)
Propertius got it right!
Absence really does make the heart grow fonder.
After this lovely reunion, we spent the rest of the year going on all kinds of adventures and just learning each others hearts, eventually leading up to our proposal on December 17th of 2023.
The proposal
Just a train ride.
Our Black Hills of South Dakota have a little town with an old magical train depot, The 1880 Train.
This depot has a Christmas train ride tour through the Black Hills for a few weeks around Christmas each year on an old 1880 Locomotive, with beautiful rustic passenger cars.
Surprisingly this was plan "C." for proposing to this lovely sweet lady whom I had become so amazingly in love with; and I couldn't wait to get on that knee.
Some great friends helped me plan the whole thing including going outfit shopping with her and driving all the way there just to take the pictures.
And now?
Just absolutely everything ahead God has planned for us we suppose...
One more thing
FORMAL DRESS CODE
Bring your Sunday Best
WE HOPE YOU
CAN JOIN US
