Wedding Venue

As you all may have known- we've gone through numerous wedding venues. We've searched high and low for something we liked and that was in our budget. What we came up with was zip, zilch, zero wedding venues in our budget. We looked at wedding venues that cost $2000+ (in the off season) and being that that is half our budget and we'd have to get married with snow on the ground, we didn't move forward with any. There was one we were particularly sold on, but because of a few events in our life, we decided to cut the budget in half which pretty much took this venue out of the running. We were sold on Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming. A gorgeous destination wedding with the Grand Tetons in the background. But time went by and we had to give up on the search. At this point, Courtney and I decided we'd rather elope than spend a ton of money on one day when it's really truly about us getting married. Not throwing a party.

Of course, that idea would not fly with our family. So a few weeks after we were sitting on the idea, my brother and sister in law came over for dinner. That night, after they listened to us ramble on about our search for a wedding venue on a low budget and all the stress and problems we encountered, they so graciously offered for us to use their barn.

I'd honestly always secretly hoped it would come down to their barn if we didn't decide on a destination wedding. So of course I couldn't help but smile and thank them and tell them we will discuss it. And of course, Courtney was all aboard with the idea to- so we FINALLY have decided on a wedding venue. And besides renting tables, chairs, etc- this wedding venue will cost us zip, zilch! Of course, we'll pitch in to help tidy up the place and help with plants, etc. but all I can say is, yay!!! It only took us 7 months, that's right, 7 MONTHS to find and decide on a venue. Typical, right?

So here are some sneak preview photos of the barn (turned yoga studio) and some photos from my brother and sister-in-law's wedding two years ago!






A big thanks go out to my wonderful family for offering their property to help us out! Love you both!