Our Story
Bride- Sam, 21 I’m currently a senior at UC Davis. I’m a wildlife conservation major, and am planning to graduate December 2010. I’m a huge Disney fan. I spent one quarter in florida working at Animal Kingdom and fell in love with WDW. I’m currently secretly trying to convert marc into a Disney fan.
Groom Marc, 21 He’s a career firefighter. He also fights in MMA matches in local areas. He works quite a way away from our home, and since the schedules of firefighters are a little strange, I usually only get to see him for several days every other week.
How we met
We met when we were sophmores in high school, and started dating in January. I soon discovered that he hadn’t been to DL since he was very very little. After we were dating for a bout a year I took him to DL as a valentines gift. Since then we have been taking trips to DL almost yearly. It has become a special place to us and now I cant imagine running around the parks with anyone else.
Engagement
When I left for college at UC Davis it was hard being away from each other. We planned a trip to DL for our 3 year anniversary. We were going in January and by the time we got there it was freezing! We were bundled up to our eyes in sweaters and beanies. We went on a few rides and I noticed that he was being really fidgety and weird. He was adamant about getting to the front of the castle by the time the fireworks started. Unfortunately, it was too windy and drizzling and the fireworks were cancelled for the night. We sat down on a bench and that’s when he got down on his knee and proposed. I was so excited, but all I could think about was my poor marc looking so cold, bundled up, and kneeling on the wet ground. Of course I said yes, and we spent the rest of the weekend elated and frozen.
Part 2- we’ve now been engaged for over 3 years and last October during my birthday Marc surprised me with a new engagement ring. He helped to design the ring, and incorporated my favorite celtic knots into the setting. I was so touched when I found out he had planned it for the past 8 months and put so much thought into it. The ring he originally proposed with was not traditional looking at all, and more of a journey style ring, but I loved it. For some reason our families didn’t seem to take our engagement serious until he gave me a different engagement ring.
Wedding Plans
We will finally be getting married at the
Disneyland Hotel on March 12th, 2011!
We went through a lot of ideas before deciding on Disneyland. We considered doing a small wedding somewhere in our hometown. However I wanted to have a large wedding with a beautiful outdoor location, and also a ballroom style reception. If we had our wedding in our hometown, then we would have to travel and be out of our comfort zone for the entire time. Vice versa if we had the wedding in the area we currently live. We decided that Disneyland is a good area that has a lot of history for us, and everyone would travel and be on even footing. It also gave us the opportunity to have a higher class wedding that we wanted.
Our ceremony will be at the Rose Court Garden
The reception will be in Sleeping Beautys pavilion