Molly and AdamWALCH

HOW WE MET:

Adam and I overlapped for a year at Anoka High School but never knew of each other as it is a very big school. We crossed paths in college a few times while dating mutual friends but didn’t click right away. For most of our 20s, we were both figuring life out, maturing into real adults and never getting the timing right to give a relationship a go.

Finally, the stars aligned in February 2019, and Adam planned our first date. We caught up for hours over boxed red wine and covered all the things you shouldn’t on a first date (politics, religion, you name it) before he left the next day for a two-week trip to Europe with his family. We talked every day while he was gone; I picked him and his parents up from the airport and we’ve been together ever since. We love to travel, relax at family cabins and watch bad reality TV. We bought our house and a Bernedoodle puppy named Blue in April 2020, then the pandemic happened. I found out I was pregnant with our first daughter, and we kicked off a massive home renovation all within a month of each other. Quinn was born in January 2021 and a wedding was the last thing on our minds.

PROPOSAL/ ENGAGEMENT STORY:

It was November 2021 and I had very strong suspicions the proposal was coming because Adam planned out every detail of a trip for just the two of us to The Florida Keys, whereas I typically like to do the planning. We flew into Miami and drove the scenic route. We were having a great time, but I was very impatient because I had a surprise of my own.

The room was elaborately decorated for a proposal when we arrived, I said yes and we quickly called our loved ones with the news. Afterward we walked down to the beach bar where I told him I wasn’t drinking because, surprise, we were pregnant again! We came home to tell our equally surprised families that we had set a date, but it was a due date and not a wedding date. Our second daughter Maeve was born in July 2022. Having two girls under 2 was crazy and it wasn’t until January 2023 that we got serious about finally planning a wedding.

WEDDING PLANNING:

Both sides of our family have homes in Crosslake. We have great memories in the area already and will continue to spend lots of time here with our growing family. The Catalyst is a beautiful venue, on the water and the perfect combination of modern and woodsy. It was important to us to use local vendors and they really made our day. We planned a weekend-long bash with rehearsal dinner and post-wedding pool party at The GetAway in Pequot Lakes. Our entire wedding party and their guests stayed with us all weekend.

WEDDING RECAP:

The wedding day itself flew by so quickly. We had to make a last-minute switch from an outdoor ceremony to using the upstairs chapel space because of a torrential downpour and what a beautiful space! We did a few things non-traditionally and I loved how the day felt completely “us.” Our girls drove down the aisle in a white remote-controlled car, a definite crowd pleaser. Close family friends married us. There were two social hours (before and after the ceremony) that Catalyst is laid out perfectly for. Lots of compliments on the food and music, shuttles went by without a hitch. We had fun outfit changes because why not? We always joke that we have never done anything “in order” and this wedding and marrying my husband was all worth the wait.

LIST OF VENDORS:

• Venue and bar service: Catalyst by Nature Link

• Lodging: The GetAway from Book the B.L.A. (Pequot Lakes)

• Caterer: 3 Cheers Hospitality

• Music: Premier Party Entertainment (DJ Dana from Moonlite)

• Hair/makeup: Bliss Salon (Pequot Lakes but came onsite)

• Photographer: Magdalena Joy Photography

• Day of Coordinator: Alexis with Rosewood Events

• Shuttle bus: Ole’s Shuttle Service (Brainerd)