Married Enid on October 14th, 2021
The inspiration…
“We all know 2020 was terrible for everyone. All the weeks spent indoors were really draining and not great for my mental health. We decided to spend more time backcountry camping and hiking in areas where we wouldn’t come across many people. On one trip to Utah we stumbled upon Fisher Towers. We hiked out and watched the sun go down, and Enid said that this would have been the perfect moment if only he had a ring with him. We had spent so much time alone together in nature during one of the toughest years and these places will always feel special to us because of that. The concept of our wedding was to share these places we had discovered alone together with the rest of our family. We led a hike out to Horseshoe Canyon to show our family the pictographs we’d seen, and we rented Jeeps to teach everyone how to drive on Fins n’ Things. The ceremony itself was about 10 minutes long, but the week leading up to it was all a part of what we called our wedding.“
about the dress…
“I really went in there just to gather information. I had told my mom (who lives in Florida) that I was going to check it out, that it was no big deal, I could go alone. I had never been in a bridal shop before. I think she knew that I might be finding my dress on that first visit because she ignored me and booked a flight. I’m glad she did - we had a great time! The first dress I tried on was the Gala G-520, the one I went in to see. We both instantly loved it. Everything after that was just us doing our due diligence to make sure I wasn’t being too hasty buying the first dress I saw. I had fun trying (I think) 7 more, but it was clear that the first was the best for me. We even left without ordering it, convinced that we should check out more stores just because. I went back the next week and ordered it.”
They fell in love…
“Enid and I went to the same high school and the same college. We spent years less than 1,000 feet from each other. At one point, he lived next door to my best friend. At another time, we lived in the same building. We never became friends, but for reasons neither of us understand we had added each other on both Facebook and Instagram. If you ask Enid, he’ll say that we were brought together by what he calls “the gravity.” If you ask me, I’ll say that in October of 2016 I posted a cute photo and he slid into my DMs.”
“I knew our ceremony was going to be outside and I had chosen photographers (Forthright Photo) that do gorgeous outdoor wedding photography. The specific concept I was searching for was something where when the light shines through the dress my whole body would look like a statue. With that in mind, I was looking for a dress that would be somewhat translucent. I tried on a lot of lace and tulle, but I chose the Gala G-520 because of the surprisingly light weight. Because of the logistics of our wedding location, I knew that we would be hiking out on a trail and changing into our wedding clothes there, so I wanted something stunning but ultimately not too high maintenance.”
the best moments…
“Because of the orientation of our ceremony, Enid and I were the only ones who could see a huge storm cloud approaching. Our parents were giving heartfelt speeches and we had to cut them off to suggest that we wrap it up and continue them at dinner. At that moment, every one of our fourteen guests, members of both sides of our family, immediately started packing everything up. Enid and I couldn’t help until we changed out of our wedding clothes for the hike back, but by the time we had changed everything was gone. Our guests had worked together and were already hiking. We looked at each other and I said “Wow, this is the family we made.”
When we got back to the car and everyone else left to drive back to town, we realized a huge rainbow had come out. It was a dream wedding.”
congratulations cristina & enid!!
vendors
PHOTOGRAPHER: Forthright Photo
DRESS: Galia Lahav at Kinsley James Walnut Creek