The Search is Over!!

After searching for the right place to have my one & only wedding of a lifetime it has come to a close. We were engaged in October & immediatly started to look for locations. We visited places like Castle Green, Nixon Library, Vellano Country Club, and the Mission Inn. Just to name a few we really enjoyed touring! But after those being our top 4 I didn't want to give up the search just yet.. which really meant I have not found the "right" place. Derek & I decided that we did not want our guests to travel far away from home, we wanted local accomodations, & a place to make me feel like I wasn't working my own wedding.

I posted a headline on the famous Facebook saying "Taryn can't make up her mind where to get married... any ideas?" My distant cousin Kristie just happened to make a comment on my status that suggested we go visit her work as a possibility. Kristie as some of you might know is the Catering Manager at Pacific Palms Resort, yes, the same place that Derek popped the big question! Kristie met with Derek to plan that night (how sweet of her)! So I made an appointment to go see the banquet facilities... & Derek & I loved it!!!

Derek & I thought not only is it local, beautiful, is a hotel, has outside reception capability, open till 2am, but... we have a lifetime memory already made there!

Here are a few photos from our tour with my parents:

Ceremony Site

Tented Reception (the walls will be down)

Views from Tent - Below is the restaurant Red where we got engaged!

Super excited! Can't wait to transform the location into the Weickert Wedding! Stay tuned...