James and I wanted to let everyone know that we need to postpone our wedding reception on 10/10/20. We will still be having an intimate wedding ceremony with immediate family only. Our ‘I do re-do ceremony’ and reception will be taking place on October 2nd, 2021 at the Osthoff Resort. Please understand that this was an extremely difficult decision for us to make and we truly hope everyone will be able to join us on our new date to say I do again and celebrate!

Just two millennials who fell in love on the dating app, Bumble. Their conversation started shortly after James returned from a trip back home to New Orleans. He was telling Kelley about his vacation only to find out that she was in New Orleans the same time on a work layover. After talking about their love for traveling and their other similar interests, they went on a date in Lake Geneva for deep dish pizza and the rest is history!

Growing up, my (Kelley's) family would take weekend trips to the Osthoff and I would always see brides getting their pictures taken by the lake, ceremonies happening by the pond, and the ballrooms filled with people dancing. When I was five years old I told my parents that I going to have my wedding there one day and that has been my dream ever since. Fast forward 19 years, I take James on our first weekend getaway together to the Osthoff. As we were sitting in the Elkroom relaxing with a glass of wine, James told me that he was going to marry me there. He was going to make my dream, a reality!

James and Kelley were on vacation with her family for their yearly Labor Day Weekend trip to the Osthoff for 'Porsche weekend'. On Saturday the streets of Elkhart close down and the race cars drive from the track to town for everyone to look at. The yearly tradition is to look at the cars and once back at the Osthoff, take a family picture by the pond. As the night progressed, Kelley had no idea what was going to happen, she simply thought they were going to take their yearly picture. Kelley's mom told James and Kelley to get their pictures done first, and as they were posing for the picture, James got down on one knee and asked for Kelley's forever!