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ROMANCE & WEDDING new year nuptial
IT’S A SECRET
Addison Riemann and Natasha Love
WEDDING
On New Year’s Eve, guests were invited to attend
an engagement party at
the home of Diane and David Riemann celebrating
With only a few short weeks to plan the wedding, Love says the time crunch actually made the process less stressful. “When it came to making decisions, I didn’t really have the time to worry about them or go back and forth,” she said. “When there was a choice to be made, I just had to make it! And between Addison’s step mother Diane and our event planner, Andi Oustalet, the whole thing came together easily.”
When the day finally arrived,
guests poured into the Riemann
home expecting a New Year’s Eve engagement party, but a few hours into the celebration David Riemann, Addison’s father, made an exciting announcement. In his speech thanking everyone for coming to celebrate the happy couple, David let attendees know that unbeknownst to them, they
story by Kelsey Sunderman-Foster photos by Donn Hupp
were actually at the wedding. Surprise and excitement rippled
throughout the party as Addison and the officiant made their way to the front and Natasha, now dressed in her wedding gown, made her entrance as a bride.
While the wedding was a surprise
to most, it was important to Natasha that her mother and sister could be
a part of her big day. That’s why
she flew home to her hometown of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to purchase her gown with the help of her family. Her bouquet, an elegant mixture of roses and greenery, was made by Flowers Forever by Michael and her makeup was styled by artist Robin Malone. Natasha was a beautiful bride, and succeeded in surprising her friends and family with a perfect evening of happily ever after.
Natasha Love and Addison iemann. While New Year’s Eve is
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certainly a great time to throw a party, the couple thought the holiday would make for an even better wedding day.
“Addison and I have never really done ‘normal,’” said Natasha. “I
was never the girl who dreamed of
a big wedding, but we knew it was an important day and one that we wanted our families to be a part of. When we were trying to figure out dates and plan our wedding, we joked about just throwing a surprise wedding, but it wasn’t a serious idea until we brought it up to his parents — they loved it.”
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